Groundhog Day - Ryan Gilbey (BFI Film Classics) Criterion 'The Hidden Fortress' Director: Akira

'The Hidden Fortress' Director: Akira Kurosawa (1958) BFI 4K Ultra HD  Japanese w/ English subtitles

chilling masterpiece penetrates the surface of an outwardly peaceful and puritanical society to reveal the malevolence and violence beneath

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The screenplay for perhaps the Coen's most philosophical film

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