Movies

Tough Guys, Gangsters, and Delinquents in Asian Pop Culture: Exiled

February 12, 2018 / no comments / 248 views

The coolest Johnnie To film ever.

Tough Guys, Gangsters, and Delinquents in Asian Pop Culture: Mr. Vampire

December 27, 2017 / no comments / 410 views

You need to be a tough guy if you’re going to take on the undead.

Tough Guys, Gangsters, and Delinquents in Asian Pop Culture: Satya

December 18, 2017 / no comments / 328 views

Everybody gets a chance in Indian gangster movie hit Satya.

Tough Guys, Gangsters, and Delinquents in Asian Pop Culture: Election

October 20, 2017 / no comments / 667 views

Johnnie To doesn’t need guns to create mayhem and violence in Election.

Red as Blood, White as Snow: Colour in Sympathy for Lady Vengeance

October 11, 2017 / no comments / 1286 views

What is the colour of vengeance?

Small-Minded Places: Gokseong (The Wailing)

October 9, 2017 / no comments / 261 views

Parochial village mentality, rumours and superstition bleed together into the Lynchian Gokseong, a South Korean film that asks us to reconsider our beliefs.

Tough Guys, Gangsters, and Delinquents in Asian Pop Culture: Sympathy for Lady Vengeance

October 2, 2017 / no comments / 190 views

Big atonements for big sins: is there really any sympathy for Lady Vengeance?

Tough Guys, Gangsters, and Delinquents in Asian Pop Culture: Ong Bak

September 22, 2017 / no comments / 264 views

The tough guy from the countryside will break your bones.

Tough Guys, Gangsters, and Delinquents in Asian Pop Culture: Battle Royale

September 13, 2017 / no comments / 224 views

Would you kill your best friend?

Tough Guys, Gangsters, and Delinquents in Asian Pop Culture: Portland Street Blues

August 4, 2017 / no comments / 218 views

Out of all the gangster movies, Portland Street Blues is the one that often feels like it has real-life stories of poor and working class people at its core.