Grady Hendrix

Furious silat fight sequences and balletic camerawork power Gareth Evans's sequel

In the Department of Good News: everyone's favorite cult DVD label comes to Blu-ray and streaming—and more

Gap Kim and Jo Beom-jin's uniquely designed—and disgusting—2006 cult classic

Hong Kong up! What's behind a gathering storm that could trigger a new engagement of youth culture with politics in this once-fertile film capital

Film Comment is pleased to announce the return of KAIJU SHAKEDOWN!! First thing's first: what do Wong Kar Wai and Stephen Chow have in common?

(Stephen Chow, Hong Kong/China, 2013)

(Well Go USA, $24.98)

Idiot savants: MAD magazine’s editor-in-chief talks about the gang’s signature movie parodies

More on movie parodies from a MAD magazine illustrator

MAD magazine’s movie parodies perfected the art of the hand-drawn film review for juveniles of all ages

There aren’t many action movies that begin with their Muslim hero performing his morning prayers, but before it launches into 101 minutes of nonstop face-breaking, kneecap-shattering, and elbow-smashing, Indonesia’s The Raid does just that, giving its audience…

1. Eighties New Wave: the late Seventies and early Eighties saw a huge influx of talent into Hong Kong from filmmakers who, for the most part, had studied overseas, and then returned to…

Regardless of whether you love him, hate him, or are completely unaware of him, Tsui Hark remains the most important Chinese film director working today. He burst onto the scene as part of the Eighties New Wave1, and…

Grady Hendrix checks in with Johnnie To on his latest project. Yes, this guy still loves crime and Triads

Ram Gopal Varma, Bollywood’s most unBollywood director