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Motorway (HK, 2012) in Cinemas
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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Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)
Gangs of Wasseypur, from Indian director Anurag Kashyap (Black Friday) was the first Indian film to screen in official competition at the Sydney Film Festival, and a serious commitment for festival moviegoers. It’s an epic in two 160-minute parts, scheduled back-to-back on the last Sunday of the festival, and SFF director Nashen Moodley greeted the audience as ‘the bravest of the brave’ with a smile when he came out to introduce the film.… (read more)
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Reel Anime returns!
Great news! Just got word from the good people at Madman – Reel Anime 2012 is set for September around the country. We don’t have any specific dates yet, but we do know that they’ll be screening Ghibli’s latest From Up On Poppy Hill; Summer Wars director Mamoru Hosoda’s Wolf Children; the first feature film in a new trilogy (!!) based on a bit of a fave of mine, Berserk, called Berserk – The Egg of the King; and … (read more)
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Japanese Cinema Week #2 (Sydney)
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)
Initial D Fourth Stage – Collection One (2004)
Oh, hi there. You probably came here to read a review for Initial D Fourth Stage, but before you get to it maybe you should begin by reading the review for the first stage. It’s okay, I’ll be here fine-tuning my ’93 Ford station wagon into a beastly road racer. That’s my girl, purr for me, purr. … (read more)
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Headshot (2012)
Headshot screens at the Sydney Film Festival on June 13 & 14. Check the festival schedule for times.
Pen-ek Ratanaruang has always been a bit of a philosopher. When he burst onto the scene with the high octane comedy of errors crime caper 6ixtynin9 it looked like he was setting himself up to be the next Tarantino/Rodriguez/Park-type urban thriller auteur. That didn’t happen. Last Life in the Universe and Invisible Waves and Nymph happened, and it looked like he was … (read more)
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Chronicle of My Mother (2011)
Familial duty and responsibility to one’s parents makes Chronicle of My Mother a film that will resonate with Asian audiences far more than for the rest of us. And yes, the title is going to make most people think they’re about to see a Japanese version of Pedro Almodóvar’s All About My Mother, but the two films have little in common other than the titular parental unit. In Harada Masato’s (Inugami) lyrical and poetic meditation on family, … (read more)
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Initial D First Stage – Collection One (1998)
Despite being a fan of anime, from its late-nineties breakthrough into the mainstream, with Evangelion and Cowboy Bebop, I never got into Intitial D on its early release. With the change in rights from Tokyopop to Funimation, the Initial D series is being released and in some cases re-released in specific stage formats (first, second, third stages etc.) I finally decided to give the D a chance and see what the hubbub was all about.
Takumi Fujiwara is a … (read more)
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