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Motorway (HK, 2012) in Cinemas

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Justin

Our own John Snadden dropped me a line to remind me that new Hong Kong getaway driver film Motorway has opened in cinemas across Australia, and it’s from perennial Heroic Cinema favourite directors Johnnie To and Soi Cheang. John writes:

A hearty recommendation for the new Johnnie To produced / Soi Cheang directed Motorway. Mind games and road games are the glue of this terrific little crime drama which opened last Thurday thru Hoyts around Australia. It also shows … (read more)

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Japanese Cinema Week #2 (Sydney)

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Justin

Japanese Cinema Week is returning in the first week of July for round two, with another eight films screening for free at the Japan Foundation here in Sydney. Full schedule details are on the Japan Foundation site, but here’s a quick roundup of the films, with links to reviews where we’ve got ’em:… (read more)

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Asian Cinema at the Sydney Film Festival 2012

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Justin
Sydney Film Festival 2012

That time of year has rolled around again: the Sydney Film Festival has released its full program for 2012, and there’s a lot there to get excited about this year!… (read more)

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Bordwell’s “Planet Hong Kong”

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Justin

So, I’m one of the teeming millions that picked up the new iPad last week, and its amazing screen propelled me into looking for books to read on it. If you’re in the same situation, I hugely recommend picking up the PDF version of David Bordwell’s excellent book Planet Hong Kong — if you haven’t seen the original version, it’s a wonderful overview of HK cinema by film theorist, professor, prodigious blogger and HK cinema fan David Bordwell.

The original … (read more)

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Giveaway: ‘The Sorcerer and the White Snake’ on Blu-Ray (Closed)

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Justin

Update: This giveaway has closed, thanks to everyone who wrote in!
Congratulations to Judith in Geelong, Andrew in Melbourne and Michael in Adelaide: your discs are in the mail.

Today from our friends at Icon, who did such an impressive job releasing Asian films in Australia last year, I have three blu-ray discs to give away of Ching Siu Tung’s 2011 film with Jet Li, The Sorcerer and the White Snake.… (read more)

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Big films screening at the KCO for March (Sydney)

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Justin

Just a quick note for readers in Sydney — as part of their Cinema on the Park series, the Korean Cultural Office have dubbed this month’s programme ‘X-treme Korea’, and they’re showing a bunch of great stuff. Several of these screened at festivals last year, so if you missed out, now’s your chance to catch one for free!

I’m too late for March 1st’s film, which was The Man From Nowhere, but coming up on Thursday nights from tomorrow … (read more)

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KCO’s final film for 2011: ‘He’s on Duty’ (Sydney)

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Justin

Our friends at the Korean Cultural Office in Sydney (who ran this year’s fantastic KOFFIA festival) are showing their final film tomorrow (Thursday 22nd) evening in this year’s Cinema On The Park programme. It’s open to the public and free, so if you have the evening free, why not go along and check it out?

The film being played is 2010’s He’s On Duty, from director Yook Sang-hyo (Hi, Dharma 2, Iron Palm), a light-hearted comedy … (read more)

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Free tickets to ‘Flying Swords of Dragon Gate 3D’ (closed)

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Justin

(Update — I’m all out. Thanks everyone!)

Thanks once again to Icon, I have five double passes to give away to Tsui Hark’s new wuxia/swordplay film Flying Swords of Dragon Gate 3D, which (as I mentioned yesterday) opens this week across Australia. Now’s your chance to get in to see Jet Li do his stuff for nothing!… (read more)

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