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Go Hyun-jung in a still from Netflix series Queen Mantis.

K-drama

Queen Mantis: Go Hyun-jung leads Silence of the Lambs-like K-drama

Go Hyun-jung plays a serial killer and Jang Dong-yoon her detective son in this Netflix Korean drama about copycat killings.

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Review | Kowloon Generic Romance: Walled City-set Japanese fantasy makes zero sense

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10 of the best movies from the 2025 Venice Film Festival

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Arts

Review | Pianist Aristo Sham wows Hong Kong audience with Bach, Ravel and Rachmaninov

Sham played his first homecoming recital since winning the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Texas in June.

Aristo Sham Ching-tao, during his recital at the University of Hong Kong. Photo: cemwi/HKU MUSE
Aristo Sham Ching-tao, during his recital at the University of Hong Kong. Photo: cemwi/HKU MUSE

Entertainment

Profile | How Chinese star Xin Zhilei, best actress winner at Venice, rose to the top

Xin Zhilei discusses her acting journey, her historic win for The Sun Rises on Us All and what it was like working with Wong Kar-wai.

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Entertainment

‘Like Jesus to me’: what Frankenstein means to Guillermo del Toro

‘It’s the movie that I’ve been in training for 30 years to do,’ says del Toro of his new film starring Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein.

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Entertainment

Why Queen of Temple Street is one of the best Hong Kong films ever made

Starring Sylvia Chang, Queen of Temple Street is a gritty drama about a brothel operator, her daughter and the prostitutes who work for her.

Sylvia Chang in a still from Queen of Temple Street (1990), a Hong Kong film directed by Lawrence Lau that is one of the best to ever come out of the city.
Sylvia Chang in a still from Queen of Temple Street (1990), a Hong Kong film directed by Lawrence Lau that is one of the best to ever come out of the city.

Hong Kong

Rare chance for Hongkongers to visit exhibition showcasing Tang dynasty treasures

Exhibition includes silver coins, travel documents, ceramics and figurines, as well as 29 significant Tang artefacts unearthed in Hong Kong.

Europe

US indie film beats out Gaza war docudrama for Venice top prize

Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ took home the Golden Lion, while ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ took second place.

Entertainment

007 First Light: Hitman developer IO on its new James Bond game

Players can expect social manipulation, refined gunplay, driving and action set pieces, and more in the first Bond game in over a decade.

007 First Light, the new James Bond game from IO Interactive, depicts a younger Bond earning his licence to kill. Photo: IO Interactive

Entertainment

James Cameron opens up on Avatar series and new film Fire and Ash

Cameron reflects on his history with Avatar and what is next for him as he approaches what he calls a crossroads.

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Director James Cameron speaks during a news conference to promote Avatar: The Way of Water in Seoul, South Korea, on December 9, 2022. The next film in the series, Avatar: Fire and Ash, releases in December. Photo: AP
Director James Cameron speaks during a news conference to promote Avatar: The Way of Water in Seoul, South Korea, on December 9, 2022. The next film in the series, Avatar: Fire and Ash, releases in December. Photo: AP

K-drama

Latest K-drama casting news: Lee Byung-hun, Han So-hee and more

Lee Byung-hun may star in a Korean adaptation of The Americans, while Han So-hee is eyeing a role opposite Byun Woo-seok in Solo Leveling.

Entertainment

Review | Silent Friend: Tony Leung Chiu-wai appears in his first European film

The Hong Kong star of In the Mood for Love and Lust, Caution plays a scientist in one section of Ildiko Enyedi’s three-part botanical film.

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Entertainment

Review | The Sun Rises on Us All: Cai Shangjun returns with sombre drama

Xin Zhilei and Zhang Songwen star in director Cai Shangjun’s film whose themes of sacrifice and guilt have a powerful impact.

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Xin Zhilei (left) and Zhang Songwen in a still from The Sun Rises on Us All, directed by Cai Shangjun.

Entertainment

Why Jet Li’s action thriller Kiss of the Dragon was banned in China

Kiss of the Dragon was a box office success in 2001, but its racial stereotyping, violence and sexual frankness caused it problems in China.

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Jet Li carries Bridget Fonda in a still from Kiss of the Dragon (2001), a popular film around the world that was banned in China. Photo: SCMP
Jet Li carries Bridget Fonda in a still from Kiss of the Dragon (2001), a popular film around the world that was banned in China. Photo: SCMP

Entertainment

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend September 5-7

From a coffee rave to art to a Korean fashion brand’s new Hong Kong store, there’s a lot to keep you busy this weekend.

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Entertainment

Review | Scarlet: Mamoru Hosoda’s Hamlet-inspired anime set to divide viewers

Fans of Japanese director Mamoru Hosoda’s earlier works are likely to appreciate this animated fable, but others may find it a bit of a trial.

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

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A herbalist at his shop, Hong Kong.

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