RIVERBEND: Sam Firstenberg’s Long-Lost Action Classic Takes The American Cinematheque In October!
The screening marks the latest stop in the film’s journey since its revival and current restoration effort coming in 2026.
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Can I Kick It?: Shaolin Jazz To Live-Score 80s Cult Classic AMERICAN NINJA, Debut 6K Trailer For Long-Lost Steve James Actioner, RIVERBEND
Coming to Washington D.C. on Tuesday, July 29!
Streaming Sleepers: Sam Firstenburg’s AMERICAN SAMURAI Revamps A Niche Classic
Sam Firstenberg’s 1992 action thriller, American Samurai was another one of those commercial TV finds for me growing up. The film stars David Bradley in the role of Drew, a journalist whose investigation into a drug-smuggling lands him in the crosshairs of a criminal organization, and its deadly fighting tournament where he’ll be forced to square off with long lost stepbrother-turned-yakuza, Kenjiro, played by Mark Dacascos. Firstenberg comes from a crop of filmmakers who laid the groundwork for a raft of hit titles out of the Cannon label in the 1980s and onward. American Samurai was no different, save for more persnickety critics who lambasted the film, and even the director who spent a year in recent history collaborating with filmmaker Lyle Goodwin to retouch and refurbish his tourno martial arts adventure into something more closer to his vision than that of what he deemed was studio interference. The new […]
Help Kickstart STORIES FROM THE TRENCHES: THE OFFICIAL SAM FIRSTENBERG BOOK!
Like the artwork in the thumbnail above? Well you can thank German poster designer Ralf Krause whose latest piece of work is now the efficacy of famed Hollywood filmmaker Sam Firstenberg in current efforts by Marco Siedelmann on Kickstarter. The goal? Stories From The Trenches: The Official Sam Firstenberg Book which will contain intricate stories from the eyes, ears and experiences from our subject among others, comprising decades of a bygone era of film production from a studio famous for its hallmark output of stellar independent B-movies featuring iconic stars of its time, and much, much more! The Kickstarter page delves deeper into the various entities of the forthcoming book which now has just over a month as of this write-up to reach its $10K+ goal, and all in exchange for perks to match the donor amount options listed. Feel free to check it out as well as a much […]