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A pleasing entry of erotic cinema that proves, once more, that the genre is more than mere smut… “Father, I can smell your cologne.” While Nikkatsu’s turn to soft-erotic production (Roman Porno) chased many of the staff-members away, this choice allowed Masaru Konuma to finally realize his dream of becoming a director and become, as […] The post XX: Beautiful Hunter first appeared on…
Lo Wei delivers in this gripping ensemble… The Invincible Eight is a 1971 Golden Harvest Productions movie directed by Lo Wei. It stars Nora Miao, Tang Ching, Angela Mao, Paul Chang Chung, Lee Kwan, James Tin Chuen, Lydia Shum, Pai Ying, Patrick Tse Yin and Han Ying-Chieh. The film is about a group of eight […] The post The Invincible Eight first appeared on easternkicks.com .
The ghost of a girl cut in half by a train haunts an overpass in this 2009 Kōji Shiraishi J-horror… One of the hardest working and most prolific Japanese horror directors of the last few decades, Kōji Shiraishi has around 100 credits to his name, covering every subgenre imaginable, from found footage to ghosts, curses […] The post Teketeke first appeared on easternkicks.com .
An irresistible mess of island cults, black‑magic glow‑ups, and nonsensical plot points… Every now and then you come across a film which is almost impossible to rate. It is not because they are so mediocre that there is simply nothing to say about them, but because the rating could really go either way; you could […] The post Mala first appeared on easternkicks.com .
Chinese silent film icon Ruan Lingyu was not afraid of death; her only fear was malicious gossip… “Is it advantageous for a movie star to vanish at the peak of her brilliance?” Reflecting on the life and death of China’s most brilliant silent film star, actor Tony Leung Ka-fai poses the question in Stanley Kwan‘s […] The post Center Stage first appeared on easternkicks.com .
Female awakening takes the shape of a werewolf… Eriko Katagiri arrives at the Fantasia International Film Festival 2026 with her debut feature, When You Open the Door, a strange and surreal account of how an apparently ordinary, quiet young woman, Miki (Serena Motola), slowly and irreversibly embraces her transformation into a wolf. Set in contemporary […] The post When You Open the Door first…
Cute. Just cute. Even with many genre giants under a legendary director that’s all this really is — or needs!… Hseih Yun (Lau Kar-Leung), sifu (master) of Wah Chiang Martial Arts School, peacefully teaches his students (Gordon Liu, Hsiao Ho, Wong Yu, Robert Mak, David Cheung) their great traditions. Upon a government demolition order for […] The post Lady Is the Boss first appeared on…
Stephen Fung stars in this oddball 2002 Hong Kong Japan co-production based on an Edogawa Ranpo novel… Though it’s remained fairly obscure since its original release back in 2002, Face to Face makes for an intriguing proposition, being a Hong Kong-Japan co-production and being based on a novel by acclaimed mystery and suspense writer Edogawa […] The post Face to Face first appeared on…
Twenty-five years later, does Korea’s sassiest rom-com still hold up?… In 2001, South Korea was still living with the aftermath of the IMF crisis, and it was precisely during those years that the so-called yopki culture took hold: bizarre, over-the-top antics that, within a few years, shifted from a negative connotation to becoming synonymous with […] The post My Sassy Girl first appeared on…
With Center Stage returning to theatres in 4K, we look back at the genre-bending biopic with its director… Center Stage (1991) chronicles the life of Chinese silent cinema icon Ruan Lingyu, a supernova who blazed across the screen before tragically departing at just 24 years old. Director Stanley Kwan constructs an irreverent and genre-defying film […] The post Stanley Kwan interview: “I’m happy…
