Film to Film

Back to Shaw Brothers for a classic Iron Triangle film! https://letterboxd.com/film/the-new-one-armed-swordsman/

This episode we review the big horror indie hit of 2023, Terrifier 3. https://letterboxd.com/film/terrifier-3/

This episode we discuss the 1987 classic horror-romance A Chinese Ghost Story directed by Ching Siu Tung and produced by Tsui Hark.

This episode we review the classic, action horror Aliens! https://letterboxd.com/film/aliens/ Email us: zafilm2film@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/zafilm2film

This episode we review a classic HK 1980s film, the unusually gritty Long Arm of the Law. https://letterboxd.com/film/long-arm-of-the-law/ Email us: zafilm2film@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/zafilm2film

This episode we discuss the underrated Chilean crime drama Spider Thieves. https://letterboxd.com/film/spider-thieves/ Email us: zafilm2film@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/zafilm2film

This episode we review a bonkers late Shaw classic. https://letterboxd.com/film/holy-flame-of-the-martial-world/

This episode we review Alejandro Amenábar's The Others.

This episode we discuss Jackie Chan's iconic classic Police Story (1985). Send us an email at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zafilm2film⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or tweet us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/zafilm2film⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ !

This episode we discuss Claude Chabrol's La Cérémonie starring Isabelle Huppert and Sandrine Bonnaire. Send us an email at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zafilm2film⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or tweet us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/zafilm2film⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ !

This episode we review two films with extraterrestrial themes, the most recent VHS entry (VHS Beyond) and Ridley Scott's classic Alien. https://letterboxd.com/film/v-h-s-beyond/ https://letterboxd.com/film/alien/ Send us an email at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zafilm2film⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or tweet us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/zafilm2film⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ !

This episode we review HK Girls With Guns cult classic, She Shoots Straight, directed by Corey Yuen starring Joyce Godenzi and Carina Lau. https://letterboxd.com/film/she-shoots-straight/ Send us an email at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zafilm2film⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or tweet us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/zafilm2film⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ !

This episode we review last year's film on the infamous plane crash in the Andes. https://letterboxd.com/film/society-of-the-snow/ Send us an email at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zafilm2film⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or tweet us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/zafilm2film⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ !

More 1970s political intrigue (but in the Qing dynasty) with the Shaw brothers and with an awesome weapon. https://letterboxd.com/film/the-flying-guillotine/ Send us an email at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zafilm2film⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or tweet us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/zafilm2film⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ !

Back to Chile via France for Costa-Gavras State of Siege from 1972. https://letterboxd.com/film/state-of-siege/ Send us an email at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zafilm2film⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or tweet us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/zafilm2film⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ !

This episode we review the cult classic Shaw brothers film, Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan. https://letterboxd.com/film/intimate-confessions-of-a-chinese-courtesan/ Send us an email at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zafilm2film⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or tweet us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/zafilm2film⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ !

This episode is about an underseen film by an underseen director, Chor Yuen's Death Duel. Chor's filmography has some of the most beautiful cinematography of the era and is drenched in atmosphere. The story is adapted from Gu Long who is known for labyrinth plots, lots of deception, and plenty of characters. Stars: Derek Yee, Ti Lung, David Chiang, Lo Lieh, Ling Yun https://letterboxd.com/...

This episode we review one of the most talked about horror films of the year, When Evil Lurks! https://letterboxd.com/film/when-evil-lurks/ Send us an email at ⁠⁠⁠⁠zafilm2film⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ or tweet us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/zafilm2film⁠⁠⁠⁠ !

Bonus review of the two Kara Hui vehicles, Lau directed. Lighter and easier to watch, it is too bad Lau did not get to direct more of these. Stars: Kara Hui, Lau Kar Leung, Hsiao Ho, Gordon Liu https://letterboxd.com/film/my-young-auntie/ https://letterboxd.com/film/the-lady-is-the-boss/ https://letterboxd.com/director/lau-kar-leung-2/ Send us an email at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zafilm2film⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@gmail....

Bonus episode review covering Lau's Mad Monkey Kung Fu. This one moves away from Gordon Liu and features the super athletic Hsiao Ho. Stars: Hsiao Ho, Lau Kar Leung, Kara Hui, Lo Lieh https://letterboxd.com/film/mad-monkey-kung-fu/ https://letterboxd.com/director/lau-kar-leung-2/ Send us an email at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zafilm2film⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or tweet us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.c...

This episode we review the semi-classic Dutch slasher/giallo, Amsterdamned! Film stars: Huub Stapel, Monique van de Ven https://letterboxd.com/film/amsterdamned/

We finally wrap our Lau Kar Leung project, with a summary of where he sits in the historical canon and how he helped to change the martial arts genre forever. I then put his work into rough tiers, include a few non Lau recommended directed efforts to watch.

Easily the heaviest film we've covered in the Lau Kar Leung project and very much an atypical Lau Kar Leung film and can be seen as an elegy towards the Shaw Brothers studio, which would shut down the following year. This film is based off of Chinese folklore in the Song dynasty and features great performances and perhaps my favorite fight in the entire Lau Kar Leung filmography. Stars: Gordon...

One of Lau Kar Leung's favorite films and easily one of hist underrated, Martial Club is a great martial arts film that and has one of the greatest fights of all time between Wang Lung Wai and Gordon Liu. Stars: Gordon Liu, Wang Lung Wai, Kara Hui, Hsiao Ho https://letterboxd.com/film/martial-club/ https://letterboxd.com/director/lau-kar-leung-2/ Send us an email at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zafilm2film⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

This episode we review one of the most impressively choreographed films of all time, Dirty He. Dirty He has a much different performance from Gordon Liu and shows the director's range and ability to create incredibly elegant, wonderful fights with very simple devices and tricks. Stars: Gordon Liu, Wong Yue, Lo Lieh, Wang Lung Wei, Hsiao Ho, Kara Hui https://letterboxd.com/film/dirty-ho/ https:...