The Hong Kong Second Wave and their Fascination with the 1960s [DCCFF 2017]
During the mid-1980s, there was a subtle handover between the first and second Hong Kong new cinemas. After the first wavers spent the late 1970s...
Call for Guest Bloggers – Chinese Cinema of the 1980s & 1990s
In collaboration with the DC Chinese Film Festival, VCinema is seeking guest bloggers for a series of posts on the theme of Chinese Cinema of...
CRIME: Hong Kong Style, HOME, Manchester, UK
The crime cinema of Hong Kong has always had a distinctive flavor with its iconic star personas, vibrant filmmaking technique, and unique urban milieu defined by cultural...
Reign of Assassins (China/Taiwan, 2010)
The best wuxia stories revolve around the balance of potentially conflicting elements, such as action and comedy, love and revenge, or the historical and the...