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Clarence Tsui

Paul Fonoroff

New Releases
Aftershock (IIB) (Putonghua) 
 See review on this page.  
Dear Galileo (IIA) (Thai)
 Shot entirely in Europe, Nithiwat Tharatorn's rite-of-passage film follows two young women as they struggle in Britain, France and Italy in an attempt to leave behind their ill-fated lives in Thailand. Not reviewed. 
Furry Vengeance (I)
Brendan Fraser plays a property developer who  faces nature's wrath as he tries to push ahead with his scheme toturn a piece of Oregonian woodland into prime real estate. Roger Kumble directs. Not reviewed. 
Salt (IIB)
 Angelina Jolie stars as an American special agent forced to go on the run after a Russian defector outs her as a KGB sleeper operative.  Philip Noyce directs. Not reviewed.
Superior Ultraman 8 Brothers (I) (Japanese)
 Return of the much-loved Ultraman franchise.  This time, eight young fighters  are transformed into  superheroes.  Not reviewed.  
General Releases 
Antichrist (III)
 Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willem Dafoe star as a couple whose attempts to overcome their son's death soon explodes into  violence. Lars von Trier directs. CT  
Break Up Club (IIB) (Cantonese)
Jaycee Chan Cho-ming and Fiona Sit Hoi-kei star as two  lovers contending with their collapsing relationship. PF
Chloe (III) 
A doctor  employs a young sex worker to test her husband's fidelity.  Amanda Seyfried, Liam Neeson and Julianne Moore star.  CT   
La Comedie Humaine (IIB) (Cantonese)
Bearing no relation whatsoever to the Balzac opus that gives the film its title, Chan Hing-kai and Janet Chun Siu-chun's film thrives on the  chemistry between comedians-du jour Chapman To Man-chat (who plays a killer) and Wong Cho-lam (a nerdy screenwriter). PF  
Fish Tank (III)
 Set in a grim housing estate in Essex, England, Andrea Arnold's follow-up to Red Road sees a dance-loving teenager (Katie Jarvis) trying to break out of  her bleak life.  CT   
The Fantastic Water Babes (IIA) (Cantonese)
 Gillian Chung Yan-tung  plays a young woman who learns magic and  other things  to become a  swimming champion. CT  
The Flirting Scholar 2 (IIA) (Cantonese)
More a new take than a sequel to the 1993 farce, with  Huang Xiaoming taking over Stephen Chow Sing-chi's role as a womanising poet. CT      
Knight and Day (IIB)
Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz  star in a high-octane thriller about a rogue CIA agent who abducts a new acquaintance as he tries to escape from the law.  CT 
The Legend is Born - Ip Man (IIA) (Cantonese) 
Director Herman Yau Lai-to  traces the formative years of the Wing Chun master. Dennis To Yu-hong stars.  PF  
Ocean Heaven (IIA) (Putonghua)
Screenwriter Xue Xiaolu's  directorial debut about an autistic young man (Wen Chang)  and his father (Jet Li),  who is struggling to care for him. CT   
Predators (IIB)
Adrien Brody, Alice Braga and Oleg Taktarov play elite soldiers who battle unseen forces in a forest. CT   
Sex and the City 2 (IIB)
 The frolicking foursome  bond again over shoes, cars, men and trips to some far-flung, exotic locations. CT
Shrek Forever After (I) (English and Cantonese versions)
The green ogre and his friends return again for the last instalment of the DreamWorks franchise, this time with Shrek in an alternate  universe after signing a contract with Rumpelstiltskin.  Mike Mitchell directs.  CT 
Toy Story 3 (I) (English and Cantonese versions)
Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Jessie and the three-eyed green aliens  have to contend with their new lives at a children's daycare centre.  CT  
Triple Tap (Cantonese) (IIB)
Daniel Wu Yin-cho  and Louis Koo Tin-lok 
 star in Derek Yee Tung-shing's  latest film about two men whose rivalry in shooting competitions soon bleeds into the real world. CT
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (IIB)
 Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) contends  with the affections of the vampire Edward (Robert Pattinson) and the wolfman Jacob (Taylor Lautner)  while another gang of undead returns to seek  revenge. CT 
Art House 
Aspirasians
The Asia Society presents five films that  show how disadvantaged people can  improve their circumstances, including  the following two. Until Jul 24. The Grand Cinema, 2/F Elements, 1 Austin Rd West, Kowloon, HK$60 HK Ticketing. Inquiries:  2103 9502 
 Thanks Maa
Irfan Kamal's  dramedy about a 12-year-old street urchin who rescues a  baby from a  dog, then embarks on a search for the child's mother. In Hindi with English subtitles.  Jul 22, 7.30pm, The Grand Cinema. 
Noriben - The Recipe for Fortune  
Dramatic adaptation of Kiwa Irie's  manga about a single mother who opens a bento shop after she returns to her hometown with her daughter. In Japanese with English subtitles. Jul 23, 7.30pm, The Grand Cinema.   
City Lights 
Charlie Chaplin directs and stars in a  romantic comedy about a tramp who falls in love with a blind flower girl and tries  to earn  money for her to undergo surgery to restore her sight.  Silent film with live accompaniment by HK Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. Jul 22, 8pm, Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$180-HK$1,000 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2521 7673  
A Lean Night - Glorious Gangsters
The HK Arts Centre presents  five  works by master filmmakers from  around the world. Until Jul 31. HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$50 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2582 0273  
Tokyo Drifter
Seijun Suzuki's crime drama about a yakuza and his boss who attempt to go straight during a gang war. In Japanese with English subtitles. Jul 23, 31, 7.30pm, HK Arts Centre.   
Rififi
Jules Dassin's  thriller about four men  who plan what they think is the perfect  crime.  In French and Italian with English subtitles. Jul 23, 9.30pm, Jul 24, 7.30pm,  HK Arts Centre.  
Band of Outsiders
Jean-Luc Godard's crime drama about two crooks (Sami Frey and Claude Brasseur)  and a female  student  (Anna Karina) who decide to break into her neighbour's house. In French and English with English subtitles. Jul 24, 31, 2.30pm, HK Arts Centre. 
Accattone
Director-scriptwriter Pier Paolo Pasolini's first film paints a dramatic portrait of a pimp (Franco Citti)  who plies his trade in Rome.  In Italian with English subtitles. Jul 30, 7.30pm, HK Arts Centre.  
 Gods of the Plague
Rainer Werner Fassbinder's  homage to  film noir about a small-time crook, newly  released from prison, who plans to rob a  local supermarket with the help of a  hardened criminal. In German with English subtitles.  Jul 31, 5.30pm, HK Arts Centre.   
Real Life on Screen
The Goethe-Institut HK presents  six films based on real-life biographies, and lives torn between the camera and reality, including the following one. Until Sept 24.  Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$50 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2802 0088
No Place to Go
 The story of a middle-aged writer (Hannelore Elsner) who is desperately hanging on to the faded fame she earned long ago as a controversial left-wing writer, but whose life is shattered by the fall of the Berlin Wall. In German with English subtitles. Jul 23, 8pm, Film Archive.  
From Novel to Film: Critics' Choice
The Leisure and Cultural Services  Department presents a programme of six film adaptations of novels chosen by members of the  Film Critics' Society, including the following one. Until Oct 23. Film Archive,  50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho; and  Space Museum, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$50 Urbtix.  Inquiries: 2734 2900 
Death in Venice
Luchino Visconti's  adaptation of Thomas Mann's  novel about a composer who goes  to Venice to convalesce, only to become obsessed with a Polish boy there.  In English, Italian, Polish and French with Chinese and English subtitles. Jul 24, 2.30pm,  Aug 6, 7.30pm, Film Archive.  
Three Monkeys
Nuri Bilge Ceylan's drama about a politician who commits a crime and pays another  man to take the blame. In Turkish with Chinese and English subtitles. Jul 25, 12.15pm, Broadway Cinematheque, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei, HK$45 bc.cinema.com.hk. Inquiries: 2388 0002. See Don't Miss, page 8
Capturing Light and Shadow - A Tribute to Two Master Cinematographers
The Film Archive, the Academy for Performing Arts' School of Film and Television and Shu Kei present a programme of films and television series episodes lensed by cinematographers Ho Look-ying (1913-1981) and Bill Wong Chung-piu (1945-present), including the following five films. Jul 30-Sept 26. Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$30 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2739 2139
 Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain
Tsui Hark's martial arts fantasy about a   foot soldier (Yuen Biao) disgusted with being caught in an endless war who tries  to escape from it all, only to land in the middle of an apocalyptic battle between  good and evil forces with magical powers.   n Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles. Jul 30, 7.30pm, Sept 5, 7.30pm,  Film Archive.
Blood in Snow
Li Han-hsiang's dramatic adaptation of a backstage musical about a small-time  troupe. Starring Li Lihua, Grace Chang (aka Ge Lan), Lo Wei and King Hu. In Putonghua with English subtitles. Jul 31, 7pm, Sept 4, 5pm, Film Archive. 
Nomad
Patrick Tam Ka-ming's Hong Kong New Wave drama about a group of disaffected young adults trying to find the meaning of life.  Starring Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing and Pat Ha Man-chik. In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles. Jul 31, 9pm, Sept 3, 7.30pm, Film Archive. 
The Dream Encounter between Emperor Wu of Han and Lady Wai
Tong Tik-sang's cinematic adaptation of the Cantonese opera about an emperor (Ng Cho-fan) whose love for a concubine (Pak Yin) prompts his jealous empress to  plot against the other woman. In Cantonese. Aug 1, 5.30pm, Sept 18, 7.30pm, Film Archive.
 Hu-Du-Men
Shu Kei's drama about a  Chinese opera actress (Josephine Siao Fong-fong) who is contemplating retirement and whose husband wants  to emigrate to Australia.  In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles. Aug 1, 8pm, Film Archive.  
20, 30, 40 
Sylvia Chang Ai-chia directs and stars in a  romantic drama-comedy about three women  faced with similar issues such as identity and belonging, and the quest for companionship. Also starring Rene Liu Ruo-ying and Lee Sin-jie. In Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles. Aug 1, noon, Broadway Cinematheque, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei, HK$45 bc.cinema.com.hk. Inquiries: 2388 0002 
Restored Treasures
The Film Archive presents a continuing series of films from all over the world that have been restored in some form or other, including the following one. Ongoing. Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$40 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2739 2139
Cold Blade
Chor Yuen's swordplay actioner revolving around two students of a martial arts master who are charged with delivering a map of a treasure trove to the Song forces who are fighting against the Yuan. In Putonghua with Chinese and English subtitles. Aug 1, 2.30pm, Film Archive.
Sea Monsters:  A Prehistoric Adventure
Follow a family of Dolichorhynchops,  ocean creatures that lived 80 million years ago, as they traverse ancient waters.  English shows Sat-Sun, 8.30pm; otherwise in Cantonese. Narrations in Cantonese, Putonghua, English and Japanese are also available through headphones. Daily (except Tue), 1.30pm, 5pm, 8.30pm, Space Museum, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$24, HK$32 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 0226. Ