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Shadows (Hong Kong, 2020) [CVF 2021]

Grant Watson reviews Glenn Chan's psychological thriller Shadows.

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Jul 18, 2021 • Subscribe

Beyond the Dream (Hong Kong, 2019) [Focus Hong Kong 2021]

John Atom reviews Kiwi Chow's drama Beyond the Dream.

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Apr 6, 2021 • Subscribe

Drifting (Hong Kong, 2021) [CVF 2021]

Wilson Kwong reviews Jun Li’s socially conscious drama Drifting.

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Jul 12, 2021 • Subscribe

Time (Hong Kong, 2021) [NYAFF 2021]

Wilson Kwong reviews Ricky Ko's comedy-drama Time.

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Aug 17, 2021 • Subscribe

PTU (Hong Kong, 2003) [CVF 2021]

Rowena Santos Aquino reviews Johnnie To's police thriller PTU.

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Jul 15, 2021 • Subscribe

All U Need is Love (Hong Kong, 2020) [NYAFF 2021]

Wilson Kwong reviews Vincent Kok's pandemic comedy All U Need is Love.

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Aug 22, 2021 • Subscribe

Inside the Red Brick Wall (Hong Kong, 2020) [YIDFF 2021]

Jason Maher reviews the documentary Inside the Red Brick Wall.

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Oct 13, 2021 • Subscribe

Considering Hong Kong

China recently passed a new law concerning Hong Kong that erodes the freedoms and autonomy Hong Kong had enjoyed. As part of the agreement with the British, China…

Japan Powered

Jul 2, 2020 • Subscribe

Raging Fire (China/Hong Kong, 2021) [NYAFF 2021]

John Berra reviews Benny Chan's action movie Raging Fire.

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Aug 7, 2021 • Subscribe

Review: Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (2020)

Septet: The Story of Hong Kong 七人乐队 Hong Hong/China, 2020, colour, 2.35:1, 105 mins. Directors: Hong Jinbao 洪金宝 [Sammo Hung] (I), Xu Anhua 许鞍华 [Ann Hui] (II), Tan…

Sino-Cinema 《神州电影》

Mar 7, 2023 • Subscribe

All U Need is Love (Hong Kong, 2021) [NYAFF 2021]

Wilson Kwong reviews Vincent Kok's pandemic comedy All U Need is Love.

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Aug 22, 2021 • Subscribe

JOINT (Japan, 2020) [OAFF 2021]

Jason Maher reviews Oudai Kojima’s debut feature JOINT.

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Apr 5, 2021 • Subscribe

Gotō-san (Japan, 2020) [OAFF 2021]

Jason Maher reviews Hiroshi Gokan's capitalist critique Gotō-san.

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Apr 9, 2021 • Subscribe

S2E10 - Made In Hong Kong (1997)

Hi everyone, Alas, the season finale is here. In this final episode of season 2 of Heroic Purgatory, John and Jason discuss the 1997 Hong Kong film by Fruit…

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Oct 10, 2021 • Subscribe

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S2E10 - Made In Hong Kong (1997)

Hi everyone, Alas, the season finale is here. In this final episode of season 2 of Heroic Purgatory, John and Jason discuss the 1997 Hong Kong film by Fruit…

Heroic Purgatory

Oct 10, 2021 • Subscribe

Samurai Champloo, Tactics

S2E10 - Made In Hong Kong (1997)

Hi everyone, Alas, the season finale is here. In this final episode of season 2 of Heroic Purgatory, John and Jason discuss the 1997 Hong Kong film by Fruit…

Heroic Purgatory

Oct 10, 2021 • Subscribe

Samurai Champloo, Tactics

Undercover Punch & Gun (Hong Kong, 2019)

Wilson Kwong reviews Frankie Tam and Philip Lui's action movie Undercover Punch and Gun.

