#subwaycinema

[comiccrusaders]

10th Old School Kung Fu Fest Announces Line-Up: Sword Fighting Heroes Edition! @subwaycinema @Metrograph #movies http://ow.ly/eBRy50Nr9EL

[thedivareview]

Was all this fun a week ago? Spirits lifted to feel back amongst my clan (+/-) at Subway Cinema's sold out Hong-Kong-a-Thon 2: Electric Boogaloo!!! 12 hours of blazing, blistering, bizarre HK box office bonanza, with all titles -- some well-known, others understandably less so -- kept secret until showtime. The late, legendary director, Ringo Lam, would've been proud. #HongKongAThon #action #actionmovies #HongKongMovies #EasternCondors #FullContact #ChowYunFat #SammoHung #SimonYam #RingoLam #AnthonyWong #YuenBiao #SubwayCinema #AnthologyFilmArchives #guns #martialarts #stunts #explosions #carchase #filmfestival #marathon #bringthedonutyoucansiton #NeedsMoreOGAudience (at Anthology Film Archives) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuhVzdvAtVc/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=guj6z40v4jqd

[cinephile-18-blog]

А вот и мой самый любимый момент в фильме #subway #subwayfilm #subwaycinema #cinephile Жан Рено - ударник, Эрик Серра - гитара (в очках), это неизменный композитор у Люка Бессона. Шикарный Кристофер и волшебная Аджани...па па па па... ;)!

[popculturequotes]

Had a great experience last evening at the Metrograph Theater on Ludlow St. "Lady Kung Fu" Angela Mao Ying (who played Bruce Lee's sister in Enter the Dragon) took part in a rare interview just prior to a screening of her cult classic film Hapkido. She was nice enough to sign my original press photos from Lady Kung Fu. The first image also features Mrs. Mao Ying's real-life Hapkido instructor (and co-star) Grandmaster Ji Han Jae. An incredibly gracious and humble woman, who is dedicated to her family these days. But heads up to filmmakers out there. When asked whether Mrs. Mao Ying would consider taking on any acting roles today, her reply was not at all what you might think.... Watch video of her reply to this question and others by watching our raw video footage from the interview at www.FilmFetish.fm/mao-hapkido Fans looking to see more photos from Angela Mao's film career (and eat some incredible authentic food) can do so at Mrs. Mao's restaurant @shibahotpot run by her sons. She's raised an incredible family and they run a blessed spot. Shout out to my friend Hector Martinez, the dedicated collector who first brought me to eat there!! #filmfetish #ladykungfu #metrograph #metrographtheater #martialarts #kungfufilms #asianfilm #pressphoto #hapkido #jihanjae #shibahotpot #filmscreening #newyork #newyorkcity #martialarts #girlskickasstoo #ladywhirlwind #oldschoolkungfu #subwaycinema @subwaycinema @metrographnyc

[davidsereroopera]

At the Lincoln Center for the opening night of the New York Asian Film Festival!! #nyaff #nyaff2017 #lincolncenter @subwaycinema #subwaycinema @filmlinc #filmfestival #filmcenter #openingnight #actorslife #davidserero #serero #actor @davidserero (à Film Society of Lincoln Center)

[popgirlnyc]

Just a quick post about @subwaycinema @newyorkasianfilmfestival this year. I was able to watch 5 movies and all were very good. I’m always impressed with the selection in this festival. Holding it virtually was a challenge I’m sure but I’m happy I was able to attend it! In short, I saw: Chasing Dream (To/19) - not Johnny To’s best but he is always worth checking out; Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (Dorji/19) - visually beautiful and moving story; They Say Nothing Stays the Same (Odagiri/19) - so lush with accessible narrative about class, industry and humanity; Lucky Chan-sil (Kim/19) - Very well-made movie that is self-aware and absurd. Good entertainment; Baseball Girl (Choi/19) - every element is tight and riveting. #nyaff https://www.instagram.com/p/CFXfD-9DykO/?igshid=1mmlf1muzyo5p

[nirvanaq]

#Throwback #TBT with @subwaycinema @anthologyfilms @screenanarchy A #oldschool 8th #Kungfufilms #FilmFestival #filmmarathon Only in #NewYorkCity https://m.bpt.me/event/4201733 https://www.instagram.com/p/BwHlJYigyyj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vglw9aa17xla

[snarkyoracle]

The Film Society of Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema has announced the complete lineup for the 16th New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), which will take place from June 30 to July 13 at the Film Society and July 14 to 16 at the SVA Theatre. North America’s leading festival of popular Asian cinema will showcase 57 feature films, including 3 International Premieres, 21 North American Premieres, 4 U.S. Premieres, and 15 films making their New York City debuts. The festival will feature in-person appearances by more than 20 international filmmakers and celebrity guests from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia.

This year, all three of NYAFF’s Gala screenings are brilliant reinventions of the thriller genre. The Opening Gala will be the International Premiere of Nattawut Poonpiriya’s Bad Genius, the first Southeast Asian film to open the festival, with the director and stars in attendance. In this exhilarating high-school thriller, straight-A students Lynn (Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying) and Bank (Chanon Santinatornkul) stage a heist that will undermine the U.S. university entrance system after they lose their own scholarships.The Centerpiece Gala of the festivalwill be the North American Premiere of Mikhail Red’s Birdshot, a continuation of the festival programmers’ efforts to champion films from Southeast Asia, and the Philippines in particular. The Closing Gala is the U.S. Premiere of Jung Byung-gil’s The Villainess, fresh from its Midnight screening in Cannes. The adrenaline-soaked action film stars Kim Ok-vin as a ruthless female assassin trained in China who starts a new life with South Korea’s Intelligence Agency.

New to NYAFF in 2017 is the Main Competition section, featuring seven diverse works by first or second-time directors that are all having their North American premieres at the festival. Competing are Bad Genius (Thailand), Birdshot (Philippines), A Double Life (Japan), The Gangster’s Daughter (Taiwan), Kfc (Vietnam), Jane (South Korea), and With Prisoners (Hong Kong). The competition jury will be announced at a later date, with winners revealed on the festival’s final night at Film Society of Lincoln Center on July 13.

“We were seeking a range of original films from young, first-time directors, films that represent the diversity of filmmaking from Asia, stories that say something both very local and specific to their countries of origin and something very universal: we hope we achieved at least some of this with our inaugural competition selection, which includes films from seven countries/cities in the region in a broad variety of genres,” NYAFF executive director Samuel Jamier said. “It’s important for us to champion new filmmaking from Asia, and the diversity of film made there at a time when other festivals in North America seem to be reducing the size of their Asian lineups.”

More now than ever, Hong Kong cinema is at the core of the festival’s programming: faithful to its Chinatown origins, this year’s edition celebrates the best filmmaking from the Special Administrative Region with a central Hong Kong Panorama section, commemorating the 20th anniversary of its establishment, with major support from the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in New York. Over the past two decades, Hong Kong cinema has continuously influenced and inspired many filmmakers in Asia and in the world. This year’s lineup proves the originality and excellence of its production is intact: from a powerful condemnation of life inside the territory’s juvenile detention centers (With Prisoners), to a wartime epic about resistance heroes during the Japanese occupation (Our Time Will Come), to a tale of corruption and redemption set in the underbelly of 1960s Hong Kong (Dealer/Healer), the films bear testimony to the city’s rich cinema history.

The core of the panorama will be a special (and first of its kind) focus on the exciting new generation of directors, titled Young Blood Hong Kong. As part of the 20th anniversary, the festival is looking to the future of Hong Kong cinema, rather than its past: these recent Hong Kong directors are working in various genres, tackling a range of social issues, and paying homage to the film traditions they grew up with, from tenement dramas to vampire comedies. Meanwhile, NYAFF continues to bring established, major filmmakers from the region: Lawrence Lau, who, along with Ann Hui, is one of Hong Kong’s best neorealist directors, will be introducing his star-studded crime action drama Dealer/Healer; the Panorama will spotlight the new generation from the region with guest filmmaker Wong Chun and screenwriter Florence Chan with Mad World, Derek Hui with This Is Not What I Expected, and Alan Lo with Zombiology: Enjoy Yourself Tonight. Other films by first-time Hong Kong directors in this year’s lineup are Derek Tsang’s Soul Mate, Yan Pak-wing and Chiu Sin-hang’s Vampire Cleanup Department, and Andrew Wong’s With Prisoners.

