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...
Johnnie To’s Shadowplay: A Cinema of Space and Orientation
This video essay is the first in a multipart series on Johnnie To’s ‘nocturnal’ films of the 2000s. Modern-era Hong Kong cinema is about many...
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,...