It was a rough year for Hong Kong cinema – only Another World made more than HK$14 million locally – but there were still ...
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When Hong Kong Cinema Ruled the World
There’s a scene early on in John Woo’s Bullet in the Head (1990) that remains one of the most extraordinary things I’ve ever seen in a movie. Tony Leung and Fennie Yuen are having a teary-eyed breakup ...
The Hong Kong Film Gala Presentation recently visited Vietnam with 'Twilight of the Warriors' stars Louis Koo and Sammo Hung — and a plan to revitalize the regional box office. By Mathew Scott Hong ...
It's also the best Hong Kong movie for decades in its celebration of a lost Hong Kong, not just in nostalgia for action movies when Hong Kong made the best, most unpredictable, and outrageous action ...
"He's a bit different from the average assassin." GKids has revealed a new trailer for the highly anticipated 4K remastered ...
Where did the idea for shooting with two guns come from? As Woo travels to France’s Lumière Festival to present 4K restorations of his most influential films, he explains the origins of his style. We ...
In 1964, astronomers at China‘s Purple Mountain Observatory discovered a small main-belt asteroid between Mars and Jupiter. They named it 2899 Runrun Shaw, in honor of a Hong Kong movie-studio boss.
These films demonstrated an almost experimental approach to action, with creative camerawork, unorthodox editing, and unabashedly over-the-top emotions. Woo’s work was shot through with a deep ...
Hong Kong's beleaguered film industry is looking to rekindle the passion for its movies that once reached fever pitch across Asia during its glory days, with a series of high-profile "gala ...
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