As young men flinched and gasped around me at the Los Angeles premiere of “Obsession,” I almost had to laugh. A slight head tilt, creepy smile or strange movement from star Inde Navarrette was enough ...

Cannes: The J-horror master tries his hand at a classic jidaigeki, with this plodding detective story set within the walls of a besieged 16th century castle. Indeed, the final scene of Kurosawa’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo Credit: Universal Pictures) Action star Keanu Reeves is set to headline a samurai movie. It comes 13 years after 47 Ronin ...

The Japanese auteur arrives at Cannes with castle thriller 'The Samurai and the Prisoner' — and two of his most celebrated students, Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Koji Fukada, competing for the Palme d’Or ...

For the first few minutes, you could be forgiven for thinking that Curry Barker’s début feature, “Obsession,” was a rom-com. The film opens with its shy, sensitive twentysomething protagonist, Bear, ...

Netflix Animation is headed back to the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. And they’re bringing the big guns. Among the projects the streaming giant will be previewing at the June festival ...

The samurai of Japan are famous for being skilled warriors who followed a code of honor. In popular culture and museums, samurai are often depicted as men, which raises a question: Were any samurai ...

The second feature film spun off from the popular anime series is easy enough for non-acolytes to follow, but only the faithful will get much out of it. Beginning in the third season, Rimura begins ...

Once again, summer’s here, and the time is right for dancing in the streets — or, should it be too hot out to dance, to find refuge in the lovely, air-conditioned environment of your local movie ...