Tag: 2020s

Exhuma: Demons of the Past

The past is very present in writer/director Jang Jae-hyun’s Exhuma (South Korea, 2024). There is familial and imperial history reaching back to World War II and even further. And if there are not precisely demons in the film, well, there are things that are close enough.

Hong Kong Fight Club!

Enjoy Shout Factory TV’s new free Channel, Hong Kong Fight Club! “Featuring genre-defining works from directing legends John Woo and Tsui Hark, alongside star-studded vehicles with Chow Yun-fat, Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Jackie Chan and Leslie Cheung, the streaming channel from Shout! TV showcases the absolute greatest […]

H. P. Loveshack

At McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, John K. Peck recounts the dreadful tale of H. P. Loveshack. “As we left Atlanta, we gave the horses free rein, and our great carriage set sail down the broad, cypress-lined highways. Our easy progress, however, was not to last. As the hours stretched […]