Jeannette Ng thinks about The Rise of Skywalker, The Last Jedi and “memorabilia without memory.” “The central plot of Rise concerns Rey’s parentage which was very satisfyingly resolved in The Last Jedi. They were no one in particular, not great heroes nor villains. Along with the rest of […]
Open Culture has a list of Akira Kurosawa’s favorite films. Well, at least 100 of them. (There are probably more).
At Ask For The Moon, Meredith Lewis remembers Hong Kong film icon, Yuen Hua. “’He’s gorgeous!’ said my Mum, boggling at Yueh Hua playing the titular role in The Lizard. ‘He’s warm, funny, and he’s really really good.’”
At Sup China, Tristan Shaw looks at the history of jiangshi / gyonshi / hopping vampire / “stiff corpse” moves from 1936 on and focusing on the iconic Hong Kong movie, Mr. Vampire (1985).
Open Culture has a list of 60 free film noir films for you to watch while grieving over your manners on long November nights. (Via Punk Noir Magazine).
The Vulture has a great interview with super-actor Song Kang-ho (The Foul King; The Host; The Good, The Bad, The Weird; Memories of Murder; Snowpiercer; Parasite).
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