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Winner of the best director prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, La Bola Negra – the new film from Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo, collectively known as Los Javis… Read More
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Late on in “Kefi,” one of its central protagonists — the youngest of three sisters — justifies a spontaneous hook-up with a random stranger by claiming that “the flow” of… Read More
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This week on RTHK Radio 3’s The Brew, host Phil Whelan and I remember the life and career of the legendary Sir Patrick Stewart, who dazzled audiences for more than… Read More
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The lingering trauma shared by two middle-class families, once friendly but now estranged following a tragic camping incident, is finally addressed through the unlikely prism of a high-school drama club… Read More
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As part of our Halloween Spooktacular season, Steve and I revisit our favourite entry in Wes Craven’s seminal horror franchise. Directed by Chuck Russell, it sees the return of Heather… Read More
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In Michihito Fujii’s romantic drama You, Like a Star, Suzu Hirose and Ryusei Yokohama play young lovers trapped in a turbulent, decades-spanning relationship that defines their lives. Adapted from the… Read More
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In The First Taste of Loneliness, one of the highest-profile Chinese art-house film debuts of 2026, three generations of women – played by Zhou Xun, Xi Meijuan and Wang Shengdi… Read More
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Tomas Alfredson’s 2008 Swedish horror movie is one of the most haunting and innovative vampire tales in recent memory. Steve and I brave the cold as part of this year’s… Read More
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This week on RTHK Radio 3’s The Brew James chats with host Phil Whelan – from his hotel room in sunny Chiang Mai, Thailand – about DC Studios’ comic book… Read More
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As part of our recurring seasonal Halloween Spooktacular series, Steve and I dive in to Mike Flanagan’s eight-episode re-imagining of Stephen King’s seminal high school horror story. Read More
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The 31st Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), which closed on October 15, drew 277,027 visitors, roughly 40,000 more than last year and the highest since 2015. The 10-day event screened… Read More
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This week on RTHK Radio 3’s The Brew, James talks to Phil Whelan about more highlights from the Busan International Film Festival, including award-winner Midday Meal, and reviews new releases… Read More
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Shin Min-a is, for all intents and purposes, Korea’s first Disney Princess as she plays the titular royal in the lavish new K-drama The Remarried Empress. Adapted from Alphatart’s web… Read More
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Our Nolan-a-Thon arrives at the climax of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, a film that has become increasingly maligned by fans over the years. But how does it measure up for… Read More
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The sophomore feature from Hirokazu Kore-eda protégé Nanako Hirose, “Between Two Lovers” tackles a variety of potential hot-button issues, from polyamorous relationships to same-sex parenting, in its contemporary Japanese setting.… Read More
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In Netflix’s new comedy series Did Someone Happen to Mention Me?, Koji Yakusho stars as a world-famous Japanese actor who discovers that almost the whole of Japan has forgotten him.… Read More
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Son Suk-ku and Eita Nagayama team up for the transnational crime thriller The Blue Road, Netflix’s upcoming K-drama in which they play rival detectives on the trail of a viciously… Read More
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Live from the 31st Busan International Film Festival, James chats to RTHK Radio 3 The Brew’s Phil Whelan about highlights from this year’s edition, and interviews new releases Primetime, starring… Read More
