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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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Bird song was a signature feature of Mong Kok's Wan Loy Teahouse, seen here in 1987. Photo: SCMP Archives

In pictures: 50 years of Hong Kong’s yum cha teahouse tradition

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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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CJ Hendry with a collection of Juju plushies at “Juju World”. Photo: courtesy Pacific Place

From Instagram to Pacific Place: CJ Hendry’s Juju World is a fluffy delight!

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Handout image shows Alison Gee’s family, Peter Gee (L) and Sam Ward, Los Angeles, United States.

CREDIT: Courtesy Alison Gee

Chinatown: the pride of Los Angeles’ Chinese like my grandfather

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Jacob Whiteduck-Lavoie plays Ellis in Amazon Prime’s latest drama series, Sterling Point. Photo: Getty Images
Get to Know

Meet Jacob Whiteduck-Lavoie, who plays Ellis in Sterling Point

The Canadian actor featured mostly in French films before landing his breakout role in Amazon Prime’s latest TV series, which also stars Mark Ruffalo’s son, Keen.

Fame and celebrity

Meet Ella Rubin, who plays Annie in Sterling Point

European cinema

How this British-Chinese filmmaker aims to build the Blumhouse of action

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Fame and celebrity

Meet Dave Annable, who plays Zoe Saldaña’s husband, Neal, in Lioness

The role marks the actor’s reunion with Taylor Sheridan, following a short-lived appearance on the Kevin Costner-led hit Yellowstone.

Dave Annable at the premiere of Lioness' Season 3 at the SVA Theatre in New York on July 29. Photo: AP
Film reviews

Review | Forgotten Island: DreamWorks’ trippy animated dive into Filipino folklore

Forgotten Island blends Filipino folklore with a distinct 1980s feel as two childhood friends navigate a surreal world of fading memories.

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Asian cinema: Chinese films

How did Snow Flower and the Secret Fan become such an ambitious failure?

Wayne Wang’s 2011 film blends past and present, but despite its ambition and talent, it struggled to resonate with audiences.

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Fame and celebrity

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.

Rami Malek (left) and his twin brother Sami Malek at the 2019 Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California. Photo: FilmMagic
Get to Know

Meet Tanya Reynolds, who joins the Ted Lasso cast as Coach Alice

The British actress, who has a theatre background, landed her breakout role as a teenage writer of alien erotica in Netflix’s Sex Education.

Fame and celebrity

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

He was an extra in Begin Again starring his father alongside Keira Knightley, and will soon appear in the Green Day-inspired comedy Nimrods.

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.

Jerry Maguire actor Cuba Gooding Jr and his son Mason Gooding, who stars in I Want Your Sex. Photos: AFP, @masonthegooding/Instagram
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.

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.

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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Hwang Jung-min in a still from Hope, one of our picks of features to catch at the 2026 Cine Fan Summer International Film Festival in Hong Kong.
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.

Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan at the Westworld Season 3 premiere afterparty in 2020 in California. Photo: Getty Images
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?

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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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.

Vincent Pastore attends The Sopranos 25th anniversary celebration in New York in 2024. The actor died on Saturday at the age of 80. Photo: AP
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.

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’.

Daniel Wu is pictured at the New York Asian Film Festival 2026. Wu is making his Hong Kong comeback as he loses optimism in a Hollywood system that feels as if it has “dropped diversity altogether”. Photo: Chris Kammerud
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.

Fame and celebrity

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.

Josh Hamilton stars opposite Jennifer Garner in Peacock’s new TV series The Five-Star Weekend. Photos: Getty Images, AFP
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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Mark Wahlberg in a still from Planet of the Apes (2001). The film made a respectable US$362 million worldwide on a US$100 million budget, but is bland and workmanlike compared with some of director Tim Burton’s other features.
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.

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.

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