Hong Kong
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Last month, the China Film Directors’ Guild Awards caused a stir at their annual ceremony, when the jury – made up solely of filmmakers – refused to name a winner… Read More
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Law Wing Cheong’s ambitious attempt to remake Clarence Fok’s 1989 Hong Kong martial arts fantasy The Iceman Cometh is beset by multiple problems, from a patchy incoherent script, to jarring… Read More
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Brimming with colloquial Hong Kong humour and plenty of bare flesh, Lee Kung-lok’s jolly romp through the Japanese AV (adult film) scene is slight yet entertaining fare, and likely to… Read More
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Fruit Chan returns with a rare foray for Hong Kong cinema into the realms of science fiction. Adapted from a popular novel, the film sees a minibus-load of strangers thrown… Read More
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Brimming with colloquial Hong Kong humour and plenty of bare flesh, Lee Kung-lok’s jolly romp through the Japanese AV (adult film) scene is slight yet entertaining fare, and likely to… Read More
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Pang Ho Cheung delivers a beautifully observed portrait of a modern Hong Kong family that fuses social commentary with fantastical imagery and his trademark cheeky humour to wonderful effect. In… Read More
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This year’s HK Asian Film Festival opened with Benny Chan’s epic throwback to the Hong Kong heroic bloodshed thrillers of the 1980s, with Lau Ching Wan, Louis Koo and Nick… Read More
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Following a string of historical martial arts epics, Donnie Yen makes his return to contemporary action films with this high-octane tale of an undercover cop torn between duty and loyalty… Read More
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For his directorial debut, Keanu Reeves chooses the somewhat bizarre choice of a martial arts tournament flick, similar to Enter The Dragon or Bloodsport, shot almost entirely on location in… Read More
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The Pang Brothers have had a rocky time in recent years, but their Guangzhou-set update of The Towering Inferno, they have produced their best film in years. That’s not to… Read More
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A re-watch of Wong Kar Wai’s beautiful meditation on martial arts and heroism, shot through with his perennial preoccupations of time, aging and fading memories. Tony Leung and Zhang Ziyi… Read More
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Juno Mak’s directorial debut is a moody revivial of the quintessentially Hong Kong hopping vampire films of the 1980s. Assembling a cast of horror veterans, headed by Chin Siu Ho,… Read More
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Dante Lam follows up his action spectacular The Viral Factor with this far more character focused and melodramatic story of two MMA fighters in Macau. Nick Cheung goes even further… Read More
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While a somewhat minor entry in Johnnie To’s prolific canon of work, there is no denying this lighthearted tale of pickpockets has become something of a fan favourite. The cast… Read More
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In an effort to cash in on the popularity of gross-out sex comedy Vulgaria, this wayward, sloppy and mostly uninspiring trio of saucy tales emerges, and for the most part… Read More
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First of two 3-part horror anthologies adapting the stories of acclaimed Hong Kong author Lilian Lee. Read More
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Probably Wong Kar Wai’s best film and certainly his most visually accomplished, this is a delicate, ornate study of social mores, forbidden love and loyalty in the face of infidelity.… Read More
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My Full Disclosure entry for June was this early Wong Kar Wai classic, starring a host of big Hong Kong stars including Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung and Andy Lau. Check… Read More
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