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Asian cinema at the Sydney Film Festival 2011

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Justin

Sydney people needn’t be too jealous of MIFF-going Victorians this year — our own film festival starts in a couple of days, and has a bunch of films from Asia showing as well.

Here’s a quick roundup of what SFF is serving up this year; as always, check the official program for the real deal in case I’ve made a mistake or the schedule changes.… (read more)

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MIFF 2011: First Glance

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Justin

The Melbourne International FIlm Festival (21 July to 7 August this year) have unveiled the “First Glance” at their program and, as usual, films from Asia are well-represented. Here’s a short rundown — you should check their website for full details. Note that there’ll be more on the way soon… the full program is released in July, and we’ll post an update with any further announcements then!

MIFF have an “Accent on Asia” track this year, and so … (read more)

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Melbourne Cinémathèque screens six Tsui Hark films

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Justin

You might be forgiven for thinking that Melbourne really does get the lion’s share of Asian cinema programming here in Australia, and this snippet of news from a reader does nothing to dispel this particular feeling!

On Wednesday nights from 18 May to 1 June, the Australian Centre for the Moving Image is screening six films from iconic Hong Kong director Tsui Hark as part of the Melbourne Cinémathèque program. Some of these are relative rarities: there are very … (read more)

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Free tickets to The Lost Bladesman

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Justin

(Update: we’re all out of free tickets and DVDs this time — thanks to everyone who got in touch!)

As we’ve already mentioned, the new Chinese period action film The Lost Bladesman (which Tom’s just written about) is screening in cinemas in Australia as of last Thursday. And courtesy of Icon, we have a bunch of free tickets and DVD packs to give away to encourage you to get out and see it… after all, what’s the last … (read more)

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More classic anime on Blu-Ray

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Justin

It’s likely that most Aussie anime fans will be up on new releases of big titles, but just in case…

Last week, Aussie distributor Madman released three classic anime titles on Blu-Ray:

The complete series of FLCL, which Eugene took a walk down memory lane with the other day;
Hayao Miyazaki’s classic film, Laputa: Castle in the Sky;
My Neighbours the Yamadas, also from Studio Ghibli.

You can tell from the ratings we’ve given these over the … (read more)

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In Cinemas: Detectives and Bladesmen

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Justin

As well as China’s The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman, there are a couple of other Asian films hitting cinemas over the next month or so.

Richard at The Reel Bits kindly sent me the heads-up that Korean film Detective K: Secret of Virtuous Widow is on screens right now, but only at the Reading cinemas in Rhodes and Auburn in NSW. These things always sneak in under my radar. Detective K is a murder mystery with a … (read more)

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Free tickets to The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Justin

Welcome to the first giveaway in ages from Heroic Cinema!
(Update: they’re all gone — thanks everyone!)

China Lion are bringing the new Chinese film The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman to Australian cinemas and they’ve given us a sheaf of free tickets to give away. I’ll post two tickets to each of the first ten people to drop me a line with their name and a postal address, usable at participating theatres in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and … (read more)

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ACMI Melbourne: “Focus on Linda Lin Dai”

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Justin

I’ve only just seen this update from SBS’s film news, so my apologies on the lack of lead time on this post; still, I thought some HC readers might be interested.

Melbourne’s Australian Centre for the Moving Image are running their retrospective, Focus on Linda Lin Dai from today until February 28. Lin Dai was one of the brightest stars of Hong Kong cinema from the 50s and 60s, most prominently with Shaw Brothers, and ACMI are bringing a bunch … (read more)