In normal times, I’d be writing about ten comics I read that I liked this year and haven’t written about yet. But it is, as is so often said, not normal times and I am not entirely sure what the new normal will be both here at the […]
Catch a free, online screening of King Hu’s classic wuxia film, Raining in the Mountain, via the University of Wisconsin Cinematheque! Then listen to a conversation about the film with film critic David Bordwell on their new Cinematalk podcast available here. “In a Ming Dynasty monastery, competing bands […]
Watch Taiwanese b-movies for free until December 15! “Co-organized by the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute (TFAI) and Taiwan Cinema Toolkit, ‘Taiwan B-Movies’ showcases five representative films from the period, as well as the 2005 documentary TAIWAN BLACK MOVIES, which went a long way towards re-focusing attention on […]
“Continuing the Versus Series, lined up for review is Golden Harvest’s 1973 Angela Mao movie When Taekwondo Strikes. She might take your head off, fighting on the side of the Korean people against the Japanese. Also, in Heroes Of The East, Lau Kar-Leung depicts Chinese versus Japanese martial […]
Our friends at Podcast On Fire talk about Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins and Fantasy Mission Force, “the most hated Jackie Chan movie ever.” (One that a lot of people kinda like including the Gutter’s own Carol and Keith). “Taiwan filmmakers bring to life the manga and anime […]
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 […]