Impending Wuxia Wonders!
The Hollywood Reporter has a piece on new film adaptations of Jin Yong / Louis Cha’s wuxia novels. Plus, HK film industry folk discuss Cha’s importance to them. (Via Colin Geddes).
“Interview with ‘hotel art’ painter John Cerasulo”
Atlas Obscura looks at the world of the paintings made for display in hotel rooms and interview artist John Cerasulo. “’Dogs are huge, dogs wearing clothes always,’ Cerasulo says. Armed with the knowledge that people want to buy paintings of pups in sweaters, Cerasulo recently painted the ‘handsome […]
“Made (and Remade) in Asia”
At City On Fire, Paul Bramhall writes about Asian movies remade by other filmakers form other countries in Asia. “To cast a light on these often overlooked remakes, we’ve put together a list of 20 original movies, and their respective remakes, for you to check out. We’ve decided […]
So Many Musicals!
The Vulture has a list of fifty swell-looking non-Holllywood, non-English musicals for your perusal!
“The Science behind Bruce Lee’s Punching Power”
The Nerdist shares some of the neurology behind Bruce Lee’s speed and his famous One Inch Punch. There is also some amazing footage of Lee demonstrating his skills.
Lock, Stock and Barrel: Charting Chivalry, Brotherhood and Honour in A Better Tomorrow and Sonatine and their Inspirations
Guest Star Sayantan Mondal is a PhD Scholar working on the genre of Postcolonial Science Fiction. Apart from this he likes to write about films. But more than that he likes to watch them. And he hopes one day when he will be able to recover from his […]
The Cultural Gutter 