Rashomon

  • Thursday, Feb 19

Showtimes updated on Tuesday evenings
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OCOpen Captioned
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Rashomon

Feb. 19: Cinema Studies Screening & Lecture by NYU PhD candidate Cameron Olsen

A riveting psychological thriller that investigates the nature of truth and the meaning of justice, Rashomon is widely considered one of the greatest films ever made.

Four people give different accounts of a man’s murder and the rape of his wife, which director Akira Kurosawa presents with striking imagery and an ingenious use of flashbacks. This eloquent masterwork and international sensation revolutionized film language and introduced Japanese cinema—and a commanding new star by the name of Toshiro Mifune—to the Western world.

"What Akira Kurosawa and his tiny production team wrought is now an accepted maxim of modern life, a creed by which to live in a world where everyone has a blog and an opinion."
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
"It’s easy to forget, nonetheless, that the movie offers more rewards than a dazzling superstructure. It’s beautifully shot, vividly performed and is ultimately an arresting pop treatise on the impossibility of objective truth."
Kevin Maher, The Times (UK)

SPECIAL EVENTS

Cinema Studies Screening & Lecture by NYU PhD candidate Cameron Olsen

Thursday, Feb. 19 2026, 1:30

  • Cameron Olsen is a Cinema Studies PhD Candidate at NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

Tickets: $35 (members), $40 (nonmembers)

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This film is part of the following initiatives:

This film is part of the Kurosawa Restored series.



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