Closing the summer months with a beach photos and Asian short films:
New York, New York [1977] [MVD Marquee 4k & Blu-ray]
A saxophone player and a lounge singer have their ups and downs in love and careers in Martin Scorsese’s New York, New York. The divisive and flawed 1977 film hits 4k via the MVD Marquee Collection.
Short Film for You! [Asian Cinema August]
Closing the summer months with a beach photos and Asian short films:
Hellcat [2026]
Stuck inside a moving trailer, a woman has to figure out how to escape and uncover the truth about her situation. Brock Bodell’s uneven but compelling enough film is now on Shudder.
Ben-Hur (1959)
William Wyler’s 1959 “Ben-Hur” is a film that generates respect, if not adulation. And there is no reason to feel guilty about not loving this mammoth three-and-a-half-hour epic. Gary Giddins, writing in the New York Sun, probably summed it up best: “Watching ‘Ben-Hur’ all at once is like sitting down to a 10-course meal and finding that every course consists of potato dumplings, except for the seventh, which is strawberry shortcake (that would be the chariot race).”
Seven Snipers (2026)
A former sniper and her daughter have to depend on her tactical team to defend them from a hostile warlord who comes looking for revenge.
Short Film for You! [Asian Cinema August]
Closing the summer months with a beach photos and Asian short films: