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Dressed to Kill: The Films of Lily Ho

Dressed to Kill: The Films of Lily Ho

By any criteria you’d care to name, INTIMATE CONFESSIONS OF A CHINESE COURTESAN is an outstanding example of a cult film. As luridly over-the-top as the name…

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New! Queens of Wuxia: Hong Kong’s Martial Arts Actresses 1948-1966

New! Queens of Wuxia: Hong Kong’s Martial Arts Actresses 1948-1966

One of the joys of classic Hong Kong action cinema has always been its utter indifference to gender conventions. Wuxia (swordplay) movies, rooted in epic-length novels…

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