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‘I’m a complete coward’

Friday, March 28th, 2008

With the upcoming release of I’m A Cyborg, But That’s Okay on 4 April, director Park Chan-wook talks to the Guardian’s Ryan Gibley about how he can’t stand watching violence…

Read the article on the Guardian Online »

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Ain’t no mountain high enough: An interview with Lu Chuan

Thursday, September 21st, 2006
A young director with high aspirations, we talk to Lu Chuan exclusively about his second film Kekexili: Mountain Patrol, set in the Tibetan Plateau… (more…)

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Come Drink With Me

Wednesday, December 1st, 2004
If you ever wanted to know where Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon came from you only need to know one name, King Hu. This ground breaking film, possibly one of the greatest of the martial chivalry genre, started it all… (more…)

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Death Of A Legend

Thursday, January 17th, 2008
Since 1999 Hong Kong Legends had released remastered versions of classics (relatively) old and new that had gained them an international reputation. But that wasn’t enough to keep them in business - why? (more…)

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John Who?

Thursday, January 1st, 2004
Sorry, I thought you were someone else. You know, that fella that made The Killer and Hard Boiled? What, you are? Then what is all this business with that Ben Affleck geezer, a man who could take acting lessons from the cast of Thunderbirds, his acting’s so wooden? (more…)

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Journey to the East: an interview with Mark Duffield

Thursday, January 25th, 2007
Mark Duffield, director of Ghost Of Mae Nak, talks to easternKicks about how he came to be a British director on a Thai produced horror film, and what inspired him to make it… (more…)

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Learning to see again: an interview with Tsai Ming-liang

Sunday, November 25th, 2007
easternKicks talks Tsai Ming-liang about the retrospective of his work at the BFI Southbank, London and the release of his two most recent films around the UK… (more…)

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Lee slates China ‘ban’ on actress

Monday, March 10th, 2008

Director Ang Lee has criticised a reported Chinese media ban on the leading actress, Tang Wei, in his award-winning erotic spy thriller Lust, Caution.

Read more on this story on the BBC News Online »

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Lust, Caution: a preview and Q & A with Ang Lee

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

A special preview of Ang Lee’s latest film, Lust, Caution, followed by a conversation with the director himself… (more…)

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Revealing vengeance: a Q & A with Park Chan-wook

Friday, February 10th, 2006
Vengeance has dominated the work of director Park Chan-wook’s last three films, but it seems his obsession with the subject which has kept audiences on the edge of their seats - with their stomachs churning - is at an end… (more…)

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The cutting blade

Tuesday, May 16th, 2006
The Contender Group are doing a great job of distributing Asian movies in UK cinemas, but are they going to far to get them a Western audience?… (more…)

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Three films by Tsai Ming-liang

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
An introduction to the work of director Tsai Ming-liang, both beautiful and confrontational. We look at I Don’t Want To Sleep Alone, The Wayward Cloud and Goodbye Dragon Inn. Just don’t expect a lot of dialogue… (more…)

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Whispers on the wind: an exclusive interview with Jun Ichikawa

Monday, April 24th, 2006
Jun Ichikawa speaks exclusively to easternKicks about directing Tony Takitani, and just how he managed to get permission from the story’s author, Haruki Murakami, to make the film in the first place… (more…)

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