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The 2017 lineup also includes five LGBTQ-themed films: two dramas with transsexual protagonists, Naoko Ogigami’s Close-Knit from Japan, and Cho Hyun-hoon’s drama Jane from South Korea; two coming-of-age high-school youth dramas, Ahn Jung-min’s Fantasy of the Girlsfrom South Korea, and Leste Chen’s 2006 Eternal Summer from Taiwan, which merits a second look a decade on; and Lee Sang-il’s wild and violent mystery thriller Rage, featuring Go Ayano (NYAFF 2016 Rising Star Asia awardee) as a homeless stranger invited into the home of a semi-closeted salaryman (Satoshi Tsumabuki) as his live-in-lover.

Another highlight of this year’s festival are three films that celebrate Japan’s unique “Roman Porno” genre, each having their North American premieres: Aroused by Gymnopedies, Dawn of the Felines, and Wet Woman in the Wind. Nikkatsu, Japan’s oldest film studio, is celebrating 45 years since they birthed the softcore Roman Porno genre (roman derives from the French word for novel). Invented to save a dying industry, they gave carte blanche to directors with minimal rules: keep it under 80 minutes with a sex scene every ten. This allowed for wild stream of consciousness works of both the highest and lowest caliber. Now, Nikkatsu has enlisted top contemporary talent for the Roman Porno Reboot Project, taking the provocative, envelope-pushing format to a whole new level.

In addition to the festival’s screenings, the NYAFF awards a number of honorees each year, including this year’s recipients:

The 2017 NYAFF Lifetime Achievement Award goes to veteran Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Ka-fai, who will attend a three-film tribute, including Johnnie To’s Election, Longman Leung & Sunny Luk’s Cold War 2 and Tsui’s Hark’s The Taking of Tiger Mountain 3D. In a career spanning 35 years, Leung has worked with the iconic directors Li Han-hsiang, Wong Kar-wai, Stanley Kwan, and Jean-Jacques Annaud, and starred opposite the screen legends Jackie Chan, Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Andy Lau, Jet Li, and Fan Bingbing. Leung was arguably the first Hong Kong star to become an international heartthrob, in Jean-Jacques Annaud’s The Lover.

·       Our Star Asia Award recipient is Korean movie star Gang Dong-won, whose charisma and emotional investment in his performances gives his films a unique edge. His most iconic films include Lee Myung-se’s Duelist, Park Jin-pyo’s Voice of a Murderer, and Jang Hoon’s Secret Reunion. Last year, NYAFF presented two of his films, The Priests and A Violent Prosecutor, and in 2017, the festival will be joined by Gang to present a special screening of the magical fable Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned.

·       The Screen International Rising Star Asia Award will be given to Thailand’s Chutimon “Aokbab” Chuengcharoensukying. The 21-year-old model, who is still a student at Bangkok’s Chulalongkorn University, found fame last year in Thank You for Sharing, an eight-minute, viral short about cyber-bullying. The NYAFF is opening with her feature debut, Bad Genius, in which she stars as a high-school student who masterminds an ambitious heist of the American university entrance exam system. It’s a demanding role, in which her quick-witted character must navigate a complex moral universe where parents and teachers don’t always know best.

Tickets go on sale June 15, with Film Society and Subway Cinema members receiving an early access period beginning June 13. Tickets are $14; $11 for students and seniors (62+); and $9 for Film Society members. See more and save with a 3+ film discount package and All Access Pass. Learn more at filmlinc.org.

Credits:

Curated by executive director Samuel Jamier, deputy director Stephen Cremin, and programmers Claire Marty and David Wilentz.

The New York Asian Film Festival is co-presented by Subway Cinema and the Film Society of Lincoln Center and takes place from June 30 to July 13 at Film Society’s Walter Reade Theater (165 West 65th St), and July 14 to 16 at SVA Theatre (333 West 23 St).

Keep up to date with information at www.filmlinc.org and www.subwaycinema.com. Subway Cinema can be followed on Facebook at www.facebook.com/nyaff and Twitter at www.twitter.com/subwaycinema.

FULL LINEUP (57):

Titles in bold are included in the Main Competition

CHINA (6): Co-presented with Confucius Institute Headquarters and China Institute

– Battle of Memories (Leste Chen, 2017)

– Blood of Youth (Yang Shupeng, 2016)

– Duckweed (Han Han, 2017)

– Extraordinary Mission (Alan Mak & Anthony Pun, 2017)

– Someone to Talk to (Liu Yulin, 2016)

– Soul on a String (Zhang Yang, 2016)

HONG KONG PANORAMA (11): Presented with the support of Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in New York

– Cold War 2 (Longman Leung, Sunny Luk, 2016)

– Dealer/Healer (Lawrence Lau, 2017)

– Election (Johnnie To, 2005)

– Mad World (Wong Chun, 2016)

– Our Time Will Come (Ann Hui, 2017)

– Soul Mate (Derek Tsang, 2016)

– The Taking of Tiger Mountain (Tsui Hark, 2014)

– This Is Not What I Expected (Derek Hui, 2017)

– Vampire Cleanup Department (Yan Pak-wing, Chiu Sin-hang, 2017)

– With Prisoners(Andrew Wong, 2017)

– Zombiology: Enjoy Yourself Tonight (Alan Lo, 2017)

JAPAN (15):

– Aroused by Gymnopedies (Isao Yukisada, 2016)

– Close-Knit (Naoko Ogigami, 2017)

– Dawn of the Felines (Kazuya Shiraishi, 2016)

– Destruction Babies (Tetsuya Mariko, 2016)

– A Double Life (Yoshiyuki Kishi, 2016)

– Happiness (Sabu, 2016)

– Japanese Girls Never Die (Daigo Matsui, 2016)

– The Long Excuse (Miwa Nishikawa, 2016)

– Love and Other Cults (Eiji Uchida, 2017)

– The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio (Takashi Miike, 2016)

– Rage (Lee Sang-il, 2016)

– Suffering of Ninko (Norihiro Niwatsukino, 2016)

– Survival Family (Shinobu Yaguchi, 2017)

– Traces of Sin (Kei Ishikawa, 2016)

– Wet Woman in the Wind (Akihiro Shiota, 2016)

SOUTH KOREA (11):

Presented with the support of Korean Cultural Center New York

– Fabricated City (Park Kwang-hyun, 2017)

– Fantasy of the Girls (Ahn Jung-min, 2016)

– Jane (Cho Hyun-hoon, 2016)

– Ordinary Person (Kim Bong-han, 2017)

– A Quiet Dream (Zhang Lu, 2016)

– A Single Rider (Lee Joo-young, 2017)

– Split (Choi Kook-hee, 2016)

– The Tooth and the Nail (Jung Sik, Kim Whee, 2017)

– The Truth Beneath (Lee Kyoung-mi, 2016)

– Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned (Uhm Tae-hwa, 2016)

– The Villainess (Jung Byung-gil, 2017)

SOUTHEAST ASIA (6)

– Bad Genius(Nattawut Poonpiriya, Thailand, 2017)

– Birdshot (Mikhail Red, Philippines, 2016)

– Kfc (Le Binh Giang, Vietnam, 2017)

– Mrs. K (Ho Yuhang, Malaysia, 2016)

– Saving Sally (Avid Liongoren, Philippines, 2016)

– Town in a Lake (Jet Leyco, Philippines, 2015) TAIWAN (6): Presented with the support of the Taipei Cultural Center of TECO in New York

– Eternal Summer (Leste Chen, 2006)

– The Gangster’s Daughter (Chen Mei-juin, 2017)

– Godspeed (Chung Mong-hong, 2016)

– Mon Mon Mon Monsters (Giddens, 2017)

– The Road to Mandalay (Midi Z, 2016)

– The Village of No Return (Chen Yu-hsun, 2017)

DOCUMENTARIES (2)

– Bamseom Pirates Seoul Inferno (Jung Yoon-suk, 2017)

– Mrs. B., A North Korean Woman (Jero Yun, 2016)

    Full Lineup for THE 16th NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL The Film Society of Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema has announced the complete lineup for the 16th New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), which will take place from June 30 to July 13 at the Film Society and July 14 to 16 at the SVA Theatre.

[balitang-kutsero]

Watch Filipino Filmmaker Khavn De La Cruz Movie 'Ruined Heart: Another Love Story Between A Criminal and a Whore' July 11 Saturday 8:15PM SVA Theatre New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) #SubwayCinema #NYAFF15 #Mabuhay #PinoyLife #NYC See You at the Movies!

[vyerfilms]

Fumi Nikaido at the #NYAFF receiving the Rising Star Award! Catch her in #himizu on @vyerfilms! #japanesecinema #subwaycinema

[thedivareview]

For the 3 zillion folks who've asked me why I love Asian films so much, here is your answer. Ms. Angela Mao茅复静, aka Lady Kung Fu, the first female martial artist with her name above the title, respected by Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan & Sammo Hung, starred in more than 30 films before retiring as a mom & restaurant owner in Queens. Her characters were my first example of beauty, grace, bravery & badassery. At the Old School Kung Fu Fest. #angelamao #茅复静 #oskff17 #martialarts #kungfu #ladykungfu #ladywhirlwind #hapkido #brucelee #enterthedragon #jackiechan #sammohung #legend #subwaycinema #realtears #metrograph (at Lower East Side)

[popgirlnyc]

I have this cool poster hanging up by @epicprops! See previous post. @nyaff #oldschoolkungfu #kungfu #wuxia @subwaycinema - I just realized it was the same artist I was admiring. From 2013. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzf0wjIBiH9/?igshid=1r9zfric7jara

[popgirlnyc]

Yay! I always recommend @newyorkasianfilmfestival to people but I was out of town last year and this year I am just making it to my first event. But it’s a good one! @filmlinc @subwaycinema #yuenwooping https://www.instagram.com/p/BzbnDjvhFYg/?igshid=1l12qhry50wkj

[popgirlnyc]

In honor of his Palme d’Or for Parasite here is Bong Joon-ho @filmlinc @subwaycinema in 2014. “#BongJoonHo @filmlinc after #Snowpiercer last night telling us he was interested in making a train movie and due to mutual interest changed Secretary Mason from male to female to cast #TildaSwinton. Apparently last year 250 people in Paramus, NJ saw a 20 minute shorter cut of the movie and gave poor scores helping with his argument to keep the director’s cut for English- speaking audiences. So glad the movie is intact!” Edit: “Snowpiercer (Bong/13): Dystopic sci-fi based on cool French graphic novel premise of last 1000 of humanity stuck on train for 17 years (Le Transperceneige). Works as hero's journey towards rescue, revenge & redemption on perpetually moving train. Compelling cast led by Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, John Hurt and Bong's frequent collaborator Song Kang-ho. Violent, grim, mysterious, weird. Arty and moody yet figuratively and literally straightforward.”
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx_QkJ3BfhA/?igshid=1hsfjhlxpxbdc

[popgirlnyc]

Love my prizes from @subwaycinema #nyaff @filmlinc. Can't wait to watch the movie and find a place to hang this cool poster! #tsuihark #kungfumovies

[popgirlnyc]

Director Chen Mei-Juin talks about The Gangster’s Daughter influenced by memories of her gangster uncle - a good uncle who told great stories that ended with him saying, "Don't be like me." Also she and the writer had an experience getting lost on a hike and being rescued by a strong presence of a man in a big white Cadillac who had a nice relationship with his presumed daughter who was also in the car. @subwaycinema @filmlinc #nyaff