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One of the Greatest Directors of All Time Remade His Own Movie 25 Years Later

Zach Laws is a longtime entertainment journalist and movie features writer. He is also an independent filmmaker and member of the Screen Actors Guild based out of Los Angeles. Zach grew up watching ...
Under the Radar

A Story of Floating Weeds/Floating Weeds: Two Films by Yasujiro Ozu

The Criterion Collection’s newest box set, featuring a silent film by Yasujiro Ozu and his remake of that film 25 years later, is a fascinating look at the changes and continuities of the acclaimed ...
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Floating Weeds

Read up on the latest Floating Weeds News, Reviews and Features from the team at Collider. Floating Weeds (1959): Renowned director Yasujirō Ozu crafts a poignant narrative about an aging actor who ...
Wall Street Journal

Yasujiro Ozu’s Cinema of Shared Humanity

This December marks the 120th anniversary of Yasujiro Ozu’s birth. For those who can’t quite place the name, he is the Japanese director of such exquisitely crafted classics as “Late Spring” (1949), ...