As well as I can remember, all the Asian movies I have seen in the cinema and where I saw them. I used to save all my pocket diaries so I had the exact time and date in most cases. I did go to Chinatown Cinema a lot back in the early 2000s. These days I prefer going to Hoyts as it is nicer for the same movies.
2000
Sausalito – Chinatown Cinema
A Fighter’s Blues – Chinatown Cinema
Bullets Over Summer – Chinatown Cinema
Chinese Midnight Express 2 – Chinatown Cinema
Comeuppance – Chinatown Cinema
Conspiracy – Chinatown Cinema
For Bad Boys Only – Chinatown Cinema
Help!!! – Chinatown Cinema
Jiang Hu: The Triad Zone – Chinatown Cinema
Legend of the Flying Swordsman – Chinatown Cinema
Those Were the Days – Chinatown Cinema
Battle Royale – Lumiere
Ring – Lumiere
June 8th 2000
Unknown movie – Chinatown Cinema
June 15th 2000
Flying Swordsman – Chinatown Cinema
October 5th 2000
Emperor & the Assassin – Cinema Nova
October 26th 2000
Fong Sai Yuk – Chinatown Cinema
November 27th 2000
Unknown movie – Chinatown Cinema
2001
Bakery Amour – Chinatown Cinema
Comic King – Chinatown Cinema
Healing Hearts – Chinatown Cinema
HIT TEAM – Chinatown Cinema
Master Q – Chinatown Cinema
My Name is Nobody – Chinatown Cinema
There’s a Secret in my Soup – Chinatown Cinema
January 5th 2001
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Cinema Nova
February 1st 2001
Unknown movie – Chinatown Cinema
February 14th 2001
Wu Yen – Chinatown Cinema
March 20th 2001
In the Mood for Love with Q&A featuring Tony Leung – Kino Cinema
April 9th 2001
HIT TEAM – Chinatown Cinema
April 22nd 2001
Butterfly and Sword/Full Contact – Treasury Theatre
April 26th 2001
Jet Li Double Bill – Chinatown Cinema
May 26th 2001
Project S/The Assassin – Treasury Theatre
June 7th 2001
Wing Chun/Swordsman 2 – Chinatown Cinema
July 20th 2001
Joint Security Area – Forum Theatre (MIFF 2001)
August 1st 2001
Time and Tide – Village Bourke St (MIFF 2001)
August 2nd 2001
Iron Monkey/Bride with White Hair – Chinatown Cinema
September 20th 2001
City on Fire/Bullet in the Head – Chinatown Cinema
September 23rd 2001
The Storm Riders/The Blade – Treasury Theatre
September 26th 2001
The Man from Hong Kong – Treasury Theatre
October 6th 2001
Princess Mononoke – Readings Cinema, Sydney
October 19th 2001
The Phantom Lover/The True Story of Dr Sun Yat Sen – Harbour City Cinema, Sydney
October 28th 2001
Wonder 7/Wicked City – Treasury Theatre (not actually sure I went to this)
November 1st 2001
Once Upon a Time in China 1 & 2 – Chinatown Cinema
November 8th 2001
Joint Security Area – Treasury Theatre
December 6th 2001
New Legend of Shaolin/Operation Scorpio – Chinatown Cinema
2002
Once Upon a Time in China III/Young and Dangerous – Chinatown Cinema
Beauty and the Breast – Chinatown Cinema
Mighty Baby – Chinatown Cinema
So Close – Chinatown Cinema
MIFF Schedule:
25th July 2002
You Shoot, I Shoot – Capitol
26th July 2002
Nabi: The Butterfly – Capitol
Looking for Bruce Lee – Capitol
Musa: The Warrior – Village Bourke St
27th July 2002
Dead or Alive – Village Bourke St
31st July 2002
Teenage Hooker Became Killing Machine in Daekaroh – Greater Union
1st August 2002
Unknown double bill – Chinatown Cinema
2nd August 2002
Volcano High – Village Bourke St
The Princess Blade – Village Bourke St
3rd August 2002
Dead or Alive 2: Birds
6th August 2002
Volcano High – Village Bourke St
7th August 2002
Happiness of the Katakuris – Forum Theatre
9th August 2002
A Tree of Palme – Capitol
11th August 2002
Take Care of My Cat – Forum Theatre
2003
MIFF Schedule:
26th July 2003
Come Drink With Me with introduction by Cheng Pei-Pei – Village Bourke St
29th July 2003
Yesterday – Fourm Theatre
1st August 2003
Parasite Dolls – Capitol Theatre
3rd August
Infernal Affairs – Village Bourke St
7th August 2003
A Better Tomorrow/A Better Tomorrow II – Chinatown Cinema
8th August 2003
My Life As McDull – Forum Theatre
9th August 2003
Save the Green Planet! – Village Bourke St
2004
Fantasia – Chinatown Cinema
18th July 2004
Comrades, Almost a Love Story – ACMI
MIFF Schedule:
22nd July 2004
Five Venoms – Village Bourke St
23rd July 2004
The Heroic Ones – Village Bourke St
3rd August 2004
The Adventures of Iron Pussy – ACMI
4th August 2004
Oldboy – Village Bourke St
6th August 2004
Dragon Head – Village Bourke St
7th August 2004
Breaking News – Forum Theatre
Running on Karma – Capitol Theatre
8th August 2004
Park Chan-Wook Q&A – Festival Club, Forum Theatre
Ong Bak – Village Bourke St
4th November 2004
Bichunmoo – Chinatown Cinema
2005
Kung Fu Hustle – Chinatown Cinema
Kung Fu Mah-jong – Chinatown Cinema
MIFF Schedule:
Saturday 23rd July 2005
Casshern – Capitol Theatre
Tuesday 26th July 2005
McDull, Prince de la Bun – Forum Theatre
Saturday 30th July 2005
Crying Fist – Capitol Theatre
Godzilla: Final Wars – Village Bourke St
Sunday 31st July 2005
Stephen Chow Q&A – Festival Club at the Forum Theatre
Tuesday 2nd August 2005
Public Toilet – Forum Theatre
Friday 5th August 2005
Izo – Village Bourke St
Sunday 7th August
Election & festival after party where I met Johnnie To – Village Bourke St
2006
MIFF Schedule:
Thursday 27th July 2006
Great Hapiness Space – Tale of an Osaka Love Thief – ACMI
Election 2 – Regent Theatre
Monday 31st July 2006
Funky Forest: First Contact – ACMI
Tuesday 1st August 2006
The Short Films of Royston Tan – ACMI
Thursday 3rd August 2006
The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema (Forum) – ACMI
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance – Regent Theatre
Saturday 5th August 2006
Great Yokai War – ACMI
Tuesday 8th August 2006
The Host – Regent Theatre
Wednesday 9th August 2006
Seven Swords – Regent Theatre
2007
20th March 2007
The King and the Clown – Chinatown Cinema
4th August 2007
Aachi & Ssipak (MIFF 2007)
Flashpoint – Chinatown Cinema
2008
CJ7 – Chinatown Cinema
2009
19th March 2009
Kung Fu Chefs – Hoyts Melbourne Central
MIFF Schedule:
15th July 2009
Chainsaw Maid – Greater Union
8th August 2009
The Sky Crawlers – Greater Union
The Chaser – Greater Union
Thirst – Greater Union
9th August 2009
Ong Bak 2
20th August 2009
Kung Fu Cyborg – Greater Union
1st September 2009
Ponyo – Cinema Nova
15th October 2009
The Good, The Bad and the Weird – ACMI
19th December 2009
Storm Warriors – Village Crown
2010
1st June 2010
Mother – The Astor Theatre
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
MIFF Schedule:
24th July 2010
Machete Maidens Unleashed! – ACMI
6th August 2010
Symbol – Forum Theatre
6th October 2010
Legend of the Fist – Return of Chen Zhen – Hoyts Melbourne Central
21st October 2010
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame – Hoyts Melbourne Central
2011
25th May 2011
Zu Warriors from Magic Mountain/The Blade – ACMI
1st June 2011
Shanghai Blues/The Master (1992) – ACMI
MIFF Schedule:
25th July 2011
13 Assassins
26th July 2011
End of Animal
2nd August 2011
The Unjust
The Yellow Sea
13th November 2011
Filipino horror movie double – Cinema Nova
28th December 2011
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate 3D – Hoyts Chadstone
2012
March 27th 2012
The Raid – Hoyts Melbourne Central
September 10th 2012
The Frontline – ACMI
September 11th 2012
War of the Arrows – ACMI
2013
Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons – Hoyts Melbourne Central
MIFF Schedule:
Sunday 28th July 2013
The Act of Killing – Greater Union
Wednesday 8th August 2013
Aim High in Creation! – Forum Theatre
Thursday 9th August 2013
Talking Pictures – Juche Showtime: Capturing the DPRK on Film – ACMI
Comrade Kim Goes Flying – ACMI
Friday 9th August 2013
Hong Kil Dong – ACMI
Saturday 10th August 2013
Talking Pictures – Caught in the Act: Indonesia and The Act of Killing – Wheeler Centre
Action, HK Style at QAGOMA, Brisbane
Friday 18th October 2013
Drunken Master
Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow
Saturday 19th October 2013
Aces Go Places
Pedicab Driver
God of Gamblers
Kung Fu Hustle
Sunday 20th October 2013
Dirty Ho
My Young Auntie
2014
The Raid 2 – Cinema Nova
MIFF 2014:
Why Don’t You Play in Hell?
The Tale of Princess Kaguya
The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
Rouge
The Imp
Irma Vep
Mr Vampire
The Search for Weng Weng
2015
MIFF 2015:
The Look of Silence
Battles Without Honour and Humanity
In conversation with Joshua Oppenheimer – The Wheeler Centre
2016
Shin Godzilla – Cinema Nova
Sky on Fire – Hoyts Melbourne Central
The Age of Shadows – Cinema Nova
MIFF 2016:
Seoul Station / Train to Busan (double bill)
2017
Cook Up a Storm – Hoyts Melbourne Central
2018
Big Brother – Hoyts Melbourne Central
L Storm – Hoyts Melbourne Central
Project Guttenberg – Hoyts Chadstone
Rampant – Hoyts Melbourne Central
Shadow – Hoyts Melbourne Central
MIFF 2018:
Outrage Coda
The Spy Gone North