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From Quentin Tarantino’s violent blockbusters to Steven Spielberg’s family entertainment, and from indie gems premiering at Sundance film festival to popular Hollywood franchises making waves at Comic-Con, this is the place to go for features, interviews and reviews about movies both classic and new from the United States.
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Morning mist hangs over the tea plantation at Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, in the New Territories. Photo: Alexander Mak

Hong Kong’s 1,000-year-old tea heritage is being rediscovered and rehabilitated

Discover Hong Kong’s hidden tea legacy, predating British influence, as a band of young local growers races to safeguard ancient cultivation and traditions.

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Stephen Yan with fans in Toronto in 2024. Photo: courtesy Retrokid

Wok with Yan’s return: Hong Kong-Canadian TV chef Stephen Yan reunites with fans decades after disappearing

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The stuffed crab shell at Seventh Son is dipped in egg and breadcrumbs twice before being fried. Photo: Alexander Mak

Masters of Hong Kong’s ‘kung fu’ cuisine on the struggle to save Cantonese classics

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“Longgang’s Weird Building”, a fortress-like structure located in Longgang, Shenzhen, China. Photo: Alexander Mak

One man’s fortress: an eccentric’s labour of love in Longgang

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Hong Kong actors (from left) Karan Cholia, Inderjeet Singh and Bipin Karma at Statue Square, Central. Photo: Alexander Mak

Hong Kong’s film scene: 3 South Asian actors rewrite the script

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A farmer plucks tea leaves at Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, in the New Territories, Hong Kong. Photo: Alexander Mak

This week in PostMag: from Hong Kong tea to Peruvian spuds, a global food adventure awaits!

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Rami Malek (left) and his twin brother Sami Malek at the 2019 Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California. Photo: FilmMagic
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Meet Rami Malek’s twin brother, English teacher Sami, who joined him at Wimbledon

From swapping identities to sharing a bungalow in Los Angeles, the Oscar-winning actor and his younger twin are very close.

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Meet Mark Ruffalo’s son Keen, who plays Connor in Sterling Point

Food and Drinks

On the Menu | What The Odyssey tells us about the age-old concept of hospitality

From the concept of xenia to judging a person by how they treat the lowest rung of society, the Greek classic has plenty of food for thought.

An image of Polyphemus, a cyclops who found Odysseus and his men in his cave in Homer’s The Odyssey. Image: Weltgeschichte 1898
Fame and celebrity

Meet Mason Gooding, Cuba Gooding Jr’s son starring in I Want Your Sex

The Scream actor reunites with Olivia Wilde in Gregg Araki’s new erotic comedy thriller.

Fame and celebrity

Meet Thad Luckinbill, who plays Zoe Saldaña’s old CIA friend in Lioness

The actor may be best known for his role on The Young and the Restless, but he has also produced films like the Oscar-winning La La Land.

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Fame and celebrity

Meet Spider-Man star Jacob Batalon’s interior designer wife, Veronica Leahov

The actor, who plays Ned Leeds in the Marvel franchise, proposed to his Moldovan partner, founder of the home decor brand Veroh, last year.

Jacob Batalon and his wife Veronica Leahov at the Los Angeles premiere of Spider-Man: Brand New Day on July 27. Photo: Getty Images
Asian cinema

10 must-see movies and programmes at Hong Kong’s Summer IFF 2026

This year’s Cine Fan Summer International Film Festival boasts 37 features, from regional premieres to 4K restorations of Hong Kong classics.

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Christopher Nolan

Who are Christopher Nolan’s brothers, Jonathan and Matthew?

The Odyssey director’s younger brother, Jonathan, has frequently collaborated with him on films like Interstellar and The Prestige – but Matthew has a darker past.

Get to Know

Who is Destin Daniel Cretton, director of Spider-Man: Brand New Day?

Tom Holland, Zendaya and Jacob Batalon reprise their roles while Jon Bernthal and Sadie Sink join the cast – but what do we know about the film’s director?

Director Deston Daniel Cretton with Tom Holland on the set of Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Photo: @destindaniel/Instagram
Christopher Nolan

‘I wanted it to be very sensual’: Circe actress on THAT pig scene in The Odyssey

Samantha Morton talks about Christopher Nolan helping her when she was ‘a little scared’, playing Circe as an ageless character… and humming.

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English actress Samantha Morton attends the premiere of The Odyssey at the AMC Lincoln Square in New York on July 14, 2026. Photo: AFP
Obituaries

Sopranos actor Vincent Pastore, known for playing mobsters, dies at 80

Pastore, who played Salvatore ‘Big Pussy’ Bonpensiero on the show, also appeared in films including Goodfellas and Awakenings, both in 1990.

Marvel

Why Spider-Man: Brand New Day was made to be a ‘superperson’ film

With Marvel trying to regain its pre-pandemic box office figures, the latest Spider-Man film concentrates more on human emotions than action.

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Sexual harassment and assault

Jared Leto denies sexual assault allegations in BBC documentary

Actor calls claims by four women ‘categorically false’ after report details alleged misconduct when they were teens.

Jared Leto at CinemaCon in Las Vegas in 2025. Photo: AP
Film reviews

Review | Spider-Man: Brand New Day – Tom Holland returns in mature Marvel triumph

Tom Holland’s Spider-Man fights both supervillains and his own superpowers in this exciting new outing co-starring Zendaya and Sadie Sink.

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Tom Holland as Spider-man in a still from Spider-Man: Brand New Day (category IIA), directed by Destin Daniel Cretton. Zendaya and Sadie Sink co-star.
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Why Daniel Wu is swapping ‘broken’ Hollywood for Hong Kong films

Wu discusses his coming films including Cold War 1995 and the Twilight of the Warriors sequel, and how Hollywood has ‘dropped diversity’.

Artificial intelligence

8 Hollywood films where AI is front and centre, from Terminator to Wall-E

Christopher Nolan, James Cameron and others have long explored AI in films. Here are eight that strikingly foretell the tech’s consequences.

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Fame and celebrity

Meet Heidi Grace Engerman, who plays the mysterious Sidney on Ransom Canyon

The University of Miami graduate appeared in Candyman and Chicago Fire before landing her role on the hit neo-Western show.

Heidi Grace Engerman plays Sidney in Netflix’s Ransom Canyon. Photo: @heidiengerman/Instagram
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Meet Josh Hamilton, Jennifer Garner’s late husband in Peacock’s The Five-Star Weekend

The actor loves photography, and his Instagram is filled with portraits of A-listers such as Sydney Sweeney, Mark Ruffalo and Amanda Seyfried.

Cinema

Planet of the Apes at 25: why Tim Burton’s sci-fi remake was a confusing mess

The 2001 film with Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth and Helena Bonham Carter featured a muddled script and awkward callbacks to the 1968 original.

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Fame and celebrity

Meet Alice Halsey, who plays Laura on Netflix’s Little House on the Prairie

The 11-year-old made her debut in the 2023 miniseries Lessons in Chemistry and had a role in the long-running Days of Our Lives – and she loves Taylor Swift.

Alice Halsey, who plays Laura Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie, is only 11 years old. Photo: AP
Tourism

Why San Diego Comic-Con 2026 will see Marvel, HBO, Apple TV and more return

Hollywood’s largest studios are back at San Diego Comic-Con after deliberately missing out on the convention in 2025.

Robert Downey Jnr takes part in the Marvel Studios panel at San Diego Comic-Con in 2024. Photo: Getty Images for Disney
Fame and celebrity

‘We hit the limits’: Christopher Nolan on going all out making The Odyssey

The director reveals the lengths to which the cast and crew went to make good on creating his epic version of ‘the ultimate adventure story’.

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Fame and celebrity

Meet Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan’s wife and producer of The Odyssey

The power couple went from their US$6,000 first film in 1998 to Oppenheimer, Dunkirk, Interstellar and Inception ... and received a knighthood and damehood from King Charles in 2024.

What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, July 17-19

Get a Pilates session in before a quick run, explore the Hong Kong Book Fair, dance it out on a rooftop terrace and more this weekend.

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Visitors browse books on July 15, 2026, the first day of the Hong Kong Book Fair at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai. Photo: Sam Tsang
Fame and celebrity

Meet Ted Lasso star Cristo Fernández, a footballer on screen – and in real life

The Mexican actor was signed by El Paso Locomotive FC in May and made his long-awaited professional debut on the pitch last Saturday.

Cristo Fernández plays easygoing footballer in popular TV series Ted Lasso. Now the actor is stepping onto the field in real life. Photo: cristofernandez.mx/Instagram
Film reviews

Review | The Odyssey: Christopher Nolan adapts Homer for an anti-war masterpiece

Matt Damon anchors a visually stunning epic in which the women – Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong’o, Zendaya – outshine the men.

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Asian cinema

East meets West

In this feature series, we spotlight world cinema where East meets West, including notable China-US co-productions.

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