Ching Siu-tung’s A Chinese Ghost Story (1987) was, in some ways, the creative peak of the Hong Kong New Wave era’s xianxia movement, as initiated by producer (and some say co-director) Tsui Hark’s Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain in 1983. The genre was already steeped in imitation and homage, so it came as no surprise that Ching’s film led to three official sequels, an animated film, a 2011 reboot, and an array of movies that liberally ‘borrowed’ the imagery and other elem

WITNESS THE LIVES OF INTERESTING PEOPLE MADE MORE INTERESTING VIA SUBJECTIVE TRUTHS, PLASTIC AVATARS, UNRELIABLE NARRATORS, AND CG MONKEY-FICATION!! Biopics: bland, formulaic, predictable. You’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all, right? Well, not every filmmaker is content to follow the blueprint. Join Gabe and returning guest Tyler Foster as they explore four examples of Unconventional Biopics that break the narrative and aesthetic rules of the genre. This month’s titles inclu

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Michael Crichton, the forever king of high concept speculative airport fiction, made his directorial debut with the beloved science fiction pastiche Westworld (1973). Unlike the HBO series remake that followed, this version of the story puts thrills and entertainment value ahead of provocative existentialism, preventing Crichton from digging too deeply into the horrors of being a sentient machine. Instead, with what little time he has (this is a very short movie), he focuses