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As aesthetically bracing as it is politically bold.
A look at several recent releases with lots of testosterone at hand.
Le Samouraï is a wonderfully crafted film and an important piece of cinematic history.
Really good hack-and-slash gameplay as far as the genre goes, but should the genre go further?
The blue sky hangs above red ground in Samurai Champloo.
When are cinematic eviscerations and dubbing good things? When they’re done grindhouse style, of course!
A pepper scarfing samurai takes on the bad guys in this lighthearted manga.
Porn star kills porn star with sword, falls off cliff after cops taze him.
Unusual book on tea traces how the plant was discovered, its effect on history and religion and the best varieties.
This classic Kurosawa film receives one heck of a makeover by Criterion.
BC Writer of the Week