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 of fury movie screenings at the OLD SCHOOL KUNG FU FEST at Anthology Film Archives! The 35mm film selections are not an end all – be all – list but rather it’s an eclectic, modest, and fun pickings from the kung fu basket! A total of 8 films which includes Odd Couple, Shaolin and Wutang, Shaolin Temple Against Lama, The Dragon Lives Again, Angel Terminators, Red Spell Spells Red, and a ‘secret’ selection only known by the asian movie gods at Subway Cinema. We are planning to attend all the screenings but we are really looking forward to catching Sammo Hung & Lau Kar Wing in the hokey – Odd Couple. Sammo and Lau Kar Wing puts on a great display of excellence with the traditional weapons of chinese kung fu in the broadsword and the spear. Another fun and wacky film on our hit list to watch on the big screen is the Bruce Lee exploitation (Brucesploitation) film starring Bruce Leung in The Dragon Lives Again. Where else can you find the ghost of Bruce Lee go to battle with the likes of James Bond, Clint Eastwood, The Godfather, the Priest from the Exorcist, Dracula and even Emanuele! Angel Terminators is also another fun femme-fatale piece with classic non-stop HK action in the form of some very badass ladies! One of my favorite HK films ‘Lady is the Boss’ starring leading lady Kara Hui Ying Hung teams up with Sharon Yeung as they play renegade cops in search of a triad boss who is aided by another kick ass chick – Michiko Nishiwaki supported by none other than everyone’s favorite bad guy – Dick Wei! So yeah, we’re really looking forward to catching up with Angel Terminators!
Check out the schedule below or go directly to their website for the latest info at Subway Cinema. See y’all at the Fu Fest at one of our favorite grassroots/alternative/retro movie theatres in the NYC – Anthology Film Archives! POW-BAM-BOOM!!!
The Old School Kung Fu Fest is organized by the same guys running the New York Asian Film Festival (www.subwaycinema.com) in memory of one of Subway Cinema’s own – Daniel Craft.
OLD SCHOOL KUNG FU FEST
April 19 – April 21
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the movie theater…the Old School Kung Fu Fest is back! The New York Asian Film Festival’s wildly popular celebration of kung fu movies from the 70s and 80s that pop your lock, rattle your chops, and put the pain inside your brain has returned after a 10-year absence to send your kung fu knowledge back to school. This time the spotlight shines on some of the biggest stars in some of their rarest movies. We’ve got Gordon Liu (36TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN), Sammo Hung (Jackie Chan’s “big brother”), Kara Hui (Lau Kar-leung’s female star of choice), Bruce Leung (KUNG FU HUSTLE), and even Bruce Lee (after a fashion). With prints loaned from the vaults of the American Genre Film Archive and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office New York, prepare to earn your Master’s Degree in Kick Ass-ology!
Organized by the New York Asian Film Festival (www.subwaycinema.com), featuring old school curatorial skillz by Grady Hendrix and Goran Topalovic. In memory of our friend Daniel Anderson Craft. Special thanks to Jerry Ma of Epic Proportions (www.epicprops.com) for another kick-ass poster design. Daniel would’ve approved!
Unless otherwise noted, the 35mm prints were provided by the American Genre Film Archive (www.americangenrefilm.com).
THE ODD COUPLE
April 19 at 6:15 PM
April 21 at 9:15 PM
SHAOLIN AND WU-TANG
April 19 at 8:30 PM
April 20 at 2:00 PM
THE DRAGON LIVES AGAIN
April 19 at 10:30 PM
April 21 at 1:00 PM
SHAOLIN TEMPLE AGAINST LAMA
April 20 at 4:00 PM
April 21 at 7:15 PM
ANGEL TERMINATORS
April 20 at 6:00 PM
April 21 at 5:15 PM
SECRET SCREENING – ONE SHOW ONLY!!!!
April 20 at 8:00 PM
RED SPELL SPELLS RED
April 20 at 10:00 PM
April 21 at 3:15 PM
Tags: film festival, kung fu films, old school kung fu festival, subway cinema
Posted in community, movies, mr. c | Comments (2)
April 2nd, 2013 at 11:50 pm
all right! nice piece getting me psyched for this.
Will be ready to rock a block of seats on Sunday with 3 in a row, at the least!
April 3rd, 2013 at 12:29 pm
right on! I’m potentially looking at 4 screenings on Sunday, though I’m trying to avoid it if I can knock out a few movies on Saturday.