Return to the 36th Chamber (1980)
Shimmy shimmy ya, indeed. If there’s one thing Hong Kong movies have in store, it’s always plenty of sequels. And yet, we welcome those here with open arms. Directed by Lau Kar-leung, this is the spiritual second film in a trilogy. Unlike the first and last movie in said triad, Gordon Liu does not play […]
Scavenger, aka Carroña (2021)
Carroña is Spanish for “carrion,” a word that defines the decaying flesh of dead animals. In Spanish cultures the word is also used as a slang to describe others as a “scum” or “low life.” And this stellar — but gratuitously graphic — Argentina-shot feature film debut by co-directors and writers Eric Fleitas and Luciana […]
Tu Me Manques (2021)
Following the death of his son, Jorge travels from conservative Bolivia to NYC to confront Sebastian, who was his son’s lover. While he struggles to accept the life of his son, Sebastian begins to write a play that celebrates his deceased lover. Tu Me Manques was the official selection for the Best International Feature Film […]
Wrong Place, Wrong Time (2021)
Talk about mixing genres! An elite team of vigilantes has a plan to steal $14 billion dollars of laundered money from a mob boss. But after being double-crossed, they end up in the middle of nowhere in the home of a mysterious family with a secret: the man of the house is a creature of the […]
Chunking Express (1994)
Chungking Express, while released in 1994 in its native Hong Kong, received a limited theatrical run in North America in 1996—courtesy of Quentin Tarantino’s Rolling Thunder. The imprint’s subsequent DVD features bookmark-commentary vignettes by Tarantino discussing Wong Kar-wai’s body of work. Criterion Collection reissued Chungking Express film to DVD in 2008, but the Tarantino accouterments are […]
The Untold Story (1993)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jennifer Upton is an American (non-werewolf) writer/editor in London. She currently works as a ghostwriter of personal memoirs for Story Terrace London and writes for several blogs on topics as diverse as film history, punk rock, women’s issues, and international politics. For links to her work, please visit https://www.jennuptonwriter.com or send her a Tweet @Jennxldn […]
The Ghost Snatchers (1986)
A Hong Kong Ghostbusters? Sure, except even more delirious and strange than you’d ever expect. This one starts at the opening of a Hong Kong high-rise. Judy Hsu (Shu-Yuan Hsu) becomes a victim of poltergeists and her spirit is possessed and returns to carry out the sinister plans of the evil presence, which also employs a […]
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