Ran; Citizen Kane; Daddy’s Home; In the Heart of the Sea; Yakuza Apocalypse – review
Restored classics from Kurosawa and Orson Welles beat the competition hands down in a thin week
April 2016
Ran review – Kurosawa’s masterful epic reissued
The Japanese film-maker’s adaptation of King Lear is still visually and dramatically breathtaking
March 2016
Ran review – Kurosawa’s dark, epic version of King Lear
Ran: Akira Kurosawa’s last great masterpiece
February 2016
Trailer park
Ran: trailer for the restored Kurosawa classic - video
Watch the trailer for a 4K restoration of Akira Kurosawa’s take on King Lear, set amid the civil war of 16th-century Japan
September 2015
Reel history
Scrap accuracy – give me Ringo Starr as the pope: the 10 quirkiest historical films
Alex von Tunzelmann
From John Wayne as Genghis Khan to 1776’s catchy showtunes about dysentery … here’s my favourite examples of movies which have played fast and loose with historical truth
October 2010
The 25 best action and war films of all time
Ran: No 12 best action and war film of all time
Akira Kurosawa, 1985
March 2010
Film blog
Akira Kurosawa: 10 essential films for the director's centenary
Reel history
Ran: a storming Japanese Lear, spiced with Lady Macbeth
