ACF 1143: Nationwide theatrical release of Tsui Hark's "Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame" begins today!

                                                                                             Indomina Releasing

The nationwide theatrical release of Tsui Hark's Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame, a huge hit at this summer's New York Asian Film Festival, begins today, courtesy of Indomina Releasing. (Read what the good folks of Subway Cinema, presenters of the annual New York Asian Film Festival, had to say about Tsui Hark and Detective Dee here.)

The schedule of when Detective Dee will begin playing in various U.S. cities over the course of September is:

September 2
New York
   - Regal E- Walk
   - Angelika Film Center
Los Angeles - The Landmark

September 16
San Francisco - Landmark Embarcadero Center Cinema
San Francisco (East Bay) - Landmark Shattuck
San Francisco (Peninsula) - Landmark Aquarius

September 23
Chicago - Landmark Century Centre Cinema
Washington DC - Landmark Bethesda Row Cinema
Seattle - Landmark Varsity Theatre
Boston - Landmark Kendall Square Cinema
Honolulu - Consolidated Pearlridge
Dallas - Landmark Inwood Theatre
Philadelphia - Landmark Ritz 5
Minneapolis - Landmark Uptown Theatre
Denver - Landmark Mayan Theatre
Detroit - Landmark Maple Art Theatre
Toronto - Scotiabank Theatre
Toronto - Eglinton Town Centre
Vancouver - International Village Cinemas

September 30
Phoenix - Harkins Camelview
Austin - Alamo South Lamar

For more information at Indomina Releasing's Detective Dee website, click here.

ACF 1112: Final update of links of cooperative coverage of New York Asian Film Festival and Japan Cuts

The Last Ronin © 2010 "The Last Ronin" Film Partners

Well, it’s Wednesday again and time for my final set of links of the cooperative coverage by four websites of the 10th Annual New York Asian Film Festival, co-presented by Subway Cinema and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, and of Japan Cuts: The New York Festival Of Contemporary Japanese Cinema, presented by Japan Society NYC. NYAFF and Japan Society joined forces, as they have in the past, to c0-present several films.

The four cooperating websites (in no particular order) are:
- VCinema
- AsianCineFest
- The Bourne Cinema Conspiracy
- cineAWESOME!

There are three additional sites for which I’m also providing links. Two of them have appeared in my previous posts of links, one is new. The three additional sites are:

-- New Korea Cinema website, which has had a relationship with VCinema for some time.

-- Meniscus, which although not part of our cooperative effort, is where Chris Bourne has also posted some reviews

-- Dreamlogic.net - Chris Nelson of dreamlogic.net emailed me some links to reviews at his site after catching my coverage through Jon Jung of VCinema. It’s my pleasure to include them here.

Within each site listed below, the reviews are listed most recent first, earliest last. There's some cross-posting, particularly by Chris Bourne and myself, usually first at VCinema, then on our own blogs. In certain of these cross-posts, you'll find that the second postings differ somewhat from the originals.

VCinema

Haru’s Journey – Christopher Bourne

Wandering Home – Stan Glick

Torso – John Berra

Three Points

Bonus Episode 8: An Interview With Tsui Hark – an audio interview by Stan Glick

Rinco’s Restaurant – Stan Glick

Battlefield Heroes – Pierce Conran

The Last Days of The World – Rex Baylon

Love and Loathing and Lulu and Ayano – Christopher Bourne

The Recipe - Jon Jung

Machete Maidens Unleashed!

The Man From Nowhere – Pierce Conran

Haunters – Pierce Conran

Ringing in Their Ears – Christopher Bourne

“Won’t Somebody Think of the Children!!” (family friendly films at NYAFF & Japan Cuts) – Rex Baylon

Reign of Assassins – John Berra
The Seaside Motel – John Berra
A Night In Nude – Stan Glick

The Unjust – John Berra
The City of Violence – Stan Glick
Horny House of Horror – Christopher Bourne
Milocrorze: A Love Story – Stan Glick
BKO: Bangkok Knockout – Christopher Bourne

AsianCineFest – Dr. Stan Glick

An Interview With Tsui Hark – post linking to the audio interview at VCinema

The Food of Rinco’s Restaurant

Rinco’s Restaurant

Japan Cuts film festival arrives!

NYAFF Wu Xia Trailer & Remaining Screening Schedule

The “7 Courtesans of Tenzakuro” in Milocrorze: A Love Story
Milocrorze: A Love Story

The Bourne Cinema Conspiracy – Christopher Bourne

Haru’s Journey

City of Violence

Love and Loathing and Luly and Ayano

Ringing in Their Ears
The Recipe

Horny House of Horror

BKO: Bangkok Knockout

cineAWESOME!

