Female Fight Squad (2017) 29 August A retired fighter returns to an underground women’s ring to save her sister from debt. About the Film Female Fight Squad, which was also known as Female Fight Club, is an American action film directed and co-written by Miguel…
Chinatown Connection (1988) 15 July A tainted cocaine case pairs two mismatched cops in this low budget martial arts film. A Quick Overview Chinatown Connection is a low budget martial arts and crime film directed by Jean-Paul Ouellette. Although it is often listed under the…
An Orphan’s Tragedy (1955) 9 November Bruce Lee appears as a boy in this 1955 Hong Kong drama inspired by Dickens. About the Film An Orphan’s Tragedy, known in Chinese as Gu Xing Xue Lei (孤星血淚), is a Cantonese-language Hong Kong drama released on 11…
The Stepfather (1987) 17 Aug The Stepfather (1987) A quiet, friendly father figure hides a murderous secret in one of the most chilling thrillers of the 1980s. Not every great horror movie needs a mask or a monster. In The Stepfather, the danger is a…
The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989) 13 Sep The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989) Troma’s mutant hero heads to Japan in a louder, sillier and even more outrageous sequel. When The Toxic Avenger arrived in 1984, it became the calling card of Troma Entertainment, a…
1984 (Finland/Russia, 2023) 15 Nov 1984 (Finland/Russia, 2023) Diana Ringo adapts George Orwell’s classic warning about surveillance and control as a science-fiction black comedy. Few novels have shaped the way we talk about power as strongly as George Orwell’s 1984. Phrases such as Big Brother,…
Friend of the World (USA, 2021) 6 Oct Friend of the World (USA, 2021) A black-and-white bunker nightmare pairs a filmmaker with an unhinged general in one of the strangest horror-comedies in recent indie cinema. Some films are easy to describe. Friend of the World…
The Winners of the Prague Independent Film Festival 12 Sep The Winners of the Prague Independent Film Festival A look at the awards and the filmmakers honored by one of Europe’s most interesting festivals for independent cinema. Independent filmmakers rarely get the spotlight that large…
Ringo Returns with The Curse of Modigliani, with Official Trailer 22 Feb Ringo Returns with The Curse of Modigliani, with Official Trailer Finnish filmmaker Diana Ringo is back with a haunting art-world mystery, and the first official trailer has arrived. After the success of her…
