Shaolin Temple’s majestic warrior monks (right) will be displaying their high-flying artistry at the Venetian Sands in Macau this week. Founded in AD495, the Chan Buddhist monastery, located on Mount Song, one of China’s five great mountains, is said to be the birthplace of Zen. A 1983 martial-arts film, Shaolin & Wu-Tang, was the inspiration for American hip hop group the Wu-Tang Clan ...
One of the unruly haired independent filmmaker’s Hollywood heroes is iconic American actor Lee Marvin. Jarmusch’s adoration for the gravelly voiced thespian, whose brooding looks he shares, led him to establish humorous “secret society” the Sons of Lee Marvin. The club, which includes singer Tom Waits and actor Josh Brolin, has only one entry requirement: “If you look like you could be a son of Lee Marvin, then you are instantly thought of by the Sons of Lee Marvin to be a Son of Lee Marvin”. As director, Jarmusch took his Marvin looks onto the set of Broken Flowers, starring comedian Bill Murray …