Programmed May 2020

Starring Jackie Chan

Featuring a new interview with Grady Hendrix, author and cofounder of the New York Asian Film Festival Marrying the daredevil physical comedy of Buster Keaton with the martial-arts mastery of Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan is an international icon whose awe-inspiring stunt work and acrobatic grace set a new standard for action spectacle. Working his way up through the Hong Kong film industry of the 1970s as a stuntman, Chan achieved stardom when he combined his thrilling fight choreography with slapstick mayhem in early vehicles like Half a Loaf of Kung Fu and Spiritual Kung F u. Making the leap to director with The Fearless Hyena and The Young Master , Chan embarked on a dazzling run of 1980s successes that culminated with Police Story and its sequel, blockbuster megahits in which his death-defying, adrenaline-rush set pieces reached new heights of giddy virtuosity. Added on Sunday, 31 May 2020

Still watchable end to end