Archive for the ‘movies’ Category
Bending Steel screening at the Tribeca Film Festival
April 25th, 2013 by Mr. C
(Photo by Chocko) (Chris ‘Wonder’ Schoeck otherwise known as the man behind Bending Steel outside the Clearview Cinemas before the screening. Notice the relic of a case in tow filled w/ his weapons of choice – steel! /Photo by Chocko/) ——————————————————————————————————— Director: Dave Carroll Genre: Documentary feature film on the Strongman Have you ever had […]
Tags: 2013 tribeca film festival, coney island, documentary
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Kino! 2013: New Films from Germany
April 23rd, 2013 by chocko
Free Fall Director: Stephen Lacant Free Fall opened the 35th Annual Kino! Festival at MoMA with an enthusiastic crowd along with the director Stephen Lacant in attendance. The movie is not your typical buddy cop movie. This contemporary bromance centers around two male police officers in training who just can’t get their hands off each […]
Tags: festival, film, free fall, german, kino!, moma, movie, movies, oh boy, silvi
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Old School Kung Fu Fest: the aftermath
April 22nd, 2013 by Mr. C
(Our friend Earl at the Old School Kung Fu Fest ready to trade fisticuffs w/ anyone named Twister!) ——————————————————————————————————————– The Old School Kung Fu movie fest courtesy of Subway Cinema & Anthology Film Archives came and went like Wong Fei Hong’s famous shadowless kick! It was a weekend worth of condensed old school injected kung […]
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THE REVENANTS and KALIFORNIA – Kino! 2013: New Films from Germany
April 18th, 2013 by chocko
Die Wiedergänger (The Revenants) Director: Andreas Bolm This film clocks in at about an hour and halfway through I was searching for a narrative or a hint of reason to be watching this movie. The opening shots features breezy, lush forests with the gentle sounds of birds chirping and traffic in the distance. There is […]
Tags: Die Wiedergänger, german film, Kalifornia, kino!, moma, the revenants
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FORGET ME NOT : Kino! 2013 – New Films from Germany
April 17th, 2013 by Mr. C
Director: David Sieveking Genre: German documentary I was a bit weary when I read a brief synopsis of this film about a son documenting his mother Gretel’s advancing stages of Alzheimer’s. We all have dealt with this disease first hand or know of someone who has and we know it’s not easy seeing a loved […]
Tags: documentary, german films, kino!, moma
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They’re baaack! — OLD SCHOOL KUNG FU FEST — I love Kung Fuuuu!
April 2nd, 2013 by Mr. C
(all images courtesy of Subway Cinema) (all images courtesy of Subway Cinema) To all my Fu heads in the NJ/NYC area and those willing to travel from afar for this excellent event, it’s time to block out the weekend dates of April 19-21! Subway Cinema is throwing down some old skool is TOO COOL fists […]
Tags: film festival, kung fu films, old school kung fu festival, subway cinema
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All Hail BRUTE FORCE!
March 30th, 2013 by chocko
“Brute Force” (2012), trailer Director: Ben Steinbauer We first met Brute Force a.k.a. Stephen Friedland after a short documentary about him a couple months ago at Maysles Cinema in Harlem, NYC. The short doc focused on the artist who came to the brink of stardom in the late 60’s with his Apple Records song “King […]
Tags: brute force, king of fuh, stephen friedland
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St Louis Record Store Crawl
March 20th, 2013 by chocko
VINTAGE VINYL (6610 Delmar) On a recent trip to St. Louis, MO to go hang out with Julie of Waves On The Sea at a Tegan and Sara show, Chocko made a short list of record stores to check out while in town. Before going to the concert at Pageant in a neighborhood known as […]
Tags: apop records, bdr records, chuck berry, euclid records, record exchange, record stores, st. louis, stl, ted drewes, the retros, the welders, vintage vinyl
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Photos From Outer Space 3
March 7th, 2013 by chocko
Here is another edition of Chocko wandering around town in paparazzi mode. Noomi Rapace made an appearance at Apple in Soho in NYC to promote her new movie Dead Man Down which reunited her with Niels Arden Oplev, the director of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo which features Noomi’s breakthrough role as Lisbeth Salander. […]
Tags: Bobbito Garcia, Geneviève Castrée, misfits, Noomi Rapace, Park Chan-Wook, photos, skyzoo, Stretch Armstrong
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Pui Chan: Kung Fu Pioneer – documentary
February 25th, 2013 by Mr. C
(Warrington Hudlin – moderator, Mimi Chan – Director) Director: Mimi Chan Stars: Pui Chan, Mimi Chan & family, Wah Lum Temple Sifu’s & students Genre: Martial Arts documentary Last Saturday, we were treated with an opportunity to watch a wonderful documentary on martial art legend Pui Chan. The film – Pui Chan: Kung Fu Pioneer […]
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The Berlin File (2013) : movie review
February 13th, 2013 by Mr. C
Director: Ryoo Seung-wan Stars: Ha Jung-woo, Han Suk-kyu, Ryoo Seung-bum, Gianna Jun Genre: Action, Thriller, Drama The Berlin File sets the tone with this epic espionage chase in Berlin, Germany involving various radical groups with their own agendas including the North Koreans, the South Korean Intelligence, the CIA, Russian Arms dealer, Israeli secret service, & […]
Tags: action, korean movies, thriller
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The Black Kung Fu Experience – (2012)
January 22nd, 2013 by Mr. C
Director: Martha Burr & Mei-Juin Chen Stars: Ron Van Clief, Dennis Brown, Tayari Casel, Donald Hamby Genre: Martial arts and culture – documentary ———————————————————————————————————————– The Fist and Sword ongoing movie series at the Museum of the Moving Image curated by Warrington Hudlin is one of my favorite events to attend in New York City! Hudlin […]
Tags: documentary, martial arts, musuem moving image
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