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Yuen Woo-Ping Awarded Lifetime Achievement Award at NYAFF 2019
July 9th, 2019 by chocko
Last week, the New York Asian Film Festival was in full swing featuring an award ceremony for the legendary Hong Kong action choreographer and director Yuen Woo-Ping. Yuen directed Jackie Chan in his first two movies, Snake In The Eagle’s Shadow and Drunken Master. Yuen went on to make a ton of movies starring kung […]
Tags: 2019, cinema, kung fu, lincoln center, movies, new york asian film festival, new york city, nyaff 2019, yuen woo-ping
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House of The Rising Sons at 2018 New York Asian Film Festival / NYAFF
July 6th, 2018 by Mr. C
——————————————————————————————————- Director: Antony Chan Cast: Carlos Chan, Jonathan Wong, Tan, Eugene Tang, Lam Yiu-sing, Him Ng, Simon Yam, Kara Wai Language: Cantonese with English subtitles ——————————————————————————————————– House of the Rising Sons was a fun biopic film of Hong Kong’s own rising son of cantopop fame known as The Wynners or should we say formerly known […]
Tags: 2018 nyaff, alan tam, antony chan, hong kong cinema, kenny bee, new york asian film festival, wynners
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The Beast Stalker (2008) playing at the New York Asian Film Festival 2018 / NYAFF
July 1st, 2018 by Mr. C
Director: Dante Lam Cast: Nick Cheung, Nicolas Tse, Zhang Jingchu Language: Cantonese with English subtitles I miss HK movies like this. It’s less about the action, explosions, CGI, and more about the insane character driven roles within this glorified train wreck of a suspenseful crime story. Yes, it’s over the top in every single fashion […]
Tags: beast stalker, dante lam, hk films, hong kong films, new york asian film festival, nyaff, nyaff 2018
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Unbeatable (2013) at NYAFF 2018 – New York Asian Film Festival
June 30th, 2018 by Mr. C
Director: Dante Lam Cast: Nick Cheung, Eddie Peng, Mei Ting, Crystal Lee, Philip Keung, Jack Kao Language: Cantonese with English subtitles Unbeatable is a 2013 mixed martial arts – melodramatic piece set in the backdrop of Macao and Hong Kong. I can say that I enjoyed the underlying story of our 3 protagonists strapped with […]
Tags: action, dante lam, hkfilms, hong kong, marital arts, new york asian film festival, nyaff2018
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WE WILL NOT DIE TONIGHT at New York Asian Film Festival
June 30th, 2018 by chocko
Director Richard Somes at Walter Reade Theater Day One of the 17th Annual New York Asian Film Festival featured a 10PM screening and world premiere of the Filipino movie, WE WILL NOT DIE TONIGHT. Director Richard Somes was in attendance to introduce the film which is his homage to Walter Hill’s THE WARRIORS. The movie […]
Tags: 2018, cinema, filipino, movie, new york asian film festival, nyaff, richard somes, we will not die tonight
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NYAFF – New York Asian Film Festival announces 2018 lineup (June 29 – July 15)
June 14th, 2018 by Mr. C
———————————————————————————————— THE FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER and SUBWAY CINEMA Announce Full Lineup for THE 17th NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL June 29 – July 15, 2018 ————————————————————————————————- New York, NY (June 12, 2018) – The Film Society of Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema announce the 17th edition of the New York Asian Film Festival […]
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It’s Already Tomorrow In Hong Kong (NYAFF2015)
July 1st, 2015 by chocko
Here’s a little change of pace for a movie that screened opening weekend at The New York Asian Film Festival 2015. No swordplay, ninjas, or gangsters shooting it out in this movie…just a love story, plain and simple. It’s Already Tomorrow In Hong Kong is a movie about two strangers, Josh (Bryan Greenberg) and Ruby […]
Tags: Bryan Greenberg, Emily Ting, It's Already Tomorrow In Hong Kong, Jamie Chung, new york asian film festival, NYAFF 2015
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2012 NY Asian Film Festival merch
July 1st, 2012 by Mr. C
We’ve been swamped and overwhelmed at the New York Asian Film Festival since last Friday in a good way! The games have just begun and you should take advantage of some of these screenings if you are in the NYC area. So far we’ve attended Pan Ho-Cheung’s foul mouthed and fun VULGARIA while keeping things […]
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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 […]
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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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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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