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easternKicks @easternkicks.bsky.social · 3d

East Asian films at #BFI’s Too Much: Melodrama on Film season - At BFI Southbank and across the country, plenty of classics to be seen - including the 4K restoration of THE ARCH!

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News: East Asian films at BFI’s Too Much: Melodrama on Film season | easternkicks.com

At BFI Southbank and across the country, plenty of classics to be seen… Through November and December, the BFI embarks on a celebration of melodrama with classics from the silent era right up to date....

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easternKicks @easternkicks.bsky.social · 3d

Sadako haunts a projector instead of a videotape in this low-budget Chinese Ring knock-off: SADAKO RETURNED | This week's #cineXtremes entry! #Halloween #SpookySeason

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Movie review: Sadako Returned | easternkicks.com

Sadako haunts a projector instead of a videotape in this low-budget Chinese Ring knock-off... Since the publication of Koji Suzuki's Ring back in 1991 there have been no less than ten different film a...

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easternKicks @easternkicks.bsky.social · 3d

Sine Screen in Focus: Kaori Oda - A programme exploring the work of the experimental filmmaker and artist #Sine_Screen #ICALondon

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News: Sine Screen in Focus: Kaori Oda | easternkicks.com

A programme exploring the work of the experimental filmmaker and artist... Alongside their Whose Homeland series across various venues between November 2025 and March 2026, Sine Screen will also be pr...

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easternKicks @easternkicks.bsky.social · 3d

LI HAN-HSIANG delivers a lyrical adaptation of a classic PU SONGLING: THE ENCHANTING SHADOW ★★★★★ | Available on Blu-ray as part of Shaw-Shock: Shaw Brothers Horror Collection - Volume Two from @imprintfilms.bsky.social #Halloween #SpookySeason

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Movie review: The Enchanting Shadow | easternkicks.com

Li Han-Hsiang delivers a lyrical adaptation of a classic Pu Songling... Released in 1960 The Enchanting Shadow stars Chao Lei as the righteous scholar Ning Caichen and Betty Loh Tih as the seductive s...

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easternKicks @easternkicks.bsky.social · 5d

DONNIE YEN stars in the insanely fun schlockfest THE HOLY VIRGIN VS THE EVIL DEAD ★★★★ | Available on Blu-ray now from #88_Films #Halloween #SpookySeason

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easternKicks @easternkicks.bsky.social · 6d

A horror sequel that outperforms its predecessor: SANA: LET ME HEAR | Streaming on @ArrowFilmsVideo's channel now! #Halloween #SpookySeason

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easternKicks @easternkicks.bsky.social · 6d

Sine Screen’s Whose Homeland film season returns! #Sine_Screen @thegardencinema.bsky.social #ICALondon

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Sine Screen’s Whose Homeland film season returns | easternkicks.com

The season explores shifting homelands and migrant narratives through a mix of cinematic forms... The screening collective Sine Screen’s upcoming film season will once again feature the Whose Homeland...

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easternKicks @easternkicks.bsky.social · 7d

An enjoyable flashback to the 1990’s J-horror boom from Takashi Shimizu: SANA | Streaming on @arrowvideo.bsky.social 's channel now! #Halloween #SpookySeason

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Movie review: Sana | easternkicks.com

An enjoyable flashback to the 1990’s J-horror boom from Takashi Shimizu... Directed by horror legend Takashi Shimizu, Sana marks a return to the kind of atmospheric horror that defined Japan’s late-90...

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easternKicks @easternkicks.bsky.social · 11d

The Peter Chan-produced horror anthology series makes a welcome return to home media: THREE / THREE... EXTREMES ★★★★ | Available now on Blu-ray from from @arrowvideo.bsky.social #Halloween #SpookySeason

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Movie review: Three / Three… Extremes | easternkicks.com

The Peter Chan-produced horror anthology series makes a welcome return to home media… Looking back, it’s easy to see how the first of the Peter Chan-produced horror anthology series, Three, got lost i...

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easternKicks @easternkicks.bsky.social · 11d

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easternKicks @easternkicks.bsky.social · 11d

Rob Jabbaz's THE SADNESS comes to grisly Limited Edition 4K UHD from @ArrowVideo. Not for the squeamish! 🤢 #Halloween #SpookySeason www.easternkicks.com/reviews/the-...

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easternKicks @easternkicks.bsky.social · 11d

CHING SIU TUNG’S genre bending action film WITCH FROM NEPAL | Available on Blu-ray now from @88films.bsky.social #Halloween #SpookySeason

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Movie review: Witch from Nepal | easternkicks.com

Ching Siu-Tung’s genre bending action film... Witch from Nepal (1986) feels almost like Ching Siu-Tung’s dry run before making his masterpiece A Chinese Ghost Story (1987). Many of the key elements ar...

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easternKicks @easternkicks.bsky.social · 11d

hings get increasingly bizarre after a newlywed couple decide to stay the night in a remote hotel in 2017 Mainland Chinese horror THE WILDERNESS HOTEL | This week's #cineXtremes entry! #Halloween #SpookySeason

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Movie review: The Wilderness Hotel | easternkicks.com

Things get increasingly bizarre after a newlywed couple decide to stay the night in a remote hotel in this 2017 Mainland Chinese horror... With full-on horrors being pretty rare in Mainland Chinese ci...

