The Warrior and the Wolf is an amazingly shot Chinese epic. To celebrate the May 30 release we have 3 DVDs to give away! Competition ends 17 June 2011.
The Chaser is a dark yet charming Korean cop thriller with a detective-turned-pimp antihero who has discovered all his girls are going missing. The western remake is hitting the big screen in 2013, so for god’s sake see the original first!
Hong Kong actor, martial artist, producer and director Sammo Hung is known to the West through ventures like TV series Martial Law and Kung Fu Hustle. We caught up with him to chat about action directing on Ip Man 2 He’s just a lovely, lovely man.
Here at Best For Film towers, we wish ‘foreign films’ weren’t labelled and segregated as such. But let’s bring those hidden gems out into the light. Here’s our list of the top 10 best foreign films in 2010!
We engage martial arts action legend Donnie Yen (Hero, Blade 2) in a fair fight (no biting, no gouging). Donnie spills the beans on injuries, wirework and more on Ip Man 2, the biopic about the Wu Xia master who taught Bruce Lee…
Indonesian war epic RED AND WHITE comes to DVD and Blu-Ray on 7th February, and to celebrate we have 3 copies on DVD to give away! Competition ends 28 February 2011
Spanning ten years, likened to The Godfather trilogy, The epic Infernal Affairs trilogy is a landmark of both Hong King cinema and crime cinema. And we have 3 Infernal Affairs boxsets to give away on Blu-ray! Competition ends 7 February 2011.
Winner of the Palmes d’Or at the 2009 Cannes film festival, this slice of asian cinema has divided the opinion of the critics and public. Surrealism and nature combine to transcend cultural differences and suffuse you with imagination and emotion.
Social satire clashes with extreme violence in this vicious slasher film from Hong Kong. A strong sense of black humour runs throughout, but the fact that 3 people out of an audience of 10 left before halfway through the screening tells you all you need to know about the killings on offer in this asian horror.
A depiction of Indonesia’s struggle for independence in the 1940s, which will be of great interest if you’re into that kind of thing. For those of us that are a little hazy on post- WW2 colonial conflicts, this is still a film not without its charms; cheesy and creaky in some places but worth a look for those interested in world cinema.
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