Podcast On Fire: “On The Wrong Track!”
Podcast On Fire watches On The Wrong Track (1983)! “Youth gone wild at Shaw Brothers, with Andy Lau and from the director of Naked Killer. With Kenny B and Paul Fox.” Listen here.
“When Something is Nearly ‘Everything'”
At Nerds of Color, Bao Phi ponders Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022). “Consider how many risks the filmmakers took, how many plates they had in the air, and recognize their ambition. Think about how difficult it is to incorporate special effects convincingly into a modern film, and […]
The A24 Podcast: Michelle Yeoh and Brendan Fraser!
Michelle Yeoh and Brendan Fraser talk about The Mummy 3 and more! “Topics covered include: the magic of practical effects, living out of a suitcase, calculated risks, mapping the multiverse on a blackboard, Everything Everywhere and The Whale’s themes of forgiveness, films that open hearts, fighting to be original, total collaboration, […]
Podcast On Fire watches Magic Crystal (1986)
Our friends at Podcast on Fire watch Wong Jing’s Magic Crystal (1986)! “Wong Jing makes his Wong Jing film, which means he steals from all other films but he lets his action director be the star of the show as well, in Magic Crystal from 1986. Also, actor […]
Podcast On Fire: “Fun and Fury & With Or Without You“
“After having no real action requirements placed on him in Fruit Punch and Wicked City, Leon Lai has to go to action-work in Frankie Chan’s Fun And Fury. Also, Leon and Jacky Cheung fight over the affection of Rosamund Kwan as cop and triad respectively in With Or […]
Back To The Wharf!
The Gutter’s own Carol has some thoughts on Li Xiaofeng’s neo-noir, Back To The Wharf! She has additional thoughts on censorship and Chinese crime films. “Back To The Wharf is one of a wave of Chinese crime dramas in recent years. These films make up for the bloated, […]
The Cultural Gutter 