For the first time in four years I was invited onto an episode of the Director's Club Podcast to chat with host Jim Laczkowski and guest...

The general pattern of Hollywood dystopian fiction throughout the decades has been to acknowledge, criticize, and/or satirize the current...

Best remembered for his psychedelic Grand Guignol horror/action hybrids Hex (1980), Hex vs. Witchcraft (1980), Bewitched (1981), Corpse...

Writer/director Chor Yuen is very well-represented in this latest Shawscope collection, especially for his action-packed entries in the...

COME WITH US AS WE TUMBLE DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE, PASS THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, ENTER THE WARDROBE, AND RIDE A TORNADO TO OZ! It’s time...

During the ‘60s and ‘70s, Hong Kong filmmakers had a clear affinity for the (largely) Italian-made westerns of the same period, movies we...

In 1966, King Hu’s Come Drink with Me set the quality precedent for Shaw Bros. wuxia movies and the popularity precedent for a wave of...

Before The Five Venoms (1978), before The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978), before even The Big Boss (1971), there was The One-Armed Sword...

In the decade before he made the groundbreaking Battles without Honor and Humanity series (1973-74), which led him to be recognized as a...

Completed in 1973 (edit: according to the commentary on this disc, it was actually completed in 1969 or ‘70), but not released outside of...