“One should swindle with morality…” ANGRY SQUAD: THE CIVIL SERVANT AND THE SEVEN SWINDLERS ★★★★ | Screening around the UK as part of the #JFTFP26 lineup #jpflondon
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“One should swindle with morality…” ANGRY SQUAD: THE CIVIL SERVANT AND THE SEVEN SWINDLERS ★★★★ | Screening around the UK as part of the #JFTFP26 lineup #jpflondon
LI HAN-HSIANG delivers a lyrical adaptation of a classic PU SONGLING: THE ENCHANTING SHADOW ★★★★★ | Available on Blu-ray as part of Shaw-Shock: Shaw Brothers Horror Collection - Volume Two from @imprintfilms.bsky.social
An awesome premise is let down by lack of zombies. And ninjas. SUPER MASTER VS. THE EVIL DEAD | Streaming now on the the Arrow Video Channel. @arrowvideo.bsky.social
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I should stop now, yeah?
A group of students come up against a murderous giant floating head in this obscure 2014 Japanese shocker | This week's #cineXtremes entry!
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Hard Boiled returns to UK Cinemas from tomorrow! Thanks @arrowvideo.bsky.social! ❤️
A whimsy summer story in a coastal Japanese town: SEASIDE SERENDIPITY | Getting its UK Premiere as part of MINT Chinese Film Festival 2026 #MINT2026
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“I wanted it to be true to being that age” First-time feature director Naoya Fujita talks ambiguity and discovery in youth in CONFETTI | Available to stream from March 4th on JFF Theater #jfftheater
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Mint Chinese Film Festival returns for 4th edition - Kendal Brewery Arts becomes the new home for programme running from 6 to 9 March #MINT2026
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A masterful action comedy from the legendary Tsui Hark: PEKING OPERA BLUES ★★★★★ | Available on 4K UHD and Blu-ray from @arrowvideo.bsky.social now!
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Garden Cinema presents the UK’s first-ever comprehensive Jia Zhangke retrospective - From 8 March, this eight-week programme will include all 15 of Jia’s feature films! | @thegardencinema.bsky.social
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A documentary filmmaker and his crew visit a haunted hospital in this 2010 Singapore found footager: HAUNTED CHANGI | | This week's #cineXtremes entry!
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A dreamy look at grief in this debut film from a promising director: WHITE FLOWERS AND FRUITS | Getting its UK Premiere as part of MINT Chinese Film Festival 2026 #mintcff2023
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To the Roots of V-Cinema - Exploring the formative direct-to-video era of Japanese Cinema | A special programme screened as part of IFFR 2026 @iffr-festival.bsky.social
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An incoherent but still somehow fun little kung fu film: SNAKE FIST OF THE BUDDHIST DRAGON | Streaming now on the the Arrow Video Channel. @arrowvideo.bsky.social
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A crucial film exploring a crucial case in postwar Japanese queer history: BLUE BOY TRIAL ★★★★½ | Screening around the UK as part of the #JFTFP26 lineup #jpflondon
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The legendary Yuen Woo-ping returns with all-star wuxia extravaganza BLADES OF THE GUARDIANS | Currently in US cinemas released by @wellgousa.bsky.social
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A Korean YouTuber investigates a haunted train station, only to find that its sinister urban legends are terrifyingly real ★★★★ | This week's #cineXtremes entry, available on Digital, Blu-ray and DVD from @wellgousa.bsky.social
Sentimental Bloodshed!!! With a red-hot ensemble driven by Wong Kar-Wai, no less: FLAMING BROTHERS | Available now on Blu-ray from #Eurekavideo
"I was thinking not only about the life cycle of a person but of society" We talk to director Anocha Suwichakornpong on her ruminative retrospective coming to Metrograph theaters this month #Metrograph
An excellent release of Ringo Lam’s CITY ON FIRE lets us see the highs and lows of the film, anchored by a powerhouse performance from Chow Yun-fat from @arrowvideo.bsky.social ★★★★ | Out now on limited edition 4K UHD and Blu-ray!
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Politics of Time: The Films of Anocha Suwichakornpong - The varied and contemplative works of Thai director Anocha Suwichakornpong are coming to @metrographnyc.bsky.social
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A 2009 Japanese take on the usual Outbreak formula sees a deadly virus threatening the country and the staff of an overwhelmed hospital: PANDEMIC | This week's #cineXtremes entry!
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Flora Lau's LUZ 花明渡 kicks off @focushkfilm.bsky.social's Chinese New Year screenings at @thegardencinema.bsky.social. A while back we spoke to the director about her debut BENDS
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Joko Anwar’s 2024 shocker follows a woman obsessed with the religious fear of eternal torment after death: GRAVE TORTURE ★★★★ | This week's #cineXtremes entry streaming now on @netflix.com!
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The Garden Cinema celebrates LGBT+ History Month - A curated season of queer classics includes Korean films co-presented by Queer East starts today! | @thegardencinema.bsky.social @queereast.bsky.social
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The evils of toxic relationships are conjured by a classic ghost story in TAKESHI MIIKE’s underseen 2014 horror, now presented for the first time in the UK by #88_films
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Peter Yung’s near lost crime drama makes a welcome return: THE SYSTEM ★★★★½ | Part of the M+ Restored programme from the #mplusmuseum
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12th FEFF Campus looks for cinema’s next generation - The initiative returns for 2026! #udinefareastfilm #FEFF28 #FEFFCampus
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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!