This program is an exploration of blood in art, performance and literature. Of course, blood has so many different meanings, symbols, purposes and roles that one hour cannot encompass all of blood ...

“The Half-Blood Prince” — adapted ... This is the type of resonant imagery that invites repeat viewings and makes the film literary. One of the grand pleasures of these movies remains ...

Although Throne of Blood translates Shakespeares play into Japanese and transplants it to feudal Japan, filmmaker Akira Kurosawa keeps much of the imagery intact. Nature rises up against the deeds ...