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easternKicks @easternkicks.bsky.social · 12d

A documentary that follows an unfolding, real-life case of infidelity through the lens of an undercover agent hired to banish the mistress: MISTRESS DISPELLER | Screening now at @ifccenter.bsky.social

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Movie review: Mistress Dispeller | easternkicks.com

A documentary that follows an unfolding, real-life case of infidelity through the lens of an undercover agent hired to banish the mistress... Elizabeth Lo’s second feature Mistress Dispeller is an int...

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easternKicks @easternkicks.bsky.social · 14d

Revisit our podcast special on THE SADNESS with our exclusive interview with ROB JABBAZ - available on Limited Edition Blu-ray from @arrowvideo.bsky.social ! #Halloween #SpookySeason

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The easternKicks podcast: Episode 39 – The Sadness special | easternkicks.com

We interview director Rob Jabbaz exclusively... To celebrate the global release of gruesome horror The Sadness on Shudder, James and Andy chat through the film, with an exclusive interview with the fi...

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easternKicks @easternkicks.bsky.social · 14d

College students become aware they are just characters in a script in inventive horror THE DRAFT | On digital platforms from 27 October from #BlueFinchFilms #Halloween #SpookySeason

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Movie review: The Draft (Setan Alas!) | easternkicks.com

College students become aware they are just characters in a script in this inventive horror… Stop me if you’ve heard this before: a bunch of college students decide to head to a remote villa in a fore...

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easternKicks @easternkicks.bsky.social · 15d

An inventively whacky comic premise that turns to dark commentary: A USEFUL GHOST | Screened as part of #BFI London Film Festival #LFF2025 #Halloween #SpookySeason

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Movie review: A Useful Ghost | easternkicks.com

An inventively whacky comic premise that turns to dark commentary… A Useful Ghost hoovers up its narrative with one of the whackiest appliance possessions since Shake, Rattle & Roll’s ‘Fridge’ segment...

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easternKicks @easternkicks.bsky.social · 18d

It's Beehind you? Genetically modified giant bees go on the rampage in shoddy Chinese CGI-heavy creature feature BIG BEE | This week's #cineXtremes entry!

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Movie review: Big Bee | easternkicks.com

Genetically modified giant bees go on the rampage in this shoddy Chinese CGI-heavy creature feature... Although the creature feature might not be the first genre that springs to mind when it comes to ...

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easternKicks @easternkicks.bsky.social · 18d

Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit returns to the workplace as a HR manager considers whether to bring a child into the world: HUMAN RESOURCE | Screening as part of #BFI London Film Festival #LFF2025

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Human Resource | easternkicks.com

Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit returns to the workplace as a HR manager considers whether to bring a child into the world… However much we like to think of it as a thing of the past, the reality of the ‘t...

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easternKicks @easternkicks.bsky.social · 18d

Park Chan-wook returns with a comedy caper starring Lee Byung-hun and Son Ye-jin: NO OTHER CHOICE ★★★★ | Screening as part of #BFI London Film Festival #LFF2025 and coming to @neon-rated.bsky.social and @mubiuk.bsky.social

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easternKicks @easternkicks.bsky.social · 21d

London Korean Film Festival turns 20! The full festival programme is out now... #kccuk #LKFF

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London Korean Film Festival turns 20! | easternkicks.com

Full festival programme is out now... Celebrating its 20th anniversary, London Korean Film Festival is back this autumn, captivating UK audiences with an intriguing lineup of Korean cinema. Organised ...

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easternKicks @easternkicks.bsky.social · 21d

Newcomer Seo Su-bin shines in Yoon Ga-eun’s stunning teen drama THE WORLD OF LOVE ★★★★★ | Screening as part of #BFI London Film Festival #LFF2025

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The World of Love | easternkicks.com

Newcomer Seo Su-bin shines in Yoon Ga-eun’s stunning teen drama… Newcomer Seo Su-bin shines in what could be a career-making role as Jooin, a spirited high school student, jubilantly full of life, but...

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easternKicks @easternkicks.bsky.social · 22d

As visually stunning as you’d expect for Bi Gan, but its affectations may divide audiences: RESURRECTION | Screening as part of #BFI London Film Festival #LFF2025

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Movie review: Resurrection | easternkicks.com

As visually stunning as you’d expect for Bi Gan, but its affectations may divide audiences… No one could deny writer director Bi Gan has a tendency to let the visual aspects of his films get away on h...

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easternKicks @easternkicks.bsky.social · 24d

Ringo Lam's classic CITY ON FIRE makes a welcome return to home media on 4K UHD and Blu-ray from 1 December, released by @arrowvideo.bsky.social! Find out more and watch the new trailer exclusively!

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easternKicks @easternkicks.bsky.social · 24d

YEON SANG-HO returns to his roots with a dark drama exploring a family’s traumatic past, THE UGLY ★★★★ | This week's #cineXtremes is in US cinemas now from @wellgousa.bsky.social

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Movie review: The Ugly | easternkicks.com

Yeon Sang-ho returns to his roots with a dark drama exploring a family’s traumatic past... South Korean filmmaker Yeon Sang-ho has certainly had a varied career, and while best known for his 2016 zomb...

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