“What did the Taliban tell you, exactly” queries an offscreen crew member during a tour of the Afghan Film Archive. An unidentified staff member replies “They said to bring out all the films and that
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VIWFF: THE CURSE OF WILLOW SONG a Welcome Reflection
“Just when I thought I was out, they pulled be back in” goes the familiar refrain of Al Pacino’s Michael Corleone in The Godfather Part III. This feeling of being trapped in an endless loop
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A Chat with BRUCE FONTAINE (Part 2)
Grossing $HKD 39 million upon opening in February 1991, Jackie Chan’s Operation Condor was a resounding success at home and abroad, cementing itself in the pantheon of Hong Kong action classics. Things only seemed to
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OPERATION CONDOR 30th Anniversary: A Chat with BRUCE FONTAINE (Part 1)
“Where is the map and the key?” snarls a henchman as he corners Jackie Chan at gunpoint in a Moroccan hotel room (actually a set in Hong Kong). Jackie denies any knowledge of the items,
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MORE THAN MIYAGI Reveals the Man Behind the Crane Kick
Wax on, wax off. Besides never getting their big break, every actor has one fear: being typecast as their big break. Most of the moviegoing audience only knows Noriyuki “Pat” Morita as the wise Karate
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VFF: EVENTS TRANSPIRING BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER A HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL GAME
What’s a sports movie that features everything but the actual sport? The modern substitute for tribal warfare tends to generate more than a few subplots in it’s periphery and it’s on these bench-warming events that
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