Love on a Diet (Hong Kong, 2001)
This doesn’t happen as often anymore, but back in the early 2000s, Johnnie To would space out his highly stylized crime thrillers with crowd pleasing...
Saving Mr. Wu (China, 2015) [NYAFF 2016]
The kidnapping of actor Wu Ruofu in Beijing in 2004 is recreated (with some creative liberties) by writer-director Ding Sheng and leading man Andy Lau...
The Bodyguard (China, 2016)
The schizophrenic tone of The Bodyguard is apparent from the film’s set-up: after a patriotic credits sequence that shows recruits of China’s Central Security Bureau...
Firestorm (Hong Kong, 2013) [Terracotta 2014]
Andy Lau is one of Hong Kong’s most commercially successful actors, in part because he has made some smart choices with regards to the range...
Blind Detective (Hong Kong, 2013)
Johnnie To’s Blind Detective (2013) is by no means a perfect film. It lacks the trademark grit and noir atmosphere of To’s earlier crime pictures...
Clement Cheng – The “Merry-Go-Round” Interview
Clement Cheng is excited. Part of his excitement is due to his second film Merry-Go-Round, which he co-directed with Yan Yan Mak, being selected as...
Shaolin (Hong Kong/China, 2011)
Because of its place in the history of Chinese martial arts, the Shaolin Temple figures in innumerable Hong Kong and Mainland China movies. This particular...