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More than forty years later, Toshio Matsumoto's psychedelic whirlpool of counterculture sexuality and continuity-shattering New Wave filmmaking remains a one-of-a-kind blast of cinematic fresh air

'Beat' Takeshi Kitano's first outing as director remains among his best movies -- and also among his most nihilistic and unforgiving

A clever and inventive retelling of three classic Japanese samurai-era tales, channeled through detective-noir sensibilities

This isn't 'Death Note'; it's barely Cliffs Notes