“Samurai Silat”
In Gareth Evans’ new short, “Pre Vis,” Hannah Al Rashid, Yayan Ruhian and Cecep Arif Rahman throw down.
Interview with Yayan Ruhian
The Jakarta Post has a feature on Yayan Ruhian, who has remarkable fight scenes as Mad Dog in The Raid (2011); as Erik in Merantau (2009); and as Prakoso in The Raid II (2014). (Via The Heroic Sisterhood)
So Much Art
So much art available for your browsing pleasure as the Smithsonian puts 40,000 pieces of Asian art from the Freer and Saeckler Collection online.
Sixties and Seventies Asian Pop Record Covers
A gallery of Singaporean, Malaysian, Indonesian, Hong Kong and Japanese pop album covers.
Global Pop Offensive!
Friend of the Gutter, Todd from Die, Danger, Die, Die, Kill! joins the Pop Offensive to share two hours of fine global pop. Listen here.
“Gang War” Scene from The Raid 2/Berandal
Gareth Evans has shared a deleted scene from the upcoming Berandal / The Raid 2. As Evans says: “Just to clarify, this isn’t something we had to cut for censorship. We removed this back in December during editing.”
The Cultural Gutter 