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Ekin Cheng appears at the 2025 New York Asian Film Festival, where he won the Star Asia Award. The actor says when it comes to his career, he doesn’t ponder the future and simply takes things as they come. Photo: Elena Dagan
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Hong Kong movie star Ekin Cheng on the role that made him and latest film

The Young and Dangerous star, who last appeared in 2024’s Last Song for You, just won an honorary award at the New York Asian Film Festival.

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

How Andy Lau channelled The Godfather to play Hong Kong’s most corrupt cop

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Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | Hong Kong star Adam Cheng, from TV heartthrob to stock market jinx

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | She’s Got No Name: Zhang Ziyi anchors part one of period murder mystery

Peter Chan’s drama set in 1940s Shanghai about a woman jailed for killing her abusive husband is thrilling but morally ambiguous.

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Zhang Ziyi in a still from She’s Got No Name (category: IIB, Mandarin), directed by Peter Chan. Lei Jiayin and Wang Chuanjun co-star.
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Why Zhang Ziyi waited years to play a husband killer in She’s Got No Name

Zhang talks about leading Peter Chan’s crime drama about an abused wife in 1940s Shanghai and why she ‘wanted to kill’ the director.

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

The Hui Brothers defined Hong Kong comedy in the 1970s. How they fared later

We revisit three of Michael Hui’s best films as a comedy actor and co-screenwriter, aided by brothers Ricky and Sam, from the 1980s onwards.

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American cinema

How Chinese Box presented the Hong Kong handover from a unique viewpoint

In Wayne Wang’s 1997 drama, the many sides of a city on the brink of change were shown through the camcorder of Jeremy Irons’ English writer.

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Jeremy Irons and Gong Li in a still from Chinese Box, Wayne Wang’s drama that offered a Westerner’s perspective on the 1997 Hong Kong handover from Britain to China.
Asian cinema

Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan films to get AI reboots in China. But not all agree

Plans to use AI to revitalise 100 kung fu classics such as Police Story and Fist of Fury show a gulf in attitudes between China and the US.

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan disliked this Hong Kong film director, but why?

Lo Wei, Hong Kong’s first ‘million-dollar director’, made hits including The Big Boss and Fist of Fury but had a big ego that caused issues.

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Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | How Hong Kong’s Karen Mok went from Stephen Chow’s co-star to Mandopop queen

Starting out in Cantopop, Mok featured in a number of films in the 1990s before her Mandarin albums took off in Taiwan and mainland China.

Karen Mok is pictured at an interview with the Post in 2010. The Hong Kong-born star has enjoyed more musical success in mainland China and Taiwan than in her home city. Photo: Oliver Tsang
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

How John Woo’s Face/Off, Windtalkers, Paycheck showed his experimental side

We take a look at three of John Woo’s Hollywood movies from the late 1990s and early 2000s and what they meant for the Hong Kong director.

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John Travolta (top) and Nicolas Cage in a still from John Woo’s 1997 film Face/Off.
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

How Hong Kong director Wai Ka-fai’s first 3 films revealed his versatility

Wai Ka-fai’s Peace Hotel, Too Many Ways to Be No. 1, and Needing You featured stars including Andy Lau, Chow Yun-fat and Cecilia Yip.

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Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | How Raymond Lam went from Hong Kong TV extra to the ‘King of Chok’

We look at how Raymond Lam defied the expectations of his wealthy family to succeed as an award-winning actor and Cantopop singer.

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | Fight for Tomorrow: Patrick Tam shines in Hong Kong gangster drama

Patrick Tam plays a washed-up ex-gang boss who reunites with his son (Locker Lam) in this gritty yet hopeful crime story.

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Patrick Tam in a still from Fight for Tomorrow.
Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Hotpot over hot dogs? Hong Kong cinemas need new ideas to survive

Even in the streaming era, people are still drawn to the immersion and interaction of live performances, something cinemas can offer.

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People take pictures inside the theatre of Grand Ocean Cinema after their movie on May 26. The 56-year-old cinema in Tsim Sha Tsui closed its doors for good on June 2. Photo: Elson Li
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

How Hong Kong director Ringo Lam freshened up the crime genre with 2 films

Ringo Lam infused 1999’s Victim with notes of The Exorcist, and teamed up with Tsui Hark and Johnnie To for 2007’s ‘chaotic mess’ Triangle.

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Hong Kong culture

Editorial | Inject some life into Hong Kong’s fading cinemas

A proposal to ease licensing so that movie theatres can host live performances or sports broadcasts could help to flip the script on closures.

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European cinema

Poetic vision of Hong Kong in critically panned I Come with the Rain

Radiohead songs, visual poetry and Shawn Yue and Josh Hartnett in Vietnamese-French director’s art-house thriller shot mostly in Hong Kong.

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Josh Hartnett in a still from Tran Anh Hung’s art-house film I Come with the Rain, which was shot mostly in Hong Kong.
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | Behind the Shadows: Louis Koo plays detective in Malaysia-set thriller

The story of the hunt for a serial killer whose most riveting aspect is the marital woes of a detective (Louis Koo), this film misses a beat.

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

How Bond films were the spark for Aces Go Places action comedy

A happy-go-lucky hero was deemed the missing ingredient for an action comedy hit. Sam Hui was hired for Aces Go Places. 4 sequels followed.

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Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | From best actress to banned in mainland China, Hong Kong star Deanie Ip

The acclaimed actress and singer who rose to screen fame playing Andy Lau’s mother is one of Hong Kong’s most outspoken entertainers.

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Andy Lau kisses Deanie Ip as the pair celebrate winning the best actor and best actress awards for A Simple Life at the 2011 Golden Horse Film Awards in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on November 26, 2011. Photo: Reuters
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | Valley of the Shadow of Death: Anthony Wong is a pastor in doubt

Young man who raped pastor’s daughter, leading to her death, ends up at his church. Will he avenge her or forgive him? Film ducks the issue.

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Anthony Wong Chau-sang in a still from Valley of the Shadow of Death. Photo: Handout
American cinema

15 of the best female assassin movies as John Wick spin-off Ballerina lands

From Black Widow and Kill Bill to Red Sparrow, Hero and La Femme Nikita, these films showcase some of cinema’s most deadly femmes fatales.

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

3 early horror films from Twilight of the Warriors director Soi Cheang

Soi Cheang Pou-soi’s first horror films were very low-budget and relied on clever use of cameras and cuts instead of special effects.

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

In this movie, Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman fight a duel

Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman sees a Hong Kong film character fight a Japanese one. Who won depended on which film version you saw.

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Jimmy Wang Yu in a still from Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman (1971). Photo: Online
Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | Who is Julian Cheung? His 3 decades as singer and actor

Fan-favourite Hong Kong actor Julian Cheung, who seems to have become typecast as a policeman, began acting and singing in the early 1990s.

Julian Cheung at a Post interview in 2011. Photo: Nora Tam
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Why Sons of the Neon Night, set in a snowy Hong Kong, took 8 years to make

Juno Mak talks about the challenges of making his new thriller, with Takeshi Kaneshiro and Lau Ching-wan, which premiered at Cannes in May.

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

3 Andy Lau movies that show Hong Kong actor’s action chops

In the 2000s, Lau added action star to his CV with roles involving martial arts, guns and gangsters. Three films show his versatility.

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