The Ferroni Brigade considers how Lau Kar-Leung brought comedy to kung fu as well as scrutinized the kung fu film tradition that had come before him. David Bordwell writes about Lau and how sometimes stylized action captures the real better than “realism.”
Actor, Karate Grandmaster and tennis player Jim Kelly has died. Kelly starred alongside Bruce Lee in Enter The Dragon and in action/Blaxploitation classics such as Black Belt Jones, Three The Hard Way and Black Samurai. Our friends at Daily Grindhouse have an obituary as does The Los Angeles […]
Steven Heller writes about Maurice Sendak and treating “children like the intelligent little animals that we know they are.”
A history of the aspect ratio. “John Hess traces the evolution of the screen shape from the silent film days through the widescreen explosion of the 50s, to the aspect ratio of modern digital cameras.”
Actor, director, writer and action choreographer Lau Kar-Leung has died. Most widely known as the director of 36th Chamber of Shaolin, Lau has an extensive filmography. He collaborated with director Chang Cheh and, in his own work, brought humor to and a singular action choreography to his own […]
The Projection Booth presents its VHS Extravaganza! “It’s our super ultra deluxe extravaganza about all things VHS. We’re talking to the filmmakers behind Rewind This!, Adjust Your Tracking, Plastic Movies Rewound, and VHS Massacre. We also play back your VHS memories via all the calls we got from […]
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The Cultural Gutter 