Wandering Home – Lisa Kirchner
The Blade – James McCormick

The Unjust – Rufus De Rham

Top 7 Tuesday: NYAFF/Japan Cuts Edition – July 5^th Podcast of cineAWESOME’s personal top 7 choices from the two festivals

Karate-Robo Zaborgar – James McCormick

Episode 006: NYAFF – July 4^th Podcast includes consideration of what to watch at the New York Asian Film Festival

Ninja Kids!!! – Rufus De Rham

Milocrorze: A Love Story – James McCormick

Bonus Episode 001: Interview with Grady Hendrix – June 29 Podcast in which Rufus interviews Grady, one of the founders of Subway Cinema, the group that sponsors the New York Asian Film Festival, and the main frontman for NYAFF.

Toilet – Deangelo Willimas, Jr.
Troubleshooter – Deangelo Willimas, Jr.
A Night in Nude: Salvation – Deangelo Willimas, Jr.
Buddha Mountain – James McCormick

New Korean Cinema

The Recipe – Christopher Bourne

Meniscus - Christopher Bourne is also posting reviews here

The Blade

Buddha Mountain

Milocrorze: A Love Story

Dreamlogic.net

Into the White Night

Vengeance Can Wait

The Knot

The Seaside Motel

Three Points

Battle Royale (archived DVD review)

Gantz (archived movie review)

ACF 1102: Third set of updated links of cooperative coverage of New York Asian Film Festival and Japan Cuts

Into the White Night © 2011 “Into the White Night” Film partners

"Into the White Night" will be shown at Japan Society NY
on Friday, July 22nd, 2011 at 7:00 PM.
This will be the International Premiere of the film,
and the closing film of this year's Japan Cuts film festival.
Afterwards there will be a Closing Night Party! Tickets here.

Well, it's Wednesday, and that means it's again time to update the links to the cooperative coverage by four websites of the 10th Annual New York Asian Film Festival, co-presented by Subway Cinema and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, and of Japan Cuts: The New York Festival Of Contemporary Japanese Cinema, presented by Japan Society. And while NYAFF ended last week, Japan Cuts runs through this Friday evening.

The four cooperating websites (in no particular order) are:
- VCinema
- AsianCineFest
- The Bourne Cinema Conspiracy
- cineAWESOME!

I’ve also included the following sites:

- New Korea Cinema website, which has had a relationship with VCinema for some time.

- Meniscus, which although not part of our cooperative effort, is where Chris Bourne has also posted some reviews

Within each site listed below, the reviews are listed most recent first, earliest last. There's some cross-posting, particularly by Chris Bourne and myself, usually first at VCinema, then on our own blogs. In certain of these cross-posts, you'll find that the second postings differ somewhat from the originals.

I intend to keep updating this list of links every Wednesday through the week after the festivals end. So be sure to check back.

VCinema

Haru’s Journey – Christopher Bourne

Wandering Home – Stan Glick

Torso – John Berra

Three Points - Stan Glick

Bonus Episode 8: An Interview With Tsui Hark – an audio interview by Stan Glick

Rinco’s Restaurant – Stan Glick

Battlefield Heroes – Pierce Conran

The Last Days of The World – Rex Baylon

Love and Loathing and Lulu and Ayano – Christopher Bourne

The Recipe - Jon Jung

Machete Maidens Unleashed!

The Man From Nowhere – Pierce Conran

Haunters – Pierce Conran

Ringing in Their Ears – Christopher Bourne

“Won’t Somebody Think of the Children!!” (family friendly films at NYAFF & Japan Cuts) – Rex Baylon

Reign of Assassins – John Berra
The Seaside Motel – John Berra
A Night In Nude – Stan Glick

The Unjust – John Berra
The City of Violence – Stan Glick
Horny House of Horror – Christopher Bourne
Milocrorze: A Love Story – Stan Glick
BKO: Bangkok Knockout – Christopher Bourne

AsianCineFest – Dr. Stan Glick

An Interview With Tsui Hark – post linking to the audio interview at VCinema

The Food of Rinco’s Restaurant

Rinco’s Restaurant

Japan Cuts film festival arrives!

NYAFF Wu Xia Trailer & Remaining Screening Schedule

The “7 Courtesans of Tenzakuro” in Milocrorze: A Love Story
Milocrorze: A Love Story

The Bourne Cinema Conspiracy – Christopher Bourne

City of Violence

Love and Loathing and Luly and Ayano

Ringing in Their Ears
The Recipe

Horny House of Horror

BKO: Bangkok Knockout

cineAWESOME!
The Blade – James McCormick

The Unjust – Rufus De Rham

Top 7 Tuesday: NYAFF/Japan Cuts Edition – July 5^th Podcast of cineAWESOME’s personal top 7 choices from the two festivals

Karate-Robo Zaborgar – James McCormick

Episode 006: NYAFF – July 4^th Podcast includes consideration of what to watch at the New York Asian Film Festival

Ninja Kids!!! – Rufus De Rham

Milocrorze: A Love Story – James McCormick

Bonus Episode 001: Interview with Grady Hendrix – June 29 Podcast in which Rufus interviews Grady, one of the founders of Subway Cinema, the group that sponsors the New York Asian Film Festival, and the main frontman for NYAFF.

