SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST
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Last summer, Japanese drama series Ossan’s Love proved a surprise hit, not just in Japan but also in Hong Kong, where it’s screened on ViuTV. Its overwhelmingly positive portrayal of… Read More
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Back in 1990, Luc Besson’s stylish French thriller Nikita cast Anne Parillaud as a drug-addicted killer who is transformed into a sexy government assassin. In the decades since, the prolific… Read More
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A deadly gas attack leaves thousands stranded in skyscrapers across Seoul in Exit, the debut feature by writer-director Lee Sang-geun. The action comedy weaves a hugely convoluted scenario, and audiences… Read More
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The summer may be over, but Hollywood shows no sign of letting up on the must-see movies. Autumn means awards season, as the studios jostle to make the biggest splash… Read More
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Body-swap comedies seem tailor-made for Korean cinema, where society is so fiercely regimented by a hierarchy based on age and seniority. Seeing a high school student stand up to adults… Read More
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After successfully foiling two assassination attempts on the US president in Olympus Has Fallen (2013) and London Has Fallen (2016), this third instalment in the modest-budget action franchise sees the… Read More
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Cinema is filled with stories about journeys, and none more so than the long, slow march towards death that each of us must travel. Ageing and mortality are inevitable facts… Read More
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Two of Woody Allen’s most enduring passions – the city of New York and age-inappropriate relationships – are at the centre of his latest comedy, which stars Timothée Chalamet (… Read More
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Anyone bemoaning the lack of mixed martial arts in William Friedkin’s horror classic The Exorcist may very well rejoice at the prospect of director Kim Joo-hwan’s The Divine Fury, a… Read More
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Inspired by stories from her own ancestors, Vietnamese writer-director Ash Mayfair’s debut feature is a beautifully realised tale of tradition and the search for identity in rural 19th century Vietnam.… Read More
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The Hong Kong International Film Festival’s summer showpiece has arrived, with a rich and diverse selection of new offerings, many fresh from the Cannes Film Festival, together with an exciting… Read More
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The incredible success of 2016’s Train to Busan continues to influence the South Korean film industry, with a number of zombie movies and creature features released since then in the… Read More
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Following the international success of 2016’s Your Name , director Makoto Shinkai conjures another tale of impossible young love, stretched across multiple dimensions – even with the protagonists from that… Read More
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From poor beginnings in the slums of Havana, Carlos Acosta rose to become one of the most celebrated ballet dancers in the world, and the first black dancer to portray… Read More
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A big-screen sequel to a star-studded Fuji TV drama series, The Confidence Man JP: The Movie follows Dako (Masami Nagasawa) and her crew of high-stakes con artists to Hong Kong,… Read More
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When housewife and mother Yuko Suzuki (Hideko Hara) discovers that her reclusive adult son, Koichi (Ryo Kase), has committed suicide, she attempts to take her own life. After weeks in… Read More
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Twenty-three-year-old filmmaker Hiroshi Okuyama became the youngest ever recipient of the new director award at last year’s San Sebastian Film Festival with his debut feature Jesus, which wowed audiences with… Read More
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Following in the grand tradition of master filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu, A Long Goodbye is forged not from earth-shattering drama, but rather the minutiae of everyday struggles that test the bonds… Read More
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