Category: Movies at the Riv
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One of the defining films of the 20th century, Rashomon (1950) questions if truth is an immovable object, and what happens when different versions of the truth collide. A man walks through the woods, hoping to collect some wood. After combing his way through trees, he stumbles upon a horrific scene. First, a white hat.…
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In this genre-shifting thriller, a manhunt for a dangerous extortionist leads the audience through the most divided parts of Japan in Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 picture. There’s a house up on a hill. Its minimalist, with a panoramic view of the city that lies below. At the bottom of the hill lies a studio apartment that…
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One man’s quest for a missing gun turns into an introspective journey on the plight of postwar Japanese veterans in this venerable Kurosawa picture. On his way home after a session at the gun range, Detective Murakami finds himself the victim of a pickpocket. But the thief doesn’t steal a couple of coins, but a…
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Eleanor Coppola’s archival footage of her husband’s trials during the filming of Apocalypse Now (1979) remains one of the finest examples of behind-the-scenes footage ever. In one of the most legendary shots of the 1979 Vietnam War classic Apocalypse Now, Captain Willard, played by Martin Sheen in full commando garb, ascends from a lake, his…
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