PTU (Hong Kong, 2003) [CVF 2021]
One of Johnnie To’s most nocturnal of films, especially since it takes place within the course of one evening into the wee hours, PTU is...
Preview – Osaka Asian Film Festival 2017, March 3-12
Osaka is a lively and energetic city so it’s only appropriate that it has a film festival that reflects this. The Osaka Asian Film Festival...
The Tenants Downstairs (Taiwan, 2016) [NYAFF 2016]
Though The Tenants Downstairs is Adam Tsuei’s directorial debut, those familiar with the Asian entertainment media landscape of the last couple of decades may know...
SPL 2: A Time for Consequences (China/Hong Kong, 2015) [TIFF 2015]
10 years ago I was lucky enough to see SPL at the Toronto International Film Festival with Sammo Hung, Wilson Yip and Wong Jing in...
Cross (Hong Kong, 2012)
Cross is a psychological crime thriller about an ultra-religious serial killer. It’s now available on DVD and Digital HD in North America from Well Go...
PTU (Hong Kong, 2003)
The crime genre has been a staple of Hong Kong cinema since the 1980s with both cops and criminals being the focus of these films,...
Tales from the Dark 1 (Hong Kong, 2013)
At once a throwback to the heyday of 1980s Hong Kong horror and a concentrated effort to sell today’s audience on a floundering local genre,...
The Midnight After (Hong Kong, 2014)
Apart from directing a segment of the horror anthology Tales from the Dark 1 (2013), Hong Kong maverick Fruit Chan has been largely absent from...
Exodus (Hong Kong, 2007)
It is apparent from the opening sequence of Pang Ho-Cheung’s Hong Kong police procedural Exodus that this will be an odd experience: starting with a...