One of Akira Kurosawa’s last films, RAN is simply put one of the greatest films ever made. Made with the financial help of the likes of Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, and George Lucas, it stands as a testament of a master at the end of his life and top of his craft.
Kurosawa was nearly blind at the time and yet you will never find a more beautifully realized, perfectly composed movie.
RAN is Kurosawa’s take on…
The thing about feature-length Looney Tunes movies is that these characters were never really meant for feature-length stories. They're too anarchic, too abrasive to sustain any formal narrative. THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP understands this and instead treats the story like a series of sketches with a running-through line. The comedy ranges from modern wit to old-school absurdist, and frankly, it's a damn delight.
A remake of Sidaris's first feature, STACEY!, only swapping genders of the lead. Darby Hinton as Cody Abeline makes for a charming if goofy, cowboy himbo—one of the rare Sidairs movies with a male lead that doesn't leave you checking your watch.
It's only his third movie, and you can already see Sidaris, the auteur, start to gel. Fueled by a stark bisexual gaze, MALIBU EXPRESS is stacked with dirty Dad jokes that you know had Sidaris giggling behind the…
No way the Blue Line to Long Beach looks that clean. I don't care how early it is.
