At The Projection Booth Podcast, the Gutter’s own Carol Borden joins friends of the Gutter Mike White and Jackie Stargrove to discuss The Killer (1989). “Carol Borden and Jackie Stargrove join Mike for a double-barreled deep dive into John Woo’s The Killer — both the 1989 Hong Kong […]
At Empire, John Woo talked a bit about making a musical with Ron and Russell Mael. Read that here. And more recently at Variety, Ron and Russell Mael talk about making a movie with John Woo in an interview about Sparks’ Mad album. Read that here.
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 […]
At The New Yorker, Simon Abrams interviews filmmaker John Woo. “Woo talked about taking a break from Hollywood, his quest to make personal genre movies, and his enduring faith in friendship, onscreen and off.” Read more here.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of The Cultural Gutter. Author and game developer Jim Munroe founded The Cultural Gutter and posted his first essay here on May 22, 2003. In 2004, Jim invited comic artist and critic Guy Leshinski to join the Gutter. They created a manifesto […]
For years, I have wondered why there is no Bollywood adaptation of Face/Off (1997). The story and the OTT performances seem perfect for the filmi treatment. Bollywood loves the following key elements of this beloved classic: convoluted, unlikely scientific processes, complete with bubbling lab equipment brothers grieving parents […]
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