Denis Villeneuve is best known for his sci-fi epics, and he praises this samurai classic as one of his favorite films.

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Bardock still remains one of the most beloved Dragon Ball characters, but Akira Toriyama didn't introduce him to fans.

Julia Izumi’s self-absorbed solo show offers weak humor, clunky staging, and little emotional payoff beneath its quirky ...

Best of the Super Juniors continues with five tournament matches that features top Junior Heavyweights such as Hiromu ...

Ishikawa's subtle adaptation of the Nobel Prize winner's first novel finds resonance and haunting ambiguity in Japan's fading ...

The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene ...

John Maclean remixes the samurai genre with dark humour, a blustery British backdrop, and a fiercely relatable teen lead to ...

Akira's influence extends far beyond the Bike Slide, with its poster emulated plenty of times including for Brad Pitt's ...

SEGA has released a special interview with the Japanese voice actors who returned to record new scenes for Yakuza 0 ...

Launched this week, JDM: Japanese Drift Master is exactly as its name suggests. Touge-style racing is an expected focus, but the open-world game map offers 250 kilometers (155 miles) of diverse ...

Opera Saratoga’s 2025 season invites adventurous audiences into a thrilling mix of mystery, comedy, romance and innovation — ...