“… ghoulishly registers as a mediation on the madness of grief.”

“… amusingly examines the particular peculiarities of men trying to bond.”

“… fumbles its own legacy, largely by believing it had one in the first place.”

“Although swords strike and blood flows, Yojimbo mostly registers as a comedy.”

“If someone knows the one true thing about you, that might be enough for a life together.”

“Itami squeezes Japanese food customs, even as he offers a fondly humorous survey of them.”

“…you feel the desperation and doom closing in with each passing scene.”

“…a mournful, if macabre, meditation on losing a loved one — as only writer-director David Cronenberg could manage.”

“Tarkovsky sets the stage for the rest of his career with Andrei Rublev…”