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Chris Pine poses for a photo at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival in Salt Lake City, Utah, on January 22, 2026. The Hollywood star has turned to Harbor Fund for his upcoming project, which is based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning book about families fighting to avoid eviction. Photo: Getty Images/TNS

Entertainment

The non-profit film fund helping Chris Pine and others make movies for good

Harbour Fund uses rich donors to finance films with ‘transcendent’ messages that otherwise might never be made in a risk-averse industry.

26 Feb 2026 - 7:15PM

In Your Radiant Season: Lee Sung-kyung, Chae Jong-hyeop in romantic K-drama

26 Feb 2026 - 4:20PMvideocam

‘It was insane’: Anderson .Paak on making his debut film K-Pops!

25 Feb 2026 - 9:15PMvideocam

Entertainment

‘Misfits became bullies’: takeaways from America’s Next Top Model exposé

Conceived by Tyra Banks, America’s Next Top Model was meant to empower women and minorities, but instead saw bullying and ‘race swapping’.

25 Feb 2026 - 7:15PMvideocam

Contestants from season 1 of America’s Next Top Model in a still from the docuseries Reality Check. Photo: TNS

Entertainment

Review | Scare Out: Zhang Yimou tackles national security in subpar Chinese spy thriller

A story of a mole inside a state security team in China, Scare Out is slickly executed but narratively muddled, and far from Zhang’s best.

25 Feb 2026 - 5:15PMvideocam

K-drama

Love Phobia: romcom K-drama takes a superficial look at AI dating

Yeonwoo and Kim Hyun-jin lead Love Phobia, a near-future K-drama about AI and relationships that suffers from poor chemistry.

25 Feb 2026 - 12:45PMvideocam

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China Economy

Ne Zha 2 hangover? China’s Lunar New Year box office plunges to 6-year low

China’s holiday box office fell nearly 40 per cent year on year as studios failed to find a breakout hit to match last year’s Ne Zha 2.

24 Feb 2026 - 5:30PM

People line up to enter a cinema in north China’s Tianjin. Photo: Xinhua

Entertainment

10 of the best movies from the 2026 Berlin International Film Festival

Controversy overshadowed an engaging selection at this year’s Berlinale, the best of which included Rose, Josephine and Queen at Sea.

24 Feb 2026 - 5:12PMvideocam

Arts

Indian author Amitav Ghosh publishes first novel in 7 years. Why so long?

Ahead of his Hong Kong International Literary Festival appearance, Ghosh talks about his new book Ghost-Eye and re-reading earlier works.

24 Feb 2026 - 4:15PM

Entertainment

Review | Double Happiness: Liu Kuan-ting, Jennifer Yu lead clever wedding comedy

A couple have two simultaneous wedding ceremonies to keep their parents apart in Double Happiness, an ingenious comedy of errors.

23 Feb 2026 - 5:15PMvideocam

Jennifer Yu (left) and Liu Kuan-ting in a still from Double Happiness.

Film & TV

One Battle After Another triumphs with 6 Bafta prizes as Oscars loom

Paul Thomas Anderson’s political thriller dominates UK awards, while newcomer Robert Aramayo stuns Hollywood heavyweights for best actor.

23 Feb 2026 - 8:52AM

Director Paul Thomas Anderson and One Battle After Another cast. Photo: Reuters

Entertainment

How these 2 films became classics of Hong Kong’s Chinese folk opera cinema

Love Eterne and Dream of the Red Chamber are two very different ‘huangmei diao’ films from legendary Hong Kong director Li Han-hsiang.

22 Feb 2026 - 5:15PMvideocam

K-drama

Latest K-drama casting news about Lee Je-hoon, Ryoo Seung-ryong and more

Lee is confirmed as one of the leads of There’s a Winning Chance, while Ryoo is considering The Miracles of the Namiya General Store.

21 Feb 2026 - 5:15PM

Entertainment

How Anthony Chen’s We Are All Strangers captures the beauty of Singapore

Singaporean director portrays ordinary folk with dignity in the final film in his ‘Growing Up’ trilogy with Yeo Yann Yann and Koh Jia Ler.

21 Feb 2026 - 12:45PM

Yeo Yann Yann (left) in a still from We Are All Strangers, the third film in Anthony Chen’s “Growing Up” trilogy. Photo: Giraffe Pictures

Entertainment

Why does Hollywood keep remaking old stories like Wuthering Heights?

Much like superhero reboots targeted at men, period drama remakes like Wuthering Heights continue to find favour with female audiences.

21 Feb 2026 - 4:15AMvideocam

Jacob Elordi (left) and Margot Robbie in a still from Wuthering Heights. The latest remake is an example of one of Hollywood’s favourite hobbies: adapting classic novels about women in the 19th century over and over. Photo: TNS

Entertainment

Why Saving Face is the most important Asian-American lesbian film ever made

Alice Wu fought to film Saving Grace with an all Asian-American cast, and the film inspired a generation of Asian-American filmmakers.

20 Feb 2026 - 5:15PMvideocam

Entertainment

At Hollywood’s other awards show, background actors get their own red carpet

Long overlooked, film extras enjoy their moment at the 8th Annual Los Angeles Union Background Actors Awards.

19 Feb 2026 - 7:15PM

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Opinion | Lunar New Year doesn’t need a home-cooked feast to be full of flavour

Phoebe Zhang

19 Feb 2026 - 10:23AM

Language Matters | Word of the Year 2025 choices reflect how virtual our reality has become

Lisa Lim

20 Dec 2025 - 5:15PM

Language Matters | The enduring legacy of bamboo, a symbol of resilience and strength in Asia

Lisa Lim

6 Dec 2025 - 8:15AM

Being Chinese | Life and finance lessons from my Hong Kong mahjong parties

Foong Woei Wan

20 Sep 2025 - 12:19PM

Being Chinese | What’s in a Singaporean Chinese name? It’s a long story

Chang Zi Qian

14 Jul 2025 - 12:30PM

Being Chinese | Dating in the UK, Chinese auntie-style

Shzr Ee Tan

28 Jun 2025 - 10:38AM

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Photo trove offers window on life in China’s wartime capital Chongqing

A man descends one of Chungking’s many stone staircases on a mule. Photo: A Danger Shared/Melville Jacoby

Behind the scenes of classic 1987 movie The Last Emperor in photos

Wu Tao, a Beijing born student who had never acted before, played Pu Yi at age 14. Peter O’Toole took the role as his tutor quite literally, and started teaching Wu some basic acting techniques beginning with their first scene together. Photo: Basil Pao

Wonders old and new in China’s Greater Bay Area, land of opportunity

The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) links Hong Kong to the western part of the Greater Bay Area. Photo: Huang Kunzhen

Instantly familiar, strangely foreign: photos of 1970s Hong Kong

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A herbalist at his shop, Hong Kong.

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