Tsui Hark: FAQs about the Hong Kong film…
He made stars of Jet Li and Brigitte Lin, helped John Woo’s directing career take off, and directed classic flims…
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Happy birthday, Chow Yun-fat: his early movies,…
68 years old today, Hong Kong actor Chow Yun-fat – ‘fat gor’ to his many fans – cut his teeth in movies 4 decades…
How Wong Kar-wai’s Chungking Express made Faye…
Filmed in six weeks, Chungking Express has an improvisatory feel. It features a memorable turn by singer Faye Wong,…
From Jet Li to Wong Kar-wai, the 1990s: last…
The 1990s was the last golden age of Hong Kong cinema, with a slew of groundbreaking films that produced new stars…
With Brigitte Lin in gender-neutral role, this…
Brigitte Lin plays a cross-dressing warlord’s daughter and Sally Yeh a Beijing Opera performer in Tsui Hark’s…
Bruce Lee, Michael Hui and other film stars in…
A tribute to Hong Kong actor and comedian Michael Hui, Modern Celebrities of Old Hong Kong looks at Hong Kong film…
Brigitte Lin’s wuxia films ranked, from Ashes of…
Brigitte Lin Ching-hsia went from being a popular romantic actress in Hong Kong during the 1980s to a martial arts…