FIVE ELEMENT NINJAS (1982) screens Wednesday, April 4th at 8pm Schlafly Bottleworks Restaurant and Bar (7260 Southwest Ave.- at Manchester – Maplewood, MO 63143) as part of Webster University’s ...

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So much has changed in the 18 years since Paul Thomas Anderson’s porno world epic. Anderson was then an acolyte of Altman and Scorsese, wearing his influences flamboyantly on his sleeve. Now he’s ...

The hip-hop musician and filmmaker programmed an epic double feature of Chang Cheh films at the Metrograph in New York. Filmmaker and hip-hop legend RZA made dreams come true for kung-fu fans on a ...

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