Akira Kurosawa News, Information and Discussion
News archive for 2005
DVD Times Review: The Idiot (Eureka/Masters of Cinema)
29 December, 2005The DVD Times Review of The Idiot points out the flaws in the Masters of Cinema release, and also appears to find some in the film itself. Read the article here.
DVD Times Review: Scandal (Eureka/Masters of Cinema)
28 December, 2005A typically well-written DVD Times review of Scandal can be accessed here.
DVD Times Review: Red Beard (BFI)
24 December, 2005Another DVD Times Review, this one about the BFI Red Beard release and a bit on the short side. Access it here.
DVD Times Review: Classic Kurosawa Boxet (BFI)
24 December, 2005To mark BFI’s release of their individual Kurosawa titles in one single box set, DVD Times have put their earlier BFI reviews together and they are now accessible from this page.
DVD Times Review: Ikiru (BFI)
21 December, 2005Another DVD Times review pointing out the inferior quality of the BFI releases when compared to the Criterion ones. Read the article here.
DVD Times Review: Throne of Blood (BFI)
16 December, 2005A DVD Times review of BFI’s Throne of Blood. Read it here.
DVD Town review: Ran (Criterion)
22 November, 2005DVD Town calls the new Criterion release of Ran the definitive one. The video is crisp, the sound is very good, and the extras are aplenty. See for yourself by reading their review.
DVD Times Review: The Bad Sleep Well (BFI)
9 August, 2005A DVD Times Review of BFI’s The Bad Sleep Well can be accessed here.
DVD Times Review: Drunken Angel (BFI)
1 August, 2005Drunken Angel, one of my personal favourites, has got a DVD transfer by BFI, and the guys at DVD Times have reviewed it.
DVD Times Review: High and Low (BFI)
22 May, 2005Could the BFI disc be the best-quality DVD release of High and Low? DVD Times seems to think so.
DVD Times Review: I Live in Fear (BFI)
2 May, 2005The BFI release of I Live in Fear gets the DVD Times treatment.