GRINDHOUSE ASIAN STYLE : Checking out some genuinely deathproof guilty pleasures.
The annual TWC party at the American Film Market was enlivened by the presence of the Deathproof girls (Elizabeth Winstead, Tracie Thoms, Zoe Bell). I became friends with Tracie, who later took me to Big...MORE ›
IGNITING FLASH POINT : No holds barred with Donnie Yen.
We recorded an in-depth interview today with Donnie Yen, action director and star of the groundbreaking contemporary Asian actioner Flash Point. The film will be getting a limited US theatrical release...MORE ›
JAY PLAYS HK : Meeting an Asian pop phenomenon.
Living and working in Hong Kong, I often feel like the whitest man in the room, never more so than when I attended a concert given by Taiwanese music idol Jay Chou at the HK Coliseum. Chou is a huge phenomenon...MORE ›
HAIL TO THE QUEEN: The closing of Hong Kong’s premiere movie theatre marks the end of an era.
This month, after a final screening of Ang Lee’s Lust, Caution, the legendary Queen’s Theatre closed its doors. It will leave a big gap, standing at it does on the junction of Queen’s Road and Theatre...MORE ›
