Kurosawa’s magesterial masterpiece about an aging warlord reworks Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear’ through the lens of a true story from sixteenth century Japan.
Tag: 1985
‘Pee-wee’s Big Adventure’ – on the road with Paul Ruebens
Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985) is the big screen debut for both the Paul Reubens alter ego Pee-wee Herman, the children’s TV show character he originally created in a live comedy revue, and director Tim Burton, and it was a perfect melding of sensibilities. Pee-wee, the spastic child with a neat, out-of-date preppie suit and a […]
Albert Brooks is ‘Lost in America’ on Criterion Channel
Albert Brooks has been making his offbeat brand of satirical comedies about the neuroses and anxieties of affluent Americans, lost in the bubble of their own insular cultures, for more than 40 years. His third feature Lost in America (1985) remains his most incisive satire and most popular film. Brooks is David, a successful Los […]