5 movies and TV shows to watch in Hong Kong this weekend, November 1-3

Just in time for Halloween comes a grimly comedic Hong Kong-set zombie movie; or you can dive back into the demonic world of a K-drama show

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Louise Wong in a still from Cesium Fallout, Hong Kong cinema’s first nuclear radiation disaster movie. Photo: Edko Films

Published: 5:15pm, 31 Oct 2024

A Hong Kong-set zombie thriller, a big-budget Hong Kong nuclear disaster film and the 2024 Cannes Film Festival best picture winner await cinema-goers this weekend, while fans of streaming have the second season of a cult Korean horror-thriller series to dive into, and a documentary about a legendary living composer.

1. Anora

At the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, writer-director Sean Baker’s breezy Brooklyn-set romp slightly upset the odds, taking the Palme d’Or ahead of more fancied candidates. Still, after his earlier Cannes entries The Florida Project and Red Rocket, this felt like a step up.

Mikey Madison is terrific as Anora, or “Ani”, a lap dancer who marries one of her clients, the spoiled son of an obscenely wealthy Russian, only to feel the full wrath of his family.

Frequently teetering on the brink of hysteria – and tipping over during one extended fight scene – it is a smart piece of filmmaking from Baker, the first American to win the best film prize at Cannes since Terrence Malick for 2011’s The Tree of Life. Read our interview with Sean Baker

Anora opens in cinemas today.

2. Cesium Fallout

Billed as Hong Kong cinema’s first nuclear radiation disaster blockbuster, Cesium Fallout is a mega-budget ensemble drama that just about survives its flimsy set-up to offer an engaging hypothetical scenario of how such a crisis could be handled.