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Niu Niu as Huang Rong and Alexander Fu Sheng as Guo Jing in a still from The Brave Archer 3.
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

‘Could have been 3 movies’: Chang Cheh’s The Brave Archer crams in a lot

Hong Kong filmmaker Chang Cheh wanted to do justice to Louis Cha’s The Legend of the Condor Heroes. But his trilogy is dense and confusing.

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Award-winning director Soi Cheang appointed to Hong Kong Film Development Council

Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | The life and legacy of Roman Tam, Hong Kong’s ‘godfather of Cantopop’

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | Peg O’ My Heart: great visuals, awful story in Nick Cheung horror thriller

Andy Lau cameo can’t save Cheung’s film starring himself, Fala Chen and Terrance Lau that is heavy on style but lacks convincing backstories.

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Fala Chen and Nick Cheung in a still from Peg O’ My Heart (category: IIB, Cantonese). Directed by Nick Cheung and co-starring Terrence Lau.
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

What other films did A Chinese Ghost Story’s Tony Ching Siu-tung direct?

From a film starring Kelly Chen and Donnie Yen to an Indiana Jones rip-off with Jet Li, 4 of Tony Ching’s lesser-known productions.

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Hong Kong society

Ne Zha 2 inspires John Lee to ‘overcome obstacles, forge path’ for Hong Kong

Hong Kong leader reveals on social media he and his wife have watched record-breaking animated film.

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Riley Ip’s 3 best Hong Kong films, with stars such as Shu Qi and Eric Tsang

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Riley Ip made films featuring stars such as Takeshi Kaneshiro and Anthony Wong. Here are the 3 best.

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Eric Tsang (centre) and Nicholas Tse in a still from Riley Ip’s 1999 film Metade Fumaca, one of five he made around the turn of the century.
Hong Kong society

Rain fails to deter fans at tribute concert for Hong Kong’s late Khalil Fong

Hong Kong singer-songwriter’s friends and fans look back on how he shook up Chinese music scene.

Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | Fala Chen started out as a beauty queen. Now she’s a Hollywood star

From a chance pageant win to starring in international blockbusters, Fala Chen’s journey is a testament to her talent and determination.

Hong Kong society

Ha Chun Chau, Hong Kong renowned actor and ‘Father of Mark Six’, dies at 93

‘My most beloved dad has gone,’ actress Sandra Ng says in social media post.

The “Father of Mark Six”, Ha Chun Chau, died at the age of 93. Photo: Handout
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

From worst to best, 4 fantasy wuxia films with weird monsters

We recall a lurid mix of wuxia and witchcraft, Cheng Pei-pei in Dragon Swamp, and two films featuring a risible lizard and non-giant spider.

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Cheng Pei-pei (left) and Yueh Hua in a still from Dragon Swamp (1969).
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | True Love, for Once in My Life: self-indulgent Hong Kong romance

A self-financed autobiographical story, this film about a wife’s devotion to a love-cheat ex-husband is melodramatic and ill-judged.

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Hong Kong sports

Hong Kong tourism chief vows to bring overseas football to Kai Tak Sports Park

Rosanna Law also says park’s management has approached over 200 production entities to hold events at 50,000-seat main stadium.

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Broken Oath, starring Angela Mao, is a hidden gem of kung fu film

Angela Mao, all glammed up, plays an assassin in Broken Oath, a 1977 remake of a Japanese classic. It is one of her greatest performances.

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Angela Mao in a still from Broken Oath. Photo: Eureka Entertainment
Hong Kong society

Editorial | Party rooms in Hong Kong need to remain on the level

Some venues appear to be a new kind of love hotel. Whatever the use, the rooms must function lawfully and ensure guest safety and security.

Party rooms are a popular recreational option for Hongkongers to host social gatherings, but recently, some companies have begun to advertise features aimed at couples. Photo: May Tse
Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | Sam Hui, the ‘father of Cantopop’ whose music and film roles struck a chord

He popularised Cantopop and helped revive Hong Kong cinema after Bruce Lee died. We look at the enduring legacy of the ‘Elvis of The Orient’.

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HKEX

SFC starts insider case against veteran movie producer Raymond Wong

Wong is suspected of counselling or procuring another person to deal in Pegasus shares in 2017 while having knowledge of inside information.

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | Little Red Sweet: Stephy Tang, Simon Yam in Hong Kong family drama

A family and their dessert shop are turned upside down by illness in a film that chooses nostalgia over substance.

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(From left) Jeffrey Ngai, Simon Yam, Mimi Kung and Tang in a still from Little Red Sweet.
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Hong Kong cinema had a terrible time in the early 2000s. Here’s why

Hong Kong’s film industry suffered a huge slump from 2000-2009, but did the mainland Chinese market and China co-productions save it?

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Hong Kong

Explainer | What is ‘Hong Kong Super March’ and how can you take part?

Attractive cultural, arts and sporting events will ‘come one after the other’ next month, Hong Kong leader John Lee says.

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

How Johnnie To’s action thriller Vengeance hit all the right targets

Starring Johnny Hallyday, Anthony Wong, Lam Ka-tung and Lam Suet, the 2009 Hong Kong-France co-production brought the best out of both sides.

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Johnny Hallyday in a still from Vengeance (2009), a Hong Kong-France co-production directed by Johnnie To and also starring Anthony Wong, Lam Ka-tung, Lam Suet and Simon Yam.
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | The Way We Talk: Chung Suet-ying shines as a deaf woman finding herself

Chung Suet-ying delivers a powerful performance in Adam Wong’s The Way We Talk, which explores identity and deaf culture with great humanity.

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Neo Yau (left) and Chung Suet-ying in a still from The Way We Talk.
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

In Queerpanorama, Hong Kong’s Jun Li has made his boldest film yet

Director drew from his own experiences for Queerpanorama, about a man meeting foreign men for sex in Hong Kong. It’s got Berlin buzzing.

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

How 3 Hong Kong directors in turn-of-the-century Hollywood survived

John Woo teamed with Tom Cruise for a ‘boring’ hit. Peter Chan turned to romance. Ringo Lam and Jean Claude van Damme made stomachs churn.

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Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | Faye Wong, actress, Cantopop diva and twice divorced mum

A ‘natural-born actress’, Wong Kar-wai said. The bestselling female Cantopop artist. Yet Faye Wong left it all behind to be a wife and mum.

Hong Kong singer-actress Faye Wong, wearing a high heel hat, performs in Hong Kong in 2003. Twice married and twice divorced, Wong walked away from her career in 2005, and has appeared only sporadically on stage since then. Photo: Reuters
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

From Initial D to Sausalito, 5 films that show director Andrew Lau’s range

Known for the Infernal Affairs trilogy and Young and Dangerous films, Andrew Lau’s output is wide-ranging. We recall some lesser known films.

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Jay Chou in a still from Initial D (2005), one of five lesser known movies of Hong Kong filmmaker Andrew Lau Wai-keung, director of the Infernal Affairs trilogy and the Young and Dangerous film series.
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | Ha Ha Ha Happy New Year: Philip Keung hams it up for bizarre comedy

Is it a sci-fi suspense thriller? A nonsense comedy? A family melodrama? Hong Kong-Malaysia co-production’s script so weak it’s hard to say.

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

3 of the best Chinese wuxia films made in the 21st century

Sword-fighting films were popular in the 1960s and 1990s. Tsui Hark and Derek Yee were among directors who reinvented the genre this century.

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