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Kaiju Shakedown
Kaiju Shakedown: Kim Ki-young
By
Grady Hendrix
October 16, 2014
The hallucinatory delights and low-budget invention of
A Woman After a Killer Butterfly
, from the director of
The Housemaid
Kaiju Shakedown: Dhoom
By
Grady Hendrix
October 9, 2014
Bollywood's most successful franchise found the perfect blend of motorcycle stunts, nepotism, and cartoonish villainy
Kaiju Shakedown: Tetsuro Tamba
By
Grady Hendrix
October 6, 2014
The square-jawed Bond actor who continually blurred the line between high and low culture
Kaiju Shakedown: Takashi Miike
By
Grady Hendrix
September 24, 2014
Keep Japan weird: a handful of the master's low-budget, rare films
Kaiju Shakedown: Ilo Ilo
By
Grady Hendrix
September 17, 2014
Domestic realms: Anthony Chen's semi-autobiographical film gets to the heart of the thorny issues surrounding guest workers in Asia
Kaiju Shakedown: Ringo Lam
By
Grady Hendrix and Hiroshi Fukazawa
September 9, 2014
Nihilistic Eighties legend Ringo Lam returns to filmmaking after a decade with
Wild City
Kaiju Shakedown: Eileen Chang
By
Grady Hendrix
September 4, 2014
Girls to the front! On Mainland China and Hong Kong's influential women behind the camera, past and present
Kaiju Shakedown: Wild World of Bollywood
By
Grady Hendrix
August 28, 2014
It's never the same old song and dance: a look at four crazy, entertaining, and poignant films from the world's second-largest film industry
Kaiju Shakedown: Patrick Lung Kong
By
Grady Hendrix
August 23, 2014
Blazing a trail: an appreciation of this influential Hong Kong director of Cantonese cinema who always kept social issues within the frame
Kaiju Shakedown: Lee Myung-Se
By
Grady Hendrix
August 13, 2014
Due consideration: in praise of Korean filmmaker Lee Myung-Se—and keeping an open mind
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