China

Detective Chinatown 1900

Mainland China stars Wang Baoqiang and Liu Haoran reunite for a fourth round of high-stakes snooping in Detective Chinatown 1900. The twist this time is that they are playing ancestral… Read More
Creation of the Gods II: Demon Curse

Forces of good and evil from the human world and the spirit realm go head to head in Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force, the second chapter in Wuershan’s spectacular… Read More
10 Chinese Snake Movies

According to Chinese symbology, those born in the Year of the Snake are often regarded as intelligent, if somewhat unscrupulous, characters. In film, however, the snake has been portrayed as… Read More
Panda Plan

Jackie Chan’s latest family-oriented action caper, Panda Plan, closes with a title card stating that “no animals were harmed in the making of this motion picture” before clarifying that “all the animal… Read More
Go For Broke

Nick Cheung Ka-fai plays a former soldier on a quest to take down a Golden Triangle drug cartel in Go for Broke, a ludicrous action thriller from actor-turned-director Marc Ma Yuhe.… Read More
Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms

Humans, immortals and mythological creatures duke it out to control the fate of the Earth in director Wuershan’s rollicking fantasy epic Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms. Set more… Read More
Ride On

Opening in Chinese cinemas on April 7 to coincide with star Jackie Chan’s 69th birthday, Ride On, from writer-director Larry Yang Zi, serves as a misty-eyed love letter to the… Read More
Detective Chinatown 3

After cracking cases in Bangkok and New York in their first two outings, writer-director Chen Sicheng’s globetrotting gumshoes land in Tokyo for a third round of histrionic sleuthing. Already a… Read More
Ne Zha

Following a record-breaking release in the mainland last summer, which ended with Nezha crossing US$700 million to become the second most successful film of all time at China’s domestic box… Read More
10 Asian Films about Weddings

Your wedding day should be one of the happiest days of your life, yet it can also be one of the most stressful. From the months of planning, to interfering… Read More
10 Asian Films Challenging Gender Stereotypes

Asia has not always been at the forefront of the fight for gender equality. Even in Asian cinema, too often it’s the men who wrestle with world-changing events, while the… Read More
My People, My Country

My People, My Country, an epic seven-part anthology to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, chronicles the nation’s greatest technological and cultural achievements.… Read More
Bodies at Rest

Nick Cheung plays a pathologist station at a mortuary on Christmas Eve, when Richie Jen’s gang of masked criminals descend on the establishment in order to retrieve some incriminating evidence… Read More
10 Asian Films About Growing Up and Getting Old

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
The Wandering Earth

An interstellar hit at the Chinese box office (4 billion yuan [US$600 million] and counting), Frant Gwo’s science-fiction epic The Wandering Earth finally touches down in Hong Kong, days after… Read More
Long Day’s Journey Into Night

Bi Gan’s mesmerising second film follows Chen Yongzhong’s lovesick protagonist as he returns to his hometown in search of Tang Wei’s enigmatic beauty. Featuring a fractured, kaleidoscopic first half of… Read More
Shadow

More than a decade since Zhang Yimou’s last foray into the wuxia (martial arts) genre, the celebrated filmmaker returns with Shadow, a visually ravishing tale of intrigue and deception that… Read More
5 Classic Asian Terminal Illness Romances

More Than Blue, the Taiwanese remake of the 2009 South Korean tear-jerker, is sending audiences reaching for the Kleenex once again. It stars Jasper Liu Yi-hao as a young man… Read More