Jonah Jeng

@JonahJeng

PhD @PittFMSP | The Action Scene column @mubinotebook: tinyurl.com/jonahjeng | Email: jengjonah@gmail.com | jonahjeng.bsky.social

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Jonah Jeng @JonahJeng Jun 13

THE FURIOUS hits theaters this weekend. For the occasion, I wrote about action director Kensuke Sonomura, one of the most innovative fight choreographers working today. @mubinotebook mubi.com/en/notebook/po…

mubi.com The Action Scene | Fluid Dynamics: The Experimental Action of Kensuke Sonomura As "The Furious" (2026) hits theaters, a deep dive into the pathbreaking fight choreography of action director Kensuke Sonomura.

Jonah Jeng @JonahJeng Nov 3

ICYMI, I wrote about Thai action cinema for @mubinotebook.

Jonah Jeng @JonahJeng Oct 31

My latest for @mubinotebook traces the historical and aesthetic connections between Thai and Hong Kong martial arts cinema.

The piece was originally commissioned by HKinema, the magazine of the Hong Kong Film Critics Society (link in the reply). mubi.com/en/notebook/po…
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Jonah Jeng @JonahJeng Oct 31

My latest for @mubinotebook traces the historical and aesthetic connections between Thai and Hong Kong martial arts cinema.

The piece was originally commissioned by HKinema, the magazine of the Hong Kong Film Critics Society (link in the reply). mubi.com/en/notebook/po…

mubi.com The Action Scene | Impact Factor: The Hong Kong Connection in Contemporary Thai Martial Arts Cinema Tracing the lineage from Hong Kong action cinema to the global success of Thai martial arts movies in the 2000s.

Jonah Jeng @JonahJeng Oct 13

In recent years, I've had students analyze action scenes from Kensuke Sonomura for our unit on auteurism. A highlight of the semester!

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Jonah Jeng @JonahJeng Oct 8

Screened SHE SHOOTS STRAIGHT. This moment elicited great enthusiasm from students (as it should).

Jonah Jeng @JonahJeng Oct 4

Teaching Hong Kong-style action in my Intro to Film course tomorrow.

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