http://subwaycinemanews.com Your Guide to Asian Entertainment in NYC and Beyond Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:00:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The big news this week is the free screening of action maestro, Ryoo Seung-Wan's, deubt feature, DIE BAD. (full info) . At the Asia Society is the series “China’s Past, Present, Future on Film” from March 6 - April 16. First up is the Saturday, March 6 screening of XIAO JIA GOING ... http://subwaycinemanews.com/archives/853 As part of Korean Movie Night, tomorrow, Tuesday, March 9 @ 7pm, there will be a free screening of Ryoo Seung-Wan's debut feature, DIE BAD. The screening will be at the Tribeca Cinemas (on the corner of Varick and Canal Streets) and tickets are free and given on a first-come, ... http://subwaycinemanews.com/archives/850 The Bong Joon-Ho retrospective is over, Film Comment Selects is over, is there anything going on that's worthwhile. . Yes! . Do not miss: a free screening! Ryu Seung-Wan's first film, DIE BAD, is screening for free as part of the Korean Cultural Service's Korean Movie Night. On Tuesday, March 9 @ 7pm, at ... http://subwaycinemanews.com/archives/835 Starring James Van Der Beek (Dawson!) as an FBI agent investigating the murder of a Taiwanese activist, this American film stars a fair amount of Chinese talent (Kenneth Tsang, Tzi Ma) and features a pro-independence message. It opens this weekend at the Village East (on Second Avenue around 12th Street) ... http://subwaycinemanews.com/archives/830 Just found out that the China Institute is having a free screening tonight (Thursday, Feb. 25) of the film MAO'S LAST DANCER. Here's what they say: . . MAO'S LAST DANCER is based on Li Cunxin's best-selling autobiography, chronicling his journey from a grueling apprenticeship as a classical dancer in communist China to ... http://subwaycinemanews.com/archives/827 There's a lot going on this week, so let's get right down to it. . The Korean American Film Festival starts on Feb. 28 and runs for one weekend at the SVA theater on West 23rd Street. But just because it’s short that doesn’t mean it’s weak. The stand-outs are an encore ... http://subwaycinemanews.com/archives/820 Thank god it's not the Chow Yun-fat CONFUCIUS. This Saturday, February 27 @ 5pm and 7pm the China Institute will screen Fei Mu's lost 1940 classic film, CONFUCIUS. The 7pm screening will also feature a talk by Weihong Bao, assistant professor of Chinese Film and Media Culture at Columbia University’s ... http://subwaycinemanews.com/archives/813 There's big stuff afoot all over the place! . DESTINY'S SON! . This Friday, 2/19 @ 7:30pm, the Japan Society hosts the psychedelic, 1962 samurai film, DESTINY'S SON. If you liked HOUSE, then this stylish sword-slashing freak-out is for you. Note: this movie is not nearly as goofy as HOUSE, but it does share ... http://subwaycinemanews.com/archives/805 From March 3 - 9, new films from this year's Rotterdam Film Festival are playing at BAM. . AUTUMN ADAGIO (2009, Japan) - Tsuki Inoue directs this flick about a middle-aged nun who meets three different men. And it's not a porno. (Read a review) . Miyoko . MIYOKO (2009, Japan) - a lush biopic about ... http://subwaycinemanews.com/archives/783 Next week Film Comment Selects kicks off at the Walter Reade with a bunch of Asian movies in its line-up, most importantly a screening of Edward Yang's 1991 A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY which hasn't been screened in years and which is almost totally unavailable on video. (Full info) . It looks like ... http://subwaycinemanews.com/archives/767