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Jun 12, 2021 • Subscribe

Focus Hong Kong Launches Easter Edition

Focus Hong Kong Launches Easter Edition

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Mar 19, 2021 • Subscribe

Obscusion B-Side: Hong Kong '97 vs. Hong Kong 97: The Final Showdown of Ultimate Destiny

The year 2022 will mark the 25th Anniversary of the " Transfer of Sovereignty Over Hong Kong ", when the United Kingdom gave control over th...

The Land of Obscusion: Home of the Obscure & Forgotten

Apr 1, 2022 • Subscribe

Keep Rolling (好好拍電影, Man Lim-Chung, 2020)

Long-time collaborator Man Lim-Chung makes his directorial debut with a warts and all exploration of the life and career of the legendary Ann Hui

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Mar 8, 2021 • Subscribe

Three Sisters (South Korea, 2020) [OAFF 2021]

Three Sisters (South Korea, 2020) [OAFF 2021]

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Mar 10, 2021 • Subscribe

The Slug (South Korea, 2020) [OAFF 2021]

The Slug (South Korea, 2020) [OAFF 2021]

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Mar 7, 2021 • Subscribe

Love Live! Nijigasaki 2.2: Hong Kong Mystery

A group of our heroines try to solve the mystery that is the Hong Kong Hottie.

The Yuri Empire

Apr 9, 2022 • Subscribe

Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club

Made in Hong Kong (1997) [Film Review]

Made in Hong Kong; or, The Days of Being Dangerous      Mom was right when she said that everything is predestined. Ever since Sylvester pic...

Watching Asia Film Reviews

Jun 6, 2021 • Subscribe

Hong Kong: Sailor Moon Cosmos Boutique 2023

Hong Kong’s Amaz by Lokianno in Causeway Bay will feature a Sailor Moon Cosmos Shop!...

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Nov 6, 2023 • Subscribe

Sailor Moon

Love Live! Nijigasaki 2.1: Hong Kong Tooie

The wait is over fellow Nijigakuans! The biggest group in Love Live history have returned and soon it’ll grow even larger! Let’s not waste any more time and…

The Yuri Empire

Apr 2, 2022 • Subscribe

Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club

Keep Rolling 好好拍電影 Dir: Man Lim Chung (2020) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

The opening film of Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021 is KEEP ROLLING 好好拍電影 Dir: Man Lim Chung (2020), a documentary dedicated to Hong Kong filmmaker Ann Hui.

Genkinahito

Mar 5, 2021 • Subscribe

Focus Hong Kong Returns for Online Easter Edition

Six features plus Fresh Wave Shorts streaming in the UK 31st March to 6th April.

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Mar 24, 2021 • Subscribe

Hong Kong Fandom in the ’90s: Chinatown Theaters

Thirty years ago, on September 30, 1992, I made my first trip to a Chinatown theater in Manhattan to see Hong Kong movies. It was the old Sun…

Brian Camp's Film and Anime Blog

Sep 29, 2022 • Subscribe

Inside the Red Brick Wall (理大圍城, Hong Kong Documentary Filmmakers, 2020)

An anonymous group of Hong Kong Filmmakers capture the situation on the ground during the November 2019 siege of Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Windows on Worlds

Nov 7, 2021 • Subscribe

Among Four of Us (Japan, 2020) [OAFF 2021/JAPAN CUTS 2021]

Jason Maher reviews Mayu Nakamura’s short Among Four of Us.

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Aug 30, 2021 • Subscribe

Hong Kong Festival Walk: Sailor Moon Cosmos Pop-up

Hong Kong’s Festival Walk mall will be featuring Sailor Moon Cosmos for a limited time!...

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Aug 26, 2023 • Subscribe

Sailor Moon

Visual Novel Review: A Summer’s End – Hong Kong 1986

SPOILER WARNING! Title: A Summer’s End – Hong Kong 1986 Year: 2020 Publisher/Developer: Oracle & Bone Genre: Retro, Romance, Yuri Long time no see, huh? But who would…

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May 18, 2020 • Subscribe

Anime Review #118: Cardcaptor Sakura – Trouble In Hong Kong

Cardcaptor Sakura is one of the most wonderful anime I’ve ever had the pleasure of watching. When I first stumbled upon the character in 2018, I was only…

The Traditional Catholic Weeb

Feb 23, 2024 • Subscribe

Cardcaptor Sakura

Artwork in Hong Kong Movies, Part 1: Shaw Bros.

