Noteworthy in the sense that we've only just been talking about a new chambara film being prepared in Japan. Perhaps we didn't care or thought the idea was just too silly that it couldn't be true but almost a...

I'm not certain what the situation is in the rest of the world but here in Canada, at least, Friday is Bad Lieutenant day.  Yes, kids, it's the ultimate in counter-programming with Werner Herzog's bizarre and brilliant picture coming...

We are big fans of Alejandro Amenabar's sword and sandal epic Agora, in these parts.  In the Canadian and American press it was met with middling reviews after its festival run and it languished without any sort of distribution...

The first trailer for Michael Chuah's upcoming action film Fist of Dragon hit the web late last week and I gotta say that is some fine old school HK action filmmaking going on there. Harkening back to the action... More >>

Ha... now that's peculiar nostalgia.Although twenty-something Korean viewers might react in a different way at the mention of 빨간마후라 (Red Muffler) - don't ask - to old school Korean cinema fans, the title can only mean Shin Sang-Ok's ridiculously fun...

The hype surrounding Im Kwon-Taek's all important 100th film, the quietly powerful 천녁학 (Beyond the Years), was not what you'd expect, particularly considering all the vicissitudes which marked the project in its pre-production stage, and the meaningful milestone itself. Barely...

Depending on your point of view Tanit Jitnukul's 2000 period epic Bang Rajan - co-written by a young Kongkiat Komesiri in his pre-Art of the Devil days - either came just moments too soon to ride the wave of...

What would you rather choose?1) Playing a hero of the people, sacrificing your life to bring justice amidst the rampant corruption of the mid Joseon era, and meeting a glorious demise at the hand of some spurious forces of evil....

Offered up with an array of awards from its festival run in 2008, Gianni Di Gregorio's Mid-August Lunch (Pranzo Di Ferragosto) finally makes it to DVD on 7th December through Artificial Eye. A warm, likeable and gently comic drama,...

So let's say you muster enough courage to finally head for the eerie and infamous island of Higan, to find your lost brother. You're already prepared for the hordes of grumpy vampires waiting for you there, but probably not for...