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Dante Lam’s 2012 thriller saw the director being given a considerably bigger budget to blow even more things up loudly | This week's #cineXtremes entry!
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January 29, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Dante Lam’s 2012 thriller saw the director being given a considerably bigger budget to blow even more things up loudly | This week's #cineXtremes entry!
A rare and surprisingly grounded reflection on sex work by Pink Film legend Banmei Takahashi: A NEW LOVE IN TOKYO | Screening at #Metrograph, released by #kani_releasing
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Movie review: A New Love in Tokyo | easternkicks.com
A rare and surprisingly grounded reflection on sex work by Pink Film legend Banmei Takahashi... Pink film master Banmei Takahashi reflects on the sex industry in this understated and emotionally rich ...
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January 28, 2026 at 11:03 PM
A rare and surprisingly grounded reflection on sex work by Pink Film legend Banmei Takahashi: A NEW LOVE IN TOKYO | Screening at #Metrograph, released by #kani_releasing
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Boom! Sammo’s married, punched, thrown, and trashed through Canada with Maggie Cheung in @Eurekavideo's great release of PAPER MARRIAGE | Part of the Sammo Hung Triple Threat Blu-ray set
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January 27, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Boom! Sammo’s married, punched, thrown, and trashed through Canada with Maggie Cheung in @Eurekavideo's great release of PAPER MARRIAGE | Part of the Sammo Hung Triple Threat Blu-ray set
A mother tries to save herself and her son when an apocalyptic flood strikes their apartment building: THE GREAT FLOOD | Streaming now on @netflix.com!
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January 26, 2026 at 6:52 PM
A mother tries to save herself and her son when an apocalyptic flood strikes their apartment building: THE GREAT FLOOD | Streaming now on @netflix.com!
n editor restoring a lost silent Filipino horror film releases a demon in Nikolas Red’s directorial debut: POSTHOUSE | This week's #cineXtremes entry streaming now on @netflix.com!
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January 22, 2026 at 7:20 PM
n editor restoring a lost silent Filipino horror film releases a demon in Nikolas Red’s directorial debut: POSTHOUSE | This week's #cineXtremes entry streaming now on @netflix.com!
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What's this? Song Kang-ho and Youn Yuh-jung to appear in season 2 of @netflix.com's BEEF? 😳
January 22, 2026 at 12:51 AM
What's this? Song Kang-ho and Youn Yuh-jung to appear in season 2 of @netflix.com's BEEF? 😳
Know thyself! The Japan Foundation’s annual Touring Film Programme returns for 2026 - This season’s programme hits 34 cinemas under the theme, “Knowing Me, Knowing You: The True Self in Japanese Cinema” #jpflondon
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January 21, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Know thyself! The Japan Foundation’s annual Touring Film Programme returns for 2026 - This season’s programme hits 34 cinemas under the theme, “Knowing Me, Knowing You: The True Self in Japanese Cinema” #jpflondon
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The goofier but still charming follow up to the wild spectacle of Peacock King: SAGA OF THE PHOENIX | Available on Blu-Ray now from #88_Films
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January 19, 2026 at 6:52 PM
The goofier but still charming follow up to the wild spectacle of Peacock King: SAGA OF THE PHOENIX | Available on Blu-Ray now from #88_Films
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Derek Yee’s 2010 follow-up to Double Tap and One Nite in Mongkok offers more shootouts and hardboiled crime drama: TRIPLE TAP | This week's #cineXtremes entry!
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January 15, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Derek Yee’s 2010 follow-up to Double Tap and One Nite in Mongkok offers more shootouts and hardboiled crime drama: TRIPLE TAP | This week's #cineXtremes entry!
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Catch a special screening of NO OTHER CHOICE at #BFI IMAX this Saturday before it's release from 23 January with director Park Chan-wook in attendance. Park will also be at an IMAX screening of OLDBOY on Friday! #MUBI
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January 14, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Catch a special screening of NO OTHER CHOICE at #BFI IMAX this Saturday before it's release from 23 January with director Park Chan-wook in attendance. Park will also be at an IMAX screening of OLDBOY on Friday! #MUBI
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A captivatingly conducted and performed erotic thriller with an unlikely classical bent to its madness: HIDDEN FACE ★★★★ | Available on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital from @wellgousa.bsky.social
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January 14, 2026 at 8:23 PM
A captivatingly conducted and performed erotic thriller with an unlikely classical bent to its madness: HIDDEN FACE ★★★★ | Available on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital from @wellgousa.bsky.social
The war drama that became China’s Oscars submission: DEAD TO RIGHTS | Recently screened as part of #asianworldff 2025
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January 13, 2026 at 6:16 PM
The war drama that became China’s Oscars submission: DEAD TO RIGHTS | Recently screened as part of #asianworldff 2025
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1980s: The Lost Decade of Japanese Cinema season - The Garden Cinema London presents UK’s first-ever season of films from Japan’s ‘forgotten era’ of filmmaking @thegardencinema.bsky.social
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News: 1980s: The Lost Decade of Japanese Cinema season | easternkicks.com
The Garden Cinema presents UK’s first-ever season of films from Japan’s ‘forgotten era’ of filmmaking... The UK’s first-ever season of films covering an often-overlooked period of Japanese film histor...
