asian cinema

REVENGER ROUNDTABLE: Bruce Khan Gets His Day On Netflix Today, So Get Your Kicks With These Titles As Well!

It’s Tuesday, January 15, and that means the rarity of watching Korean actor and martial artist Bruce Khan on screen is a rarity no more with the Netflix release of his latest, Revenger. Khan plays a man who infiltrates a remote island prison to partake in a deadly game in order to find his family’s murderer. Lee Seung-won makes his directing debut here with Khan returning to the spotlight since Young Man Kang’s The Last Eve and the 2012 KBS2 drama, The Bridal Mask. I haven’t read the reviews and so like most Westerners who can’t read any Korean reviews for feedback, I’m going into this film albeit blind aside from how impressive the trailers have been in my view. Khan’s return is one that I feel is wholly worth celebrating since The Last Eve which I still haven’t seen. He represents the kind of raw, electrifying action talent it […]

Help Send Ric Meyers To Asia To Make FILMS OF FURY: THE ONCE AND FUTURE INTERVIEWS

Lee B. Golden III

Writer, journalist and World Martial Arts Hall Of Famer, Ric Meyers (Films Of Fury: The Kung Fu Movie Movie, The Art Of Action) has been around the block and back more than enough times in his life in the world of classic martial arts cinema. You can pretty much Google him as he has an entire Wikipedia page and website of his own full of all sorts of information that is common among the stars, filmmakers and other historical figures of the genre can tell you, and while having accomplished himself quite a bit, there are certain elements he feels is missing nowadays in discussing films and “kung fu”. As of late, taking all his knowledge and substantive work contributing to years of magazine editorials, books and DVDs, Meyers wants to go a step further. His new video documentary, Films Of Fury: The Once And Future Interviews Doc/Book, has a […]

Check Out What's Happening At NYAFF 2014 This June!

Lee B. Golden III

Anyone in the mood for some Asian cinema? Then Lincoln Center is your place to be this summer, host to the usual wide array of films ranging from classic to contemporary projects. A few of them are currently upcoming in certain parts of the globe in one form or another. Hopefully you can attend this event yourself this month and see what all the fuss is about. Film Society’s own Brian Brooks has the official line-up as announced below: The international premiere of Alan Mak and Felix Chong’s crime thriller Overheard 3 will open the New York Asian Film Festival on June 27. The 13th edition of the festival will showcase 60 features, including 20 North American, six U.S., and 11 New York premieres, in addition to filmmaker and celebrity guests from Asia and Australia, announced the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema, in association with the Japan […]

POLICE STORY 2013 Makes Its Way To Toronto

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A new report from the National Post is announcing that international action star Jackie Chan will be one of the celebtated attendees at an Asian film and art festival program titled A Century Of Chinese Cinema, at this summer’s Toronto International Film Festival Bell Lightbox. The event will be held between June 5 and August 11, featuring films including Chan’s smash hit classic, Police Story, and footage from his upcoming follow-up in the series, Police Story 2013. Also featuring at the event are the works of visual artist Yang Fudong, cinematograoher Christopher Doyle, and the opening night screening of the 1993 film, Farewell My Concubine, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Chen Kaige. As news of POLICE STORY 2013 initially broke a few months back, Jackie said on his Weibo microblog, “I’ve played policemen many times before, but I’ve never shot a film which focused on the life of a mainland policeman. […]