Toilet – Deangelo Willimas, Jr.
Troubleshooter – Deangelo Willimas, Jr.
A Night in Nude: Salvation – Deangelo Willimas, Jr.
Buddha Mountain – James McCormick

New Korean Cinema

The Recipe – Christopher Bourne

Meniscus - Christopher Bourne is also posting reviews here

The Blade

Buddha Mountain

Milocrorze: A Love Story

ACF 1101: Subway Cinema announces 2011 NYAFF Audience Award Winners

Four of Subway Cinema's founders at this year's NYAFF:
Brian Naas, Paul Kazee, Goran Topalovic, and Grady Hendrix.
Nat Olson (not pictured) was the fifth founder.

Subway Cinema, the organization that presents the annual New York Asian Film Festival, has announced the 2011 Audience Award Winners:

They are:
1. A Boy And His Samurai
2. Gantz and Gantz: Perfect Answer
3. Ocean Heaven
4. Reign Of Assassins
5. Heaven’s Story

Read more about these and other picks at Subway Cinema News.

ACF 1096: Updated links of cooperative coverage of New York Asian Film Festival and Japan Cuts

Kou Shibasaki as Rinco in Rinco's Restaurant,
which screens tonight at 6:30 PM at Japan Society

The cooperative coverage by four websites of the 10th Annual New York Asian Film Festival, co-presented by Subway Cinema and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, and of Japan Cuts: The New York Festival Of Contemporary Japanese Cinema, presented by Japan Society, has produced a slew of reviews.

The four cooperating websites (in no particular order) are:

- VCinema
- AsianCineFest
- The Bourne Cinema Conspiracy
- cineAWESOME!

Thanks to a reminder from Rufus at cineAWESOME!, I've listed relevant podcasts as well as written reviews.

I’ve also included the following sites:

- New Korea Cinema website, which has had a relationship with VCinema for some time.

- Meniscus, which although not part of our cooperative effort, is where Chris Bourne has also posted some reviews

Within each site listed below, the reviews are listed most recent first, earliest last. There's some cross-posting, particularly by Chris Bourne and myself. In certain of these cross-posts, you'll find that the second postings differ somewhat from the originals.

I intend to keep updating this list of links every Wednesday through the week after the festivals end. So be sure to check back.

VCinema

Rinco’s Restaurant – Stan Glick

Battlefield Heroes – Pierce Conran

The Last Days of The World – Rex Baylon

Love and Loathing and Lulu and Ayano – Christopher Bourne

The Recipe - Jon Jung

Machete Maidens Unleashed!

The Man From Nowhere – Pierce Conran

Haunters – Pierce Conran

Ringing in Their Ears – Christopher Bourne

“Won’t Somebody Think of the Children!!n” (family friendly films at NYAFF & Japan Cuts) – Rex Baylon

Reign of Assassins – John Berra

The Seaside Motel – John Berra

A Night In Nude – Stan Glick

The Unjust – John Berra

The City of Violence – Stan Glick

Horny House of Horror – Christopher Bourne

Milocrorze: A Love Story – Stan Glick

BKO: Bangkok Knockout – Christopher Bourne

AsianCineFest – Dr. Stan Glick

The Food of Rinco’s Restaurant

Rinco’s Restaurant

Japan Cuts film festival arrives!

NYAFF Wu Xia Trailer & Remaining Screening Schedule

The “7 Courtesans of Tenzakuro” in Milocrorze: A Love Story
Milocrorze: A Love Story

The Bourne Cinema Conspiracy – Christopher Bourne

City of Violence

Love and Loathing and Luly and Ayano

Ringing in Their Ears

The Recipe

Horny House of Horror

BKO: Bangkok Knockout

cineAWESOME!

The Blade – James McCormick

The Unjust – Rufus De Rham

Top 7 Tuesday: NYAFF/Japan Cuts Edition – July 5^th Podcast of cineAWESOME’s personal top 7 choices from the two festivals

Karate-Robo Zaborgar – James McCormick

Episode 006: NYAFF – July 4^th Podcast includes consideration of what to watch at the New York Asian Film Festival

Ninja Kids!!! – Rufus De Rham

Milocrorze: A Love Story – James McCormick

Bonus Episode 001: Interview with Grady Hendrix – June 29 Podcast in which Rufus interviews Grady, one of the founders of Subway Cinema, the group that sponsors the New York Asian Film Festival, and the main frontman for NYAFF

Toilet – Deangelo Willimas, Jr.

Troubleshooter – Deangelo Willimas, Jr.

A Night in Nude: Salvation – Deangelo Willimas, Jr.

Buddha Mountain – James McCormick

New Korean Cinema

The Recipe - Christopher Bourne

Meniscus - Christopher Bourne is also posting reviews here

The Blade

Buddha Mountain

Milocrorze: A Love Story