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Meanwhile we’re still cruising the galaxy and this weekend we’ll head straight for Uranus! Friday night will have the Man from Uranus‘ weird alien electro beats pounding away while we’ll explore the universe’s outer rim. The B/Z double bill has us on Klaus Kinski’s intergalactic lap and the stained trousers of Sid Haig and Robert Englund in Alien rip-offs Creature and Galaxy of Terror, while later that evening we make way to the seventh planet in Cinema Nova, only to get welcomed by alluring Scandinavian blondes and a monstrous sponge. Yes. On Saturday brightly coloured space nebulas prove to be no match for the colourful splendor of Mario Bava’s Planet of the Vampires and a man in a rubber suit proves to be no match for the weird lilliputian inhabitants of The Phantom Planet. Or no, wait – maybe he does.

We set out to offer you a smashing weekend, and we meant it. Saturday you can also head to the Bozar where we offer you an Animation Extravaganza full of insane, dirty, exciting or simply indescribable animations from the deepest vaults of Michael Helmerhorst presented by Mr Jan Doense . So – yeah!

Friday is centred around the hidden gems of the ridiculously undervalued director Sun Chung – who made the Shaw-studios’ visually richest films. Energetic kung fu-movies with stylish direction – lots of slo-mo, freeze frames and dynamic camerawork, constantly seeking out unusual angles to use the beautifully lit sets to their fullest. First we’ll show powerful The Avenging Eagle, a film strongly influenced by the Italian spaghetti western and in particular “Death Rides a Horse”. Following this will be Sun’s masterpiece Human Lanterns – a lurid mix of kung fu and horror in which the inimitable Lo Lieh dresses in a monkey suit and jumps from left to right, carrying loudly protesting ladies under his arm.

Saturday has got no less than three Shaw-films on show! We’ll open with Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan whose trashy and alluring title hides a gorgeous female-revenge drama. Next, you’d better first check to see if there’s no ninja hidden underneath your seat, so you can unabashedly enjoy ninja-fest Five Element Ninjas. A fest. Featuring ninjas! At midnight, we’ll end our Shaw-module with the un-for-gettable supernatural madness of The Boxer’s Omen – a wild colour clash full of half-chewed chicken arses, flying heads and cozy vomit-swapping-parties. Just like we said: unforgettable.

Or at least – starting on Thursday, when we’ll be playing the first two movies of our Shaw Brothers-module at Cinema Nova. Thursday we’ll serve as first course two highly regarded Shaw-classics, both by Lau Kar Leung. Himself a master in kung fu, Lau was a small and lean guy who sometimes showed up in the background of his own movies whenever there was a need for some anonymous wielding of swords or erm – eight diagram poles, whatever those may be. You probably wouldn’t care less when he’s bashing you on the head with one of them.

Drunken karaoke-nights at the Lau family had everyone singing along to disco hit “Everybody was kung fu fighting”, because they all worked in the kung fu-film industry. Those cats were fast as lightning. Adoptive brother Gordon Liu for instance, whose iconic bald head turns up in most of Lau’s movies. Nowadays also known for his performance in “Kill Bill”, his first big role had him playing a stubborn student who undertakes the gruelling program of martial arts at the legendary monastery of the fighting monks in The 36th Chamber of Shaolin – the movie that inspired the debut album of the Wu-Tang Clan. In fact it was a little bit frightening. Second show on Thursday will again feature dynamic duo Lau and Liu, this time in dark masterpiece Eight Diagram Pole Fighter. Filled with action but also a powerful drama with a tragic undercurrent as young actor Alexander Fu Sheng died during the shooting.

Friday: more Shaw! Saturday: even more!

You better have expert timing.