Blood and Baby Carts

AFS presents samurai series Lone Wolf and Cub

"...of death, followed by the precise cut of a samurai's sword. Come and live at the crossroads to hell...."

May 25, 2018 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Kenjutsu: The Art of the Sword

The Hideout improvises tales of samurai battle and broken honor

"...Kenjutsu: The Art of the Sword is to the samurai-based oeuvre of Akira Kurosawa...."

March 28, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

In Print

Alain Silver's book is back and better than ever after 30 years. Still, it's not nearly as potent as Hanzo the Razor.

"...The Samurai Film: Expanded and Revised Edition..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Six-String Reverb

In the Beginning ...

"...Justin McGuire and Jeffrey Falcon in Six-String Samurai The soft-spoken Mungia readily admits to having entered the..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Shogun Assassin

This film is a fascinating Americanized amalgam of two Japanese movies: Lightning Swords of Death and Baby Cart at the River Styx. Shogun Assassin combines bits and pieces from both films, adds an unfortunately bad dub track, and creates a seamless whole.

"...creates a seamless whole. The story centers around a samurai who travels the countryside, fighting and wheeling his infant..."

April 18, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

DVD Extra: Revenge Double Feature

Kurando Mitsutake on bringing Japanese action to the U.S.

"...A self-confessed fan of Spaghetti Westerns and samurai movies, writer/director Mitsutake fused them together into what he..."

May 29, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Rebel Samurai: Sixties Swordplay Classics

The films found in this box set are beautiful examples of a new direction in Japanese filmmaking, one that used the aesthetic and technical language of the swordplay films to expose and attack the culture that had lionized them

"...Rebel Samurai: Sixties Swordplay Classics..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Screens Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

Blazing Saddles meets Bushido for animated joy

"...pup Hank (Cera) has always dreamed of being a samurai. He has left his land in search of a..."

July 15, 2022 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

TV Eye

Zen and the art of Samurai cartoonage

"...debuts tonight (Friday, Aug. 10) on the Cartoon Network, Samurai Jack...."

Aug. 10, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Three Outlaw Samurai

New on DVD: 'Three Outlaw Samurai'

"...Three Outlaw SamuraiCriterion, $29.95..."

April 13, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

(Re)learning Japanese

One was a hardworking Renaissance man, a student of literature. The other was a hard-living military veteran, a cameraman-in-training who stumbled into acting after his grizzled mug and gruff mien won a talent search. Together, Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune created some of the Japanese cinema's most enduring treasures.

"...Low, Throne of Blood, Hidden Fortress, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, Seven Samurai, Rashomon, and Stray Dog. Several feature new translations and..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Animation Station

Through ADVision, Austin has become a hotspot for producing English-dubbed anime. Who knew?

"...This particular mouthful comes from Samurai X, a long-running Japanese anime series being dubbed into..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Unstrung But Not Unsung

"...Six-String Samurai... what can I say? There are certain moments in..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Screens Feature by Harry Knowles

DVDanger: The Return of Artsploitation

Indie label returns with three psychosexual horrors

"...Far more fascinating is Teutonic oddity Der Samurai, which opens with two seemingly unrelated images. First, a..."

June 17, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Roundup

"...Jonny Quest: The Complete First Season Warner Home Video, $64.99Samurai Jack: Season OneWarner Home Video, $29.99..."

May 21, 2004 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Prisoners of the Ghostland

Nic Cage and Sion Sono craziness is not the sum of its parts

"...the two genres, of licensed and unlicensed remakes. Seven Samurai became The Magnificent Seven, Unforgiven became Yurusarezaru mono. That..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin Animator Eric Power Slices and Dices

Collage and stop-motion come together in his homemade epic Path of Blood

"...Somehow, the combination of the complete run of bloody samurai manga Lone Wolf and Cub and long runs of..."

April 20, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Blade of the Immortal

More blood-splattered samurai action from the Japanese master

"...time since 2012’s sedate drama Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai. However, Blade is much closer to the blood-spraying drama..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Kubo and the Two Strings

Sublime animated movie is disguised as kids' fare

"...King, with some help from sidekicks, naturally: a beetle samurai (McConaughey, as a goofily gallant insect samurai named Beetle),..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Fantastic Arcade Awards Announced

Samurai Gunn slashes & shoots its way to victory

"...Stephen Gillmurphy & Kat Chastain [Air Horn Sound] Award: Samurai Gunn by Beau Blyth Throne of Blood Award for..."

Sept. 22, 2013 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Yojimbo & Sanjuro: Two Samurai Films by Akira Kurosawa

A double re-release from one of cinema's greatest director-actor duos

"...Yojimbo & Sanjuro: Two Samurai Films by Akira Kurosawa..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Screens Review

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai(Epic/Razorsharp)

"...Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai(Epic/Razorsharp) Just as it's almost impossible to picture anyone but..."

April 28, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Mifune

"...pretending to be the actor Toshiro Mifune in Seven Samurai, a movie in which the character is actually a..."

April 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Balancing High School and a Budding Onigiri Business

Samurice entrepreneur Kenta Asazu will even deliver your order by bicycle

"...that a friend's mom's suggestion of adding the words samurai and rice together really clicked with his vision of..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Food Feature by James Scott

Fantastic Fest Review: Blade of the Immortal

Director Takashi Miike slices and dices a manga favorite

"...time since 2012's sedate drama Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai. However, Blade is much closer to the blood-spraying drama..."

Sept. 30, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival: Popovich and the Voice of the Fabled American West

Cats and dogs living together

"...Space Mime (Mike Thompson) and a pair of sword-wielding Samurai Elvises (G. Scott Thompson and Bob Shaughnessy), a trio..."

Oct. 27, 2014 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Arcade Games Announced

Some gaming to accompany the Fantastic Fest moviegoing

"...in custom-made arcade cabinets and playable by all attendees. Samurai Gunn Beau Blyth's game made a cameo at last..."

Aug. 15, 2013 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Former 'SNL' Writer Tom Schiller on His TV Roots

'Nothing Lasts Forever' director recalls his favorite sketches

"...sketches from his time with SNL. “I’m fond of 'Samurai Hotel,'” says Schiller, “because that was a sketch I..."

Dec. 20, 2012 Screens Post by Ashley Moreno

Revenge of the Return of the Son of the Graphics Giveaway Begins!

If Scrooge McDuck, Bruce Wayne, and Veronica Lodge are giving away millions, it can only be Free Comic Book Day, Part IV

"...also a host of nonsuperhero material, everything from a samurai take on Robin Hood to the Riverdale gang in..."

May 6, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

More McCanlies, Texas

The full interview with the director of 'Secondhand Lions'

"...You Must Be a Samurai! Everybody else in Dallas and that I had known..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

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