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Cinerama Celebrates Martial Arts Film with the Fists and Fury Festival

Catch the films of Akira Kurosawa, Bruce Lee, and Jackie Chan, plus Kill Bill, and many more.

Seth Sommerfeld
Author: Seth Sommerfeld
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If you’ve yet to earn your cinematic black belt, Cinerama is here to help. Starting next week, Cinerama hosts Fists and Fury, its first martial arts film festival. From February 27 to March 5, the theater will screen 20 movies that display the visceral thrill of hand-to-hand combat and swordplay at its best. Highlights include the films of master director Akira Kurosawa (Yojimbo, Seven Samurai, Rashomon), stars like Bruce Lee (Enter the Dragon, The Way of the Dragon, The Chinese Connection) and Jackie Chan (The Legend of Drunken Master, Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow), the Oscar-nominated Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and even a Kill Bill double feature. All tickets are $12 and can be purchased at cinerama.com.

Cinerama’s Fists and Fury Lineup:

Feb 27
Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow
Enter the Dragon
The Legend of Drunken Master

Feb 28
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
The Chinese Connection
The Way of the Dragon
Kung Fu Hustle

Mar 1
Yojimbo
Seven Samurai
Harakiri

Mar 2
Rashomon
Black Belt Jones

Mar 3
Samurai Rebellion
Shaolin Soccer

Mar 4
Once Upon a Time in China
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 & 2 (Double feature)

Mar 5
Iron Monkey
Game of Death
Ip Man

Fists and Fury
Feb 27–Mar 5, Cinerama, $12




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Seth Sommerfeld
Seth Sommerfeld
Assistant Editor (Arts) Seth Sommerfeld runs the arts department at Seattle Met, crafting the magazine's On the Town section, editing the Culture Fiend blog, and contributing to reader service features such as “The Ultimate Seahawks Guide” and the front-of-the-book department, Mudroom. Seth has written about music and culture for Rolling Stone, Spin, Pacific Northwest Inlander, Charleston Post and Courier, Syracuse Post-Standard, and Billings Gazette. He also extensively covered the NBA Draft for years for Fox Sports and NBADraft.net, and was published as part of Myth, Media, and Culture in Star Wars: An Anthology. Originally from Billings, Montana, Seth first lived in Washington while earning an undergraduate degree in journalism and broadcasting at Gonzaga University. He followed up those studies at Syracuse University, where he earned a master’s degree in arts journalism.