The Shaw Bros. studio in Hong Kong made the most lavish productions to come out of the Hong Kong film industry in the 1960s and ’70s. Whether they…

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Mar 16, 2022 • Subscribe

Hong Kong 7-Eleven: Sailor Moon Octopus Card Set 

Hong Kong 7-Eleven x Sailor Moon Octopus Card Set  Octopus is an electronic payment system...

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Feb 20, 2024 • Subscribe

Sailor Moon

Hong Kong Nissin Big Cup Noodle Seafood Curry Review

Nissin Hong Kong produces a Seafood Curry Big Cup Noodle that you can find in Canadian Asian supermarkets (you might need to look around).  ...

Tokyo Excess

Mar 18, 2021 • Subscribe

Typhoon Shelter Style Instant Noodles (Hong Kong, Taiwan) Review

What are Typhoon Shelter Style Instant Noodles?  I have to admit that the dish didn't sound familiar to me.  I might have had a similar styl...

Tokyo Excess

Jan 1, 2024 • Subscribe

Blue Island (Hong Kong/Japan/Taiwan, 2022) [CAAMFest 2022]

Wilson Kwong reviews Chan Tze-woon's documentary Blue Island.

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Jun 5, 2022 • Subscribe

Ito (Japan, 2021) [OAFF 2021]

Jason Maher reviews Satoko Yokohama's comedy-drama Ito.

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Apr 14, 2021 • Subscribe

POP! (Japan, 2021) [OAFF 2021]

Jason Maher reviews Masashi Komura's surreal coming-of-age tale POP!

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Apr 27, 2021 • Subscribe

Inside the Red Brick Wall 理大圍城 Dirs: Hong Kong Documentary Filmmakers (2020) [Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2021]

An important documentary, Inside the Red Brick Wall takes us into the heart of the 2019 Hong Kong protests. It plays at Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2021.…

Genkinahito

Oct 11, 2021 • Subscribe

Hong Kong, 1957: Little Women In the Mood for Love

OUR SISTER HEDY (1957) is a black-and-white comedy-drama shot in Mandarin in sync sound at the Cathay Studio in Hong Kong and stars Jeanette Lin Tsui, Julie Yeh…

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Mar 12, 2023 • Subscribe

Little Women, Little Women

Focus Hong Kong Returns to The Garden Cinema 24th June

Two contemporary classics screening at London’s Garden Cinema, 24th June.

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Jun 2, 2023 • Subscribe

7-ELEVEN Hong Kong: Sailor Moon Limited Goods w/Marshmallows

Hong Kong 7-Eleven x Sailor Moon Goods w/Marshmallows Collaboration A new Hong Kong 7-Eleven Sailor...

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Nov 12, 2023 • Subscribe

Sailor Moon

Goto-san (2021) review [OAFF 2021]

“Gokan expertly reveals the position of the freeter as an attempt to escape the capitalistic machinery but also as a position that most easily falls prey to the…

psycho-cinematography

Apr 24, 2021 • Subscribe

Godzilla vs. Kong (USA, 2021)

Godzilla vs. Kong (USA, 2021)

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Apr 4, 2021 • Subscribe

Rebecca

Focus Hong Kong Returns to BFI Southbank 12th to 15th July

At the BFI Southbank 12th to 15th July

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Jun 15, 2023 • Subscribe

Rolling (말아, Kwak Min-seung, 2021)

An apathetic young woman begins to find a new sense of purpose in the midst of a global pandemic in Kwan Min-seung’s charmingly quirky indie dramedy

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Nov 16, 2021 • Subscribe

Sweet Bitter Candy (2021) review [OAFF 2021]

“An amazing exploration of the clash between a sweet youthful romantic desire and the bitter urge of a wounded subject to defend his subjective wounds.”

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Apr 30, 2021 • Subscribe