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January 8, 2026 at 8:05 PM
1980s: The Lost Decade of Japanese Cinema season - The Garden Cinema London presents UK’s first-ever season of films from Japan’s ‘forgotten era’ of filmmaking @thegardencinema.bsky.social
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A cop accidentally releases a female ghost from a banana plantation, resulting in romance, melodrama and wacky supernatural hijinks: THE CASE OF THE SPIRIT OF BANANA | This week's #cineXtremes entry!
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January 8, 2026 at 7:20 PM
A cop accidentally releases a female ghost from a banana plantation, resulting in romance, melodrama and wacky supernatural hijinks: THE CASE OF THE SPIRIT OF BANANA | This week's #cineXtremes entry!
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We're very sad to hear of the passing of Ahn Sung-ki. 😢 We had teh pleasure of taking part in a group interview some 11 years ago.
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January 5, 2026 at 7:15 PM
We're very sad to hear of the passing of Ahn Sung-ki. 😢 We had teh pleasure of taking part in a group interview some 11 years ago.
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Cheng Pei-Pei and Kao Yuen unravel a deadly mystery in wuxia spectacle from Lo Wei: THE GOLDEN SWORD ★★★★½ | Available as part of @shoutstudios.bsky.social Shaw Brothers Classics Vol. 1!
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January 5, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Cheng Pei-Pei and Kao Yuen unravel a deadly mystery in wuxia spectacle from Lo Wei: THE GOLDEN SWORD ★★★★½ | Available as part of @shoutstudios.bsky.social Shaw Brothers Classics Vol. 1!
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Recrimination doesn’t have to be bitter to hurt: THE TOWN WITHIN REACH ★★★★ | Part of #Metrograph's Memories of a Vietnamese Cinema season. www.easternkicks.com/reviews/the-...
January 2, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Recrimination doesn’t have to be bitter to hurt: THE TOWN WITHIN REACH ★★★★ | Part of #Metrograph's Memories of a Vietnamese Cinema season. www.easternkicks.com/reviews/the-...
Hua Shan presents a horror-infused wuxia tale with a touch of sex and gore: BLOODY PARROT ★★★★½ | Available on Blu-ray now as part of @arrowvideo.bsky.social's Shawscope Volume Four!
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December 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Hua Shan presents a horror-infused wuxia tale with a touch of sex and gore: BLOODY PARROT ★★★★½ | Available on Blu-ray now as part of @arrowvideo.bsky.social's Shawscope Volume Four!
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Sect intrigue and heroics in this great wuxia film from LO WEI: DEATH VALLEY ★★★★½ | Available now on Blu-ray as part of #Eurekavideo's Martial Law: Lo Wei’s Wuxia World
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December 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Sect intrigue and heroics in this great wuxia film from LO WEI: DEATH VALLEY ★★★★½ | Available now on Blu-ray as part of #Eurekavideo's Martial Law: Lo Wei’s Wuxia World
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"Perhaps they think I’m a very dangerous person" ZHU YIKUN: a New York film festival organiser forced to cancel an event at the last minute [Photo: Markus Nornes]
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December 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"Perhaps they think I’m a very dangerous person" ZHU YIKUN: a New York film festival organiser forced to cancel an event at the last minute [Photo: Markus Nornes]
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Chor Yuen does what he does best while trying so much more for a wuxia mystery of grotesque beauty: BAT WITHOUT WINGS ★★★★ | Available on Blu-ray now as part of @arrowvideo.bsky.social
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December 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Chor Yuen does what he does best while trying so much more for a wuxia mystery of grotesque beauty: BAT WITHOUT WINGS ★★★★ | Available on Blu-ray now as part of @arrowvideo.bsky.social
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An early and controversial crime thriller from Ronny Yu, shot in Amsterdam’s Chinatown: CHINA WHITE | This week's #cineXtremes entry!
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December 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
An early and controversial crime thriller from Ronny Yu, shot in Amsterdam’s Chinatown: CHINA WHITE | This week's #cineXtremes entry!
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“A casting director might say that's ‘uncastable’ – lesson learned!” We talk to CALIF CHONG about her feature debut HIGH WIRE | Screened as part of #BFI #LFF2025
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December 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“A casting director might say that's ‘uncastable’ – lesson learned!” We talk to CALIF CHONG about her feature debut HIGH WIRE | Screened as part of #BFI #LFF2025
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