In dialogue with Dr Andy Lau (Special Guest: Dr Ann Hui)

Student writer John Woo's top ten films of 1970, in no particular order, from the Chinese Student Weekly (29/1/1971): (1) Zabriskie Point (2) Z (3) The Damned (4) Woodstock (5) Cul-de-sac (6) M*A*S*H (7) Midnight Cowboy (8) Women in Love (9) Contempt (10) Medium Cool

Happy 20th anniversary to "Kemonozume", the most underrated Masaaki Yuasa's anime. First aired on August 5, 2006.

Hooting and hollering as Ultraman does a HK spin in front of the giant monster.

It's been reported that Grace Chang, Hong Kong's preeminent Mandarin screen diva of the 50s, passed away this afternoon, one day shy of her 93rd birthday. Watch Mambo Girl and The Wild, Wild Rose to see her at the height of her powers.

Rare Jackie Chan sighting in Hong Kong yesterday at Nansun Shi's memorial service. Always fascinated by who in Hong Kong he'll still give face to, a list I'm sure gets shorter and shorter each passing year.

The comments section for news about Nansun Shi's memorial service is all prayer hands emojis or some variation of "Tsui Hark is a piece of shit".

Hey, they restored Dennis Yu's The Imp, one of my favourite Hong Kong New Wave pictures.

RIP Nansun Shi. I feel framing her as a film producer undercuts her actual work though, which was primarily in distribution and administration, the non-creative side of the business of movies that's kinda boring but is ultimately what keeps it all afloat.

Walking into a shop and buying Shinji Aoyama's EUREKA like I'm in some AI slop nostalgia video about going to the video store or the mall.

The BFI and Variety with competing translations of Jia Zhangke's Tony Rayns Weibo post.

Tony Rayns trying to pull a dude in Stanley Kwan's Hold You Tight (1998)

RIP Tony Rayns, one of the few English-language critics who genuinely knew what they were talking about (most of the time) when it came to East Asian cinema, especially Hong Kong's.

When stuff gets released specifically for me.

Small update to my long drawn-out Patrick Tam translation project in light of the recent passing of Taiwanese actor Pai Ying: 'Death of a Hitman', the 8th episode of Hong Kong New Wave adjacent 1975 anthology series Superstar Special. Link after the jump.

Small update to my long drawn-out Patrick Tam translation project in light of the recent passing of Taiwanese actor Pai Ying: 'Death of a Hitman', the 8th episode of Hong Kong New Wave adjacent 1975 anthology series Superstar Special. Link after the jump.

This transition and crane shot in Ocarina of Time, man...

I wrote about Ringo Lam and his seminal On Fire trilogy for Metrograph. Their Ringo Lam series starts today, and includes both Prison on Fire and Full Contact on 35mm. metrograph.com/ringo-lam-on...

Ringo Lam on Fire - Journal - Metrograph

On how Ringo Lam’s scorchingly impassioned action cinema returned Hong Kong cinema to the mean streets.

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My work on Arrow's Golden Princess releases will be slowing down from now on, but I still managed to do new subs for the first A Better Tomorrow (and all the songs are translated!). I can't maintain a standard I'm happy with in the time required anymore, and it'd also be nice to do other things...

J'ai écrit un article pour le numéro 219 du magazine 24 Images, dans le cadre d'un dossier sur le cinéma hongkongais. Je vous parle de la résilience des cinéastes de Hong Kong face à la censure chinoise et de la manière dont leur cinéma épouse les luttes sociales de la ville. En accès libre, ici ! ⬇️

Extinction des feux à Hong Kong

Mon article pour la revue 24 Images sur le cinéma hongkongais à l’épreuve de la rétrocession.

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Thrilled to share my artwork for the worldwide UHD premiere of Lucio Fulci’s THE BLACK CAT! This 3-disc 4K release with my limited edition slipcase is part of the @severinfilms.bsky.social summer sale, ending at 12:01 AM PST on June 30. Pre-order here: severinfilms.com/collections/... #physicalmedia

Meiko Kaji (梶芽衣子) on the cover of a collection of the original Sasori (さそり) manga by Toru Shinohara (篠原とおる). Scanned by me. 📽️ #filmsky 🎥 #japanesefilm

I went on (in?) Labyrinth of Cinema to sell my unsuspecting hosts and all of you on Jet Li Indiana Jones going through a divorce in Dr. Wai in The Scripture with No Words. The fair number of you out there who don't like this movie are objectively wrong.

Colin@moxbagel.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This week Labyrinth of Cinema is joined by @dylancheung.bsky.social for Dr Wai in The Scripture With No Words. You would not believe how divorced sad sack Jet Li is capable of getting. Links in the reply! Also please post your favorite HK Studio intro so @lowercasejai.bsky.social and I can vibe

Will Casshan fight to protect Android Faye Wong?

Anime News Network@animenewsnetwork.com · 2mo ago

Casshan 2045 will be a new reimagining of Tatsunoko Production's 1973 Casshan anime!

I went on (in?) Labyrinth of Cinema to sell my unsuspecting hosts and all of you on Jet Li Indiana Jones going through a divorce in Dr. Wai in The Scripture with No Words. The fair number of you out there who don't like this movie are objectively wrong.

Colin@moxbagel.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This week Labyrinth of Cinema is joined by @dylancheung.bsky.social for Dr Wai in The Scripture With No Words. You would not believe how divorced sad sack Jet Li is capable of getting. Links in the reply! Also please post your favorite HK Studio intro so @lowercasejai.bsky.social and I can vibe

This week Labyrinth of Cinema is joined by @dylancheung.bsky.social for Dr Wai in The Scripture With No Words. You would not believe how divorced sad sack Jet Li is capable of getting. Links in the reply! Also please post your favorite HK Studio intro so @lowercasejai.bsky.social and I can vibe

Apollo 11 Moon Landing (1969) joining the collection

Criterion Channel@criterionchannl.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I've had Kindaichi on my mind lately and a new Village of Eight Graves adaptation drops. I fall in and out of love with Takashi Shimizu, but this looks suitably gnarly.

映画『八つ墓村』【9月18日(金)全国公開】

YouTube video by 松竹チャンネル/SHOCHIKUch

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While the rest of the audience was in stitches, there was a specific scene in Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma that had me in tears, even though I couldn't tell you exactly why. When the protagonist, also a spectator, shared my reaction, I never felt so seen before in my life.