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RZA: Live from The 36th Chamber of Shaolin – VIFF 2018

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Wu-Tang Clan co-founder, producer extraordinaire, composer, and director RZA live scores the Shaw Brothers kung-fu classic The 36th Chamber of Shaolin. Need I say more? Yes, yes more needs to be said…Follow ILT on twitter @iltfilm
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Review: Shadow – VIFF 2018

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Legendary Chinese director Zhang Yimou is known for his richly crafted period pieces, and Shadow is no different; a beautifully shot historical drama complete with Zhang’s trademark action sequences.Follow ILT on twitter @iltfilm
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Review – Bingo: The King of the Mornings

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Recently, we got our hands on Brazil’s entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the upcoming Academy Awards, Bingo: The King of the Mornings…Follow ILT on twitter @iltfilm
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TurningJapanese#3: Your Name 君の名は。

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ILT’s TurningJapanese# series returns with a look at one of the finest anime releases of the modern era…

Your Name
Dir: Makoto Shinkai
Original Release Date: 26 August 2016Follow ILT on twitter @laidbaremedia
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Review: Ghost in the Shell

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Undoubtedly a surprise to no-one at all, the Ghost in the Shell
remake is all style and no substance.

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ILT’s Top 10 Films of 2016!

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2016 was an intriguing, if understated year for quality cinema.

As close to a traditional list as I could get, here’s ILT’s 10 favourite flicks of the year…
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The Punch Up Podcast, Ep.32: ‘Westworld, VIFF 2016, and more!’

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This week on The Punch Up podcast, the chaps are once again joined by Haley McNamara to chat HBO’s Westworld, Christopher Guest’s Mascots, stop-mo sensation Kubo and the Two Strings, and much, much more! There’s also a roundup of VIFF 2016, featuring, Paterson, In a Valley of Violence, Moonlight, and Hello Destroyer.

The quiz returns too, as the battle for movie tagline supremacy gets its own sequel…

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The Punch Up Podcast, Ep.31: ‘Swiss Army Podcast’

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This week on The Punch Up podcast, the chaps are joined by special guest Haley McNamara to chat three of 2016’s best low key duo flicks: Hell or High Water, Swiss Army Man, and Hunt for the Wilderpeople.

There’s also a brand new quiz, which this features the weird and wonderful world of movie titles and their quite fantastic foreign translations…

We’ve also jazzed up our intro with a brand new quiz segment, which this week features Phill and Nick going at it over movie taglines…

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Vancouver International Film Festival 2016

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A round up of seven of the more intriguing pictures from VIFF 2016, including Jim Jarmusch’s Paterson and Ti West’s In a Valley of Violence…inavalleyofviolence Continue reading →

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PerfAction#3: Hard Boiled 辣手神探

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PerfAction returns with the greatest action flick you’ve (probably) never heard of…

Hard Boiled
Dir: John Woo
Original Release Date: 16 April 1992Screen Shot 2016-04-06 at 21.15.56Part of ILT’s PerfAction# series.

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