8th Old School Kung Fu Fest: Secret Chamber Edition

May 3-4, 2019 at Anthology Film Archives

Subway Cinema’s Old School Kung Fu Fest returns to the mothership with a two-day blast of barefisted fury that will leave the Anthology Film Archives a smoking pile of shattered bricks!

Some dubbed into crunky English, others subtitled, some cut into surreal storms of flying feet, others screened uncut  every single one of these old school kung fu flicks delivers more electrifying entertainment than anything in a modern day multiplex.

The insanity begins Friday night (May 3) with a screening of DRAGON PRINCESS (1976, 35mm, dubbed) an ultra-hardcore Sonny Chiba production where Chiba's daughter (Etsuko Shihomi) grows up to murder men with her bare hands. KARATE!!!!! Afterwards, we're having a beer bash! Hang out and drink $1 beers, make new friends who know karate too, and speculate on what kind of madness we're unleashing tomorrow.

On Saturday, May 4, we’re screening six back-to-back old school kung fu flicks in two blocks. First, its three films from massive, international stars before they were famous. Then its three kung fu mash-ups in a row! Maybe kung fu horror? Maybe kung fu westerns? Maybe kung fu musicals? Maybe kung fu science fiction?

Block 1: Young Dragons: Superstars Before They Were Famous - starts at 12:30pm
Block 2: Infinite Kung Fu: Genre Mash-Ups - starts at approx. 6:30pm

New York kung fu festival to show why Asian martial arts films found an audience in America
(South China Morning Post, April 30, 2019)