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There are few filmmaking visionaries whose work has touched more than Yuen Woo-ping. A triple-threat stuntman, choreographer and director, his illustrious career began hand-in-hand with Jackie Chan’s, helming the seminal Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow and Drunken Master in 1978 and supercharging the Hong Kong film industry with a new brand astonishing martial artistry and bawdy comedy. His eye for high-impact and idiosyncratic fighting styles took him to Hollywood, lending his talents to the Wachowski Sisters’ Matrix series and Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill diptych, projects which bookended the unprecedented international success of his iconic wirework in Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.  After a ten-year gap, we at Screen Anarchy were overjoyed to be able to talk to him a second time for the release of his new blockbuster, Blades of the Guardians,…

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Valerie Pachner stars, as Austrian filmmaker Adrian Goiginger continues his cycle of true story adaptations with an emotional rollercoaster of a grief drama.

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We are debuting the teaser trailer for Zumeca, a historical epic drama, written, directed, and produced by David Maler.    Based on a true story, Zumeca shows us the first family of the Americas: a Spaniard, Miguel, and a Taino, Zumeca. Fleeing from his past, Miguel is haunted by deliriums of the old world. Zumeca sees something in Miguel that he himself cannot see. A broken man from a decadent world is given an opportunity at a new life by a woman who is full of light, great emotional intelligence, and an elevated connection with nature. A world of magic, fire, darkness, rivers, caves, and spirits that devour anyone who resists them. The conquest of the New World is told through the intimacy of two…

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Adam MacDonald’s film stars Olivia Holt, Froy Gutierrez, Luke MacFarlane, Corteon Moore, Carson MacCormac, and Chloe Avakian.

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There are some posters which communicate to the observer that, if they like their films with exceptional composition and visual mise en scène, then they are in good filmmaking hands. The key art for Huo Meng’s Venice Silver Bear winner, Living The Land, certainly gives off Days of Heaven vibes, and that is good.  Perhaps I could do without the English title in ordinary type-setting in the top left, due to the handwritten Mandarin title-card placement above the credit block; however, this is the tiniest of nitpicks for this textured, bucolic design. The big sky, the endless fields dotted with workers of all ages, perfectly in frame, yet still pragmatically at work. This poster gives off savoury “slow-cinema” energy, and I am here for it….

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Spoiler: ‘Psycho Killer’ is quite awful, and ‘How to Make a Killing’ is not much better. Plus: ‘This Is Not a Test,’ ‘Redux Redux,’ ‘The Dreadful’ and two ‘One Mile’ films.

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Glen Powell, Jessica Henwick, and Margaret Qualley star in John Patton Ford’s sophomore feature.

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A fisherman who once fought for a living agrees to one final return in ONE Championship after his brother’s death, forcing him to confront whether violence can ever set a family free.

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Ignore what Bob Odenkirk’s character, Sheriff Ulysses, says at the end of the official trailer for Ben Wheatley’s neo-Western, Normal. Despite saying, “Nothing to see hear”, there is plenty of action to see your eyes on in this one.   Check it out, down below.    The latest collaboration between Bob Odenkirk, JOHN WICK creator Derek Kolstad and NOBODY producer Marc Provissiero, director Ben Wheatley’s (FREE FIRE, HIGH RISE) kinetic neo-Western stars Odenkirk as an unassuming substitute sheriff with a troubled past who, after moving to a small, sleepy town, responds to a bank robbery and unknowingly uncovers something far more explosive.   For Sheriff Ulysses (Odenkirk), his provisional posting to the quaint Midwestern American town of Normal was meant to be a welcome respite…

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As quickly as it arrived February is leaving us soon, making way for March and the genre delights that Shudder has in store for everyone.    Found footage horror Bodycam, morgue horror The Mortuary Assistant and documentary 1000 Women in Horror make up the originals debuting on the streamer next month. Look forward to our review of Bodycam from a pair of our newest writers, George and Josh Bate. We will also look forward to Donna Davies’s documentary 1000 Women in Horror, featuring interviews with many friends of ours, among the icons and their contemporaries, who have been a part of women’s voices in the horror genre.    And do not forget to go through the list of Shudder Resurrected titles next month as well….

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