Kurosawa’s ‘Ikiru’ Comes Back to Life in ‘Living’
'Living' dives into many themes that we can all understand regardless of our cultural backgrounds. We can see this through the shared similarities between 'Ikiru' and 'Living'.

A lonely cult-member tries to recruit an old friend - a nihilistic drifter from her childhood church. But it becomes unclear if she’s trying to save his soul, or if she herself wishes to be saved.
'Living' dives into many themes that we can all understand regardless of our cultural backgrounds. We can see this through the shared similarities between 'Ikiru' and 'Living'.
"Come Play" was entertaining and had some great ideas about how to scare children away from playing with facial recognition settings.
Paul Thomas Anderson blends tragedy, comedy in 2025 epic, "One Battle After Another."
A Christmas movie that is not about a middle-class, straight relationship but centers on a lesbian couple.
A successful author’s life is upended when she finds herself on a plantation straight out of the antebellum south.
Overall, The Shining is a great film to watch for its atmosphere and setting. While the characters’ portrayals could’ve been more accurate to the book, they’re all still memorable nonetheless.