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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 […]
Tags: documentary, kung fu, martial arts, mimi chan, Pui Chan
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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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Dear Mandela (2012) – movie review
January 20th, 2013 by Mr. C
Directors: Dara Kell & Christopher Nizza Genre: Documentary on South Africa’s housing movement ———————————————————————————————————————– I couldn’t find a better way to celebrate Martin Luther Ling Jr.’s legacy other than by serving this film writeup as food for thought! Keep dreaming everyone! Dear Mandela is having its U.S. Broadcast Premiere on January 29th streaming on Afropop.TV […]
Tags: dear mandela, documentary, south africa
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Chiller Theatre October 2012
January 20th, 2013 by chocko
Just rewinding the clock a bit and taking a look back at The Chiller Theatre Expo that went down a couple months ago at The Sheraton Parsippany Hotel in New Jersey just before a monster hurricane came rambling through town. Chiller is the place to be to pick up horror and sci-fi movies and collectibles […]
Tags: 2012, bai ling, chiller theatre, expo, horror, samantha fox, tiffany shepis
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Adventures of an Autograph Hound Part IV
January 9th, 2013 by chocko
Back in October, Flying Lotus signed his albums at The Brooklyn Flea’s Fifth Annual Record Fair at the Smorgasburg food market. It was a fun, free event where foodies and record collectors rubbed elbows. Chocko got all his FlyLo albums signed. Thundercat was in the house too. Chocko took the elevator to the Rare Books […]
Tags: aline crumb, autograph hound, flying lotus, francoise mouly, gary panther, glen hansard, jimmy snuka, NOBUHIKO OBAYASHI, nora krug, oliver stone, signing, victoria roberts
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