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2011 NYAFF: favorite lists – finale, bon voyage!
July 19th, 2011 by Mr. C
Inspired by subway cinema’s top 5 audience favorites list , Mondo Curry’s (Femme Fatales & fave new movie list), & DB’s summation on the NYAFF from Unseen Films, I’ve decided to throw up my slacker A-D-D version! Here is the lot of movies that I screened at the 2011 NYAFF: MILOCRORZE: A LOVE STORY HORNY […]
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Asian American International Film festival & Sony Wonder Technology Lab updates!
July 18th, 2011 by Mr. C
Just wanted to provide a few updates before the Planet Chocko spaceship lifts off from dirty jerzy, headed straight towards the confines of sunny san diego for a weekend full of wind sailing, surfing, tanning, & roller blading…NOT! Instead, we are taking these chiseled all star profiles full of edward scissor-hand landscapers, dock workers, line […]
Tags: aaiff, asian american international film festival, free screenings, sony, sony wonder technology labs
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movie theaters in chinatown
July 16th, 2011 by Mr. C
Since we’ve been on an asian film kick for the past several weeks due to the NY Asian film festival, I would love to share some cool pics I found floating on the interwebz! I wanted to pay homage to some of those grindhouse-sleazy style theaters from chinatown which included the Pagoda on 11 E. […]
Tags: chinatown theaters, music palace, rosemary, sun sing
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THE YELLOW SEA + final comments: NYAFF – day 14
July 16th, 2011 by Mr. C
The 10th annual NY Asian Film Festival came in whimpering to the theme of love & being horny on the 1st day of screenings to going out with a bang on the Yellow Sea of revenge by the 14th night! Mucho thanks to the guys & gals at Subway Cinema for organizing such a fun […]
Tags: na hong jin, new york asian film festival, nyaff, the yellow sea
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The City of Violence + The Unjust : NYAFF – Day 13
July 14th, 2011 by Mr. C
Day 13 of the NYAFF would feature the films of Ryoo Seung Wan and Lee Joon-Ik which was part of the Korean inspired sea of vengeance theme! The films on the Walter Reade chalkboard on day 13 seemed to be a nice 3 course meal of contrast representing the work of these multifaceted directors. THE […]
Tags: city of violence, new york asian film festival, nyaff, ryoo seung wan, the city of violence, the unjust
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spotlight: film fan depot
July 13th, 2011 by Mr. C
We had a chance to speak with Dolores, a big fan of asian films for quite some time now. I met her at last years NY Asian Film Festival at one of the Sammo Hung screenings and bumped into her again at the SELL OUT screening at the NYAFF this year. She was also one […]
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Love & Loathing and Lulu & Ayano + The Blade : screening at NYAFF – Day 11
July 12th, 2011 by Mr. C
Day 11 of the NYAFF started with my master plan of attending 3 screenings including Love and Loathing & Lulu and Ayana, & Tsui Hark’s THE BLADE and DETECTIVE DEE. My batting average ended up being .666 for the day but luckily Chocko took over the controls of the spaceship by attending THE BLADE & […]
Tags: love and loathing, lulu ayano, new york asian film festival, nyaff, the blade
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REIGN OF ASSASSINS screening at the NYAFF – day 10
July 11th, 2011 by Mr. C
director of the film, Su Chao Pin after the screening! Drizzle my nizzle, my kung fu sizzle chest brethrens! The REIGN OF ASSASSINS screening at the NY Asian Film festival would rain martial arts heaven in all its wu xia glory! I was shocked that this 1pm screening was not even close to being at […]
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ZU: WARRIORS FROM MAGIC MOUNTAIN – NY Asian Film Festival – day 9
July 10th, 2011 by Mr. C
Tsui Hark thinking deep thoughts after the screening! Tsui Hark was on hand for a brief discussion with Grady Hendrix of Subway Cinema at the Walter Reade Theatre with some fancy wireworks on his mind after the screening of ZU: Warriors from Magic Mountain! It was a trip and a half seeing Zu again decades […]
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BATTLE ROYALE + THE STORY OF RICKY at the NYAFF – Day 8 – Doubleheader of destruction!
July 10th, 2011 by Mr. C
The doubleheader of destruction on day 8 – July 8th of the NY Asian Film Festival with BATTLE ROYALE batting leadoff at the sold out 9:15pm screening at the Japan Society and THE STORY OF RICKY: RIKI OH stepped in as the Carl Lewis actuator of the midnight show at the Walter Reade Theatre was […]
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BTS: Better Than Sex (2002)
July 9th, 2011 by chocko
BTS: Better Than Sex, the 2002 hit from Taiwan got its U.S. debut screening this week at the 10th New York Asian Film Festival with director, Su Chao-Pin in attendance. The movie is a fast paced teen-sex comedy with a butt-load of characters. The main character in the movie is a porn-addicted teenager named Lin […]
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Bangkok Knockout : screening at the NY Asian Film Festival – Day 2
July 7th, 2011 by Mr. C
Yes, you’ve seen it! Those other well known Thai action movies like Born to Fight & Ong Bak! Remember those jaw dropping, raw thai boxing fight scenes consisting of flying knees and elbow strikes that would of taken down an adult camel?! And what about all those body crunching stunts in Ong Bak that were […]
Tags: bangkok knockout, new york asian film festival, nyaff, panna rittikrai
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