Exploitative filmmaker, controversial director, cult cinema icon—if the shoe fits, Bronx native Abel Ferrara has worn it many times over his long and prolific career. Enticing undercurrents of moral ambiguity erupt into unbridled urban violence throughout his works, a trademark that has for years drawn viewers and critics like moths to a flame. His output hits its stride in the early nineties with the highly acclaimed release of Bad Lieutenant, featuring Harvey Keitel as the corrupt title character who patrols the slums of NYC seeking thrills and, eventually, redemption.

But the film that set Ferrara up for such acclaim is the Christopher Walken-led King of New York, immortalized by the Notorious B.I.G. and every rapper after him who ever vied for the title of the Big Apple’s Baddest. According to IMDB, the anti-hero featured in King will revisit theaters as soon as Ferrara wraps production on the film’s prequel. The Last Crew will chronicle the rise of Frank White from obscurity to boss of the heaviest drug syndicate in the streets of America’s crime capital.

Peep the video below to get a glimpse of Ferrara’s creative genius.

If you’ve ever wondered how to stop a would-be attacker when you’re out on a stroll with nothing but your walking stick and your thoughts, wonder no longer: turn-of-the-century self-defense guru E.W. Barton-Wright has written a treatise on the matter. Culled from the January 1901 issue of a magazine from the U.K., the linked article goes on at length and in detail about the best ways to fight off thugs with nothing but your cane. Pimps and old men rejoice!

Thanks to the folks at Electronic Journals of Martial Arts and Sciences for the heads-up.

The world’s most expensive bathroom, worth over $4 million, can be found in Lam Sai Wing’s jewelry store in Hong Kong. The amenities are all 24 karat gold and the ceiling is encrusted with precious stones. The only catch is you must drop at least $200 in the store before taking a look at the gold commode. This has got us thinking, “A solid gold toilet! What better receptacle for a man who shits diamonds?”

Bless you.

With Bob Saget on set, there was bound to be a few gems.

UNNNGH! UUUUURNGH! AGGGHAHAHAHAHHA!

Pray that you’re never on either end of one of these.

Why would Frank endorse an online game where you take on the role of an assassin, so soon after a holiday commemorating the life of Abraham Lincoln? Maybe cuz the mark in question is every cigarette in a smokey Japanese cafeteria, and the weapon of choice a long-range water pistol. But more likely cuz the man behind the anarchy is a ghost wearing shades and a scowl that’d make Dirty Harry proud. Enjoy, and don’t take it personally if you’re a smoker.

*caps off to the folks at addictinggames.com for continuing to feed Frank’s penchant for office work distractions

This is gross in so many ways.

If you’re reading this and have any idea that it’s the final installment of a Frank trilogy on Mardi Gras 2007, odds are you’re not in New Orleans. If you were, you’d be too hungover or drunk or sleep deprived to do anything that involves sitting at a computer and processing information. Or more likely, your beer-drenched ass would have been out there on the streets with your equally booze-soaked buddies, second lining on the parade route since 11 this morning.

For readers not blessed enough to be in that number, Frank hits you with a modest wrap-up of photographic proportions. Shout-outs a plenty go to our honorary correspondents down in the Crescent City who braved the festivities with a drink in one hand and camera in the other to bring you the following flicks.