John Darnielle

August 2022

The Mountain Goats front man and novelist picked up a few favorite movies and shared his love for Bruce Lee, Laurence Olivier, Toshiro Mifune, and other screen icons.

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Picks (9)

The Samurai Trilogy

Box Set

Original Cast Album: “Company”

D. A. Pennebaker

1970 • United States • 53m

Salvatore Giuliano

Francesco Rosi

1962 • Italy • 1h 59m

Richard III

Laurence Olivier

1955 • United Kingdom • 2h 35m

Kagemusha

Akira Kurosawa

1980 • Japan • 3h

Unavailable

The Signifyin’ Works of Marlon Riggs

Box Set

Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hits

Box Set

Youth of the Beast

Seijun Suzuki

1963 • Japan • 1h 32m

The Ballad of Narayama

Keisuke Kinoshita

1958 • Japan • 1h 38m