FF 2023 – I’ll Crush Y’All: Spanish brawling genre fare with nothing to lose
A rough, mean, engaging little brawler that whoops ass? Yes please.
FF 2023 – Interview with KILL director Nikhil Nagesh Bhat
We talk moving away from typical masala films, filming action in confined spaces, building flexible sets, finding future action star Lakshya, and collaborating with Korean action designer Oh Se-yeong!
FF 2023 – 100 Yards: Formalist Perfection in Service of a new Martial Arts Masterpiece
Rarely have modern martial arts films showcased such an exceptional level of formal control.
FF 2023 – The Last Stop in Yuma County: Freedom Within Genre Confines
The Last Stop in Yuma County harnesses the power of the contained single-location thriller to deliver a tense, smart, and efficient directorial debut.
FF 2023 – One Percenter: A New Flow of Action
One Percenter is a panegyric of “flow” fighting, TAK-realism, and self-seriousness. If you’re on the same wavelength, it’s just as intense as you’d expect.
Creation of the Gods: Kingdom of Storms – Resetting the Chinese Mythological Epic
Creation of the Gods: Kingdom of Storms emerges as a compelling take on the foundational myth of Chinese civilization, and a refreshing revamp of the country’s mythological epic formula.
TIFF 23 – LE GARÇON ET LE HÉRON : réapprivoiser le monde pour faire son deuil
oyez le film, mais voir le film une fois ne suffit pas à appréhender toute la portée du chemin parcouru par Mahito pour accepter la mort de sa mère
TIFF 23 – Indian Cinema is on a Mission to KILL
Kill is destined to become an action favourite amongst fans of the genre, alongside recent high violence movies such as The Raid 1 & 2 and The Night Comes For Us.
BARBIE : le consumérisme à l’heure du purplewashing
Le féminisme est ici un chiffon agité par Mattel pour dissimuler son entreprise publicitaire pernicieuse.
Portier de Nuit : trop-réconciliés
Florian, que je soupçonne lui-même friand d’expériences modernes limites au cinéma (sain appétit, c’est une relative disette contemporaine, de ce côté), m’a proposé d’écrire sur Portier de Nuit. Ou peut-être […]
Double Suicide à Amijima : formule 2-en-1
Jean sait que j’aime le cinéma japonais, classique et contemporain, mais quand même plus classique que contemporain. Et je sais que Jean aime le théâtre, même qu’il en est féru, […]
Bad City – Finding life in motion
A cup of saké, the sound of a train going by; it takes time for the world to adjust, the music has quieted down and in loss we glimpse life. […]
Alienoid – Enter the Korean Sci-Fi Blockbuster
Years after two of the most entertaining films to ever come out of South Korea – The Thieves and Assassination – director Choi Dong-hoon finally returns with Alienoid, the first […]
Hansan: Rising Dragon – The Solemnity of Heroism
Joseon Kingdom, 1592. Busan port has fallen to foreign forces. The army was unprepared, the king has fled north. The Imjin war has started. In an attempt to block the […]
NOPE : refus, pas si catégorique, de la société du spectacle
Faut-il voir un aveu d’échec dans cette dénonciation du spectacle par l’un des films de science-fiction les plus spectaculaires vus depuis un moment ?
Preman: Silent Fury — More than spectacle
The Indonesian film industry has long been a fertile ground for action cinema. Most cinephiles know of The Raid films and The Night Comes For Us, of course, but the […]
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