Welcome to Subway Cinema News, your weekly guide to Asian movie events in New York City.
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At the ImaginAsian, Siddarth Haseeno’s BACHNA AE HASEENO is the latest Bollywood flick from those fine purveyors of family entertainment, Yash Raj. It’s the story of Raj, a heart throb who’s chasing the skirts from the age of 18 to 30, falling for three different women. The reviews are mixed. You can read a good one here and a bad one here.
Also playing at the ImaginAsian is MUMBAI MERI JAN a sort of Indian version of CRASH about five characters’ intersecting lives in the run-up to, and aftermath of, the Mumbai Train Bombings of 2006. The characters differ in every way possible but all experience a dramatic shift in their lives after the tragedy. Kamath’s debut Hindi film is getting great review for the most part.
Although it’s being reported in some places as playing at the Angelica, Takashi Miike’s SUKIYAKI WESTERN DJANGO starts an exclusive engagement at the Landmark Sunshine on August 29. All we have to say is: Quentin Tarantino + Takashi Miike + Spaghetti Western = Eyeball Explosion.
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This Friday at the Angelica Film Center, David Kaplan’s YEAR OF THE FISH is a Chinatown Cinderella story that eases in and out of fantasy and reality. Using animation effects to blend magic into the everyday grit of New York City, the film witnesses the innocent life of Ye Xian, a naive girl who comes to the city to earn extra money for her sick father in China. Instead she ends up as a cleaning lady at a Chinatown massage parlor after refusing the sexual exploits of her job as a masseuse. Things seem to turn around when she is given a fish by a hunchback who promises her luck and magic in its presence.
The New York Korean Film Festival continues until August 31. Complete info is here.
At Film Forum playing September 3 – September 16, Chris Smith’s THE POOL about Venkatesh, a poor kid who works at a high-class hotel in Panjim, Goa and is ever-so-curious about the privileged life of the wealthy. As he interacts with the wealthy owner of a mansion, he gains knowledge about the untouchable world while learning about his own future.
Finally, John Carpenter’s homage to Hong Kong films of the early 80’s, BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, is screening at BAM on Monday, September 1 @ 2pm, 4:30pm, 6:50pm & 9:15pm.
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