Howdy Bamboo Gods!

It's that time of the year when I head back to Manila for a series of talks and screenings. This time I may be heading to Mindanao and the Visayas in late June/early July, so any Philippines readers, please drop me a line at my new email address: andrewleavold@gmail.com

If you're on Facebook, please join our discussion group FILIPINO B FILM FANS: "A meeting place for anyone interested in genre filmmaking in the Philippines - those who made the films, or those of us who simply love watching them". Click here, and we'll hopefully see you online.

I've also started recounting previous adventures in the Philippines on the Mondo Macabro blog. Click here for the first extract from The Tanduay Rum Diaries (thank you Hunter S!).

Finally, there's now proof that the third and rarest of Weng Weng films dubbed into English, D'Wild Wild Weng (1982), did indeed get a legitimate release somewhere in the world...on UK VHS!

Cheers and salamat, Andrew