A 2003 historical drama starring Tom Cruise and Timothy Spall has just been added to Netflix. Directed by Edward Zwick, The ...
Nathan Algren survives Katsumoto’s final battle in The Last Samurai and helps Emperor Meiji understand what the samurai died ...
Is it better for a historical film to be accurate or to be meaningful? Do films need a surrogate outsider for audiences to relate to? Why is Tom Cruise the last samurai? Spoiler … he isn’t. Cinema ...