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This week: ‘Flying Swords of Dragon Gate 3D’ in cinemas
OK, so the English-language title is a bit of a mouthful. Perhaps it’s inevitable, when we’re on the second remake; director Tsui Hark’s already taken a tilt at this story once, with 1992’s star-studded New Dragon Gate Inn. The original, King Hu’s Dragon Inn (1967) is a classic from a director whose influence on wuxia film is immense — we’re still seeing echoes from his films from the ’60s today.
Anyway, it’s a new Tsui Hark wuxia/swordplay film, and … (read more)
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‘Shanghai Space’ and ‘Mumbai Disconnected’, free screenings in Melbourne
A quick update for Melbournians up for something interesting (and free!)
The good folks at MIFF are bringing a series of documentaries to the big screen in Federation Square on Thursday November 24, and the first two are films about Asian megacities that proved popular at MIFF 2010. We figured HC’s readership might be interested, so here’s the deal:
From 6:30pm to 8:30pm, they’re screening two of the Danish Cities on Speed documentaries. The first, Nanna Frank Møller’s Shanghai Space… (read more)
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Johnnie To’s ‘Life Without Principle’ in cinemas
John reminded me that Heroic favourite Johnnie To (Election, The Mission, much more besides) has a new film that’s in Australian cinemas — but it’s a quick run, so get your skates on if you want to catch it!
Life Without Principle stars Lau Ching Wan, Denise Ho, Richie Ren and Myolie Wu in a timely crime drama set in today’s Hong Kong. A policeman, a banker and a small-time hood each have their own financial difficulties, … (read more)
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The Fantastic Asia Film Festival comes to Melbourne
Melbournians take heed! A new festival is coming to town, and it’s bringing with it four days of Asian film that run the gamut of cult and genre cinema: from their opener, Nishimura’s zombie splatter film Helldriver, to low-budget Filipino ghost/horror flicks Altar and Yanggaw. They’ve packed a huge number of films into the Cinema Nova in Carlton over four days, starting on the 10th of November.
You’ll find the complete lineup and session times at their website… (read more)
Free tickets to ‘The Sorcerer and the White Snake’ (Closed)
(Update: we’re all out, I’m afraid. Thanks, everyone!)
Tony Ching Siu-tung’s The Sorcerer and the White Snake, starring Jet Li, hits Australian cinemas nationwide this Thursday, and Icon have sent me five double passes to give away!
If you’d like one, head on over to the Contact Us page and get in touch. Make sure you include a postal address, otherwise I’ll have nowhere to send it!
The film is a big-budget adaptation of the classical Chinese Legend of … (read more)
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Free tickets to ‘My Kingdom’ (Closed)
(Update: I’m all out — Thanks everyone who got in touch!)
Courtesy of Icon, I have five free double passes to give away for My Kingdom, which opened nationally last Thursday and should run until at least the 22nd.
All you have to do is check that you can get to one of the cinemas screening the film, and then get in touch with us via the Contact Us page. The first five people to drop me a line … (read more)
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September in Cinemas
Once you’ve had your fill of festival cinema screenings — ably provided by KOFFIA in Melbourne and the JFF if you’re in Adelaide this week — September looks set to offer quite an array of Asian cinema in regular theatres. Here’s what’s coming up this month:
My Kingdom (China)
A big-budget film set in the late 19th century and centered around a Shanghai opera troupe. Stars Wu Chun, Han Geng and Barbie Hsu, and the trailer seems to indicate that … (read more)
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Free tickets to the Korean Film Festival (closed)
(Update: … and I’m all out. Thanks to those who wrote in!)
Heads up, readers in Sydney and Melbourne!
I’ve got three double passes to give away to any screening you like (except for the opening and closing night galas) at this year’s Korean Film Festival in Australia (KOFFIA 2011), courtesy of the festival organisers. Feast your eyes on their program full of recent Korean cinema, choose what you’d like to see, then come back and use our … (read more)