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New York Asian Film Festival/Japan Cuts 2013 Report 6 – Japan Cuts Kicks Off 12 Jul 2013 | 10:06 pm
As the New York Asian Film Festival winds down over the weekend, with closing film The Rooftop on Monday at the Asia Society, the Japan Cuts festival at the Japan Society is just getting started in ea...
New York Asian Film Festival/Japan Cuts 2013 Report 5 – Mainland Crime Stories - Beijing Blues and A Mystery 4 Jul 2013 | 01:54 am
This report focuses on two contrasting looks at crime in modern mainland China: Beijing Blues and A Mystery. Beijing Blues AKA: Shen tan Hengte Zhang Dir. Qunshu Gao (China 2012) Rating: 3 out of ...
New York Asian Film Festival/Japan Cuts 2013 Report 4 – Confession of Murder and Countdown 3 Jul 2013 | 11:49 pm
Today’s report tackles two slanted takes on the psycho killer with South Korea’s Confession of Murder and Thailand’s Countdown. Confession of Murder AKA: Nae-ga sal-in-beom-i-da; I Am the Murderer ...
Jim Kelly, star of Black Belt Jones and Enter the Dragon, Dies at 67 1 Jul 2013 | 10:19 pm
First Liu Chia-Liang and now Jim Kelly - it has not been a good work for the martial arts genre. Starting with his breakout role in Enter the Dragon, Kelly had a way of standing out even among the dre...
New York Asian Film Festival/Japan Cuts 2013 Report 3 – Aberya, The Animals and Helter Skelter 1 Jul 2013 | 09:54 pm
Monday and Tuesday bring on a focus on the new Filipino cinema with Aberya and The Animals, along with the first Japan Cuts co-presentation, Helter Skelter. Also showing is Ryoo Seung-Wan’s The Unjust...
New York Asian Film Festival/Japan Cuts 2013 Report 2 – Ip Man Mania 28 Jun 2013 | 11:08 pm
The opening weekend of NYAFF is heavy on the fu, with a double helping of two very different films about Bruce Lee’s master, Ip Man - Ip Man: The Final Fight and The Legend is Born: Ip Man - along wit...
New York Asian Film Festival/Japan Cuts 2013 Report 1 – NYAFF Starts Today 28 Jun 2013 | 07:51 pm
Subway Cinema’s New York Asian Film Festival and the Japan Society’s Japan Cuts series are back! Quite a line up this year, with new films from stalwarts like Takashi Miike (Audition), Johnnie To (The...
Liu Chia-Liang, Titan of Kung Fu Cinema, Dies at 76 26 Jun 2013 | 07:22 pm
Liu Chia-Liang (also known as Lau Kar-Leung) has passed away. What can I say, the man was a legend. From a martial family that included Gordon Liu and Lau Kar-Wing, and from a direct line of martial a...
Jesus (Jess) Franco Dies at 82 3 Apr 2013 | 01:38 am
Jesus Franco, a man who defined both “prolific” and “sleazy” when it came to cinema, has died at the age of 82. I won’t even try to summarize his contributions to exploitation cinema, but suffice it t...
Japan Society Delves Into the Twisted World of Shin Toho 25 Feb 2013 | 08:05 pm
After a fallow period following the decline of the DVD market, we are finally getting more opportunities to wander off the beaten path of Japanese genre cinema from the 50s and 60s. Last November brou...
