Dirty Laundry

The Big Boss, Kihachi Okamoto, 1960    Routine and not all that exciting gangland picture. Okamoto's knack for stylish pulp framings (th...

Hannah Arendts "The Origins of Totalitarianism", das ich in den letzten Tagen der Trump-Präsidentschaft ohne konkreten Anlass (ich...

Auf den Deutschen Herbst folgt die Herbstromanze . Während der Neue Deutsche Film sich, an den Wirren der Gegenwart scheiternd, langsam in s...

Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter, Kazuo Mori, 1961 Not as elegant as the first two parts, with Mori often settling for showy camera ...

Wolves, Pigs & Men, Kinji Fukasaku, 1964 The youngest brother is all energy, an organic part of the chaotic world he's living in, ha...

Crows Zero II, Takashi Miike, 2009 Grungier than the first, at times almost infused with a Late Western vibe. The rage and energy doesn'...

Chinatown Kid, Chang Cheh, 1977 The hand should've be content with squeezing oranges, but is lured by the golden sparkle of a digital wa...