An ultraviolent cops vs. gangsters bloodbath with casualties on both sides. Fast forward 20 years, a surviving cop team member Madam Fong (Jade Leung, Black Cat) leads a new squad in pursuit of freckless young anarchists terrorizing Macao. An apparition from that fatal day shows up – bringing everything full circle. With badass modern women warriors at the forefront, director Jacky Lee showcasing his hyperbolic styling of classic Hong Kong action, bringing back irrepressible ‘girls with guns’ sub-genre in full bombastic force.
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Pictures of NYAFF Opening Night, June 29
Pictures of opening night. Film review in the works for opening night movie, SAMURAI MARATHON.
NYAFF 2019 Trailer
NYAFF Film Descriptions
Capsuled descriptions of films at NYAFF 2019.
The 18th New York Asian Film Festival Begins Today, Friday, June 28
Five international premieres, 23 North American premieres, four U.S. premieres, and eight New York premieres, showcasing the most exciting action, comedy, drama, thriller, romance, horror, and art-house films from East Asia, and bringing close to 30 directors and nine actors from Asia.
Film Review – Lower East Side Film Festival
SENIOR ESCORT SERVICE
SENIOR ESCORT SERVICE, directed and written by Shaina Feinberg – and starring Jeff Seal, Mona Chalabi, Drae Campbell, Chris Manley, Chris Roberti, the director herself as well as a lot more others – had this reviewer’s head spinning … unlike any film in recent memory.
Film Q&A Senior Escort Service, Lower East Side Film Festival, June 6, 2019
Director Shaina Feinberg says it best via thelodownny.com: “It’s my container for grief about my dad dying … it’s funny too … movie is out of order and kind of schizophrenic, which was also my experience of grief … “
2019 New York Asian Film Festival, June 28 to July 14
From the deadly serious to the gleefully absurd, from the disquieting to the freaky, NYAFF continues to celebrate the most vibrant and provocative cinema out of Asia today.
IFC, Home to DOC NYC – the Largest Documentary Festival in the U.S. – Unveiled Its Final Lineup for the Third Annual Split Screens TV Festival
Final lineup for the third annual Split Screens TV Festival taking place Wednesday, May 29 through Monday, June 3, 2019, at NYC’s IFC Center.
Ninth Annual Lower East Side Film Festival
Innovative feature films and specialty short showcases, industry talk backs, and more. LESFF Judges include Rosario Dawson, Joe Quesada, Luke Cage,Matt FX, Tamra Simmons, Sam Levy.