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Relatively cheap eats up & around the NY Asian Film festival!
July 17th, 2011 by Mr. C
Of course with the frenzy of attending 20+ movie screenings at the New York Asian film festival in the Lincoln Center & Japan Society area from July 1st-14th, there had to be a decent staple of affordable foods to fuel these chiseled silhouettes of ours! We tried to keep it fun by eating the same […]
Tags: cheap eats, food
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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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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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Sell Out (2008) : NY Asian Film Festival – Day 4
July 4th, 2011 by Mr. C
Director Yeo Joon Han(L) – Actor Peter Davis(R) The SELL OUT screening on day 4 of the NYAFF on July 4th was one of the highlights of the festival so far for me. It was a day to celebrate malaysian cinema as comedy, satire, & cynicism reigned supreme in this musical tour de force! Director, […]
Tags: malaysian movie, new york asian film festival, nyaff, Peter Davis, sell out, Yeo Joon Han
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Horny House of Horror: Midnight screening at the NY Asian film festival
July 4th, 2011 by Mr. C
The New York Asian Film festival: day 1 concluded with an off the wall, midnight screening of HORNY HOUSE OF HORROR! I was hot, bothered, & horny when hearing the title of this movie on the NYAFF list! Memories of the old 42nd street xxx scene with puddles of a clear, sticky substance followed with […]
Tags: horny house horror, new york asian film festival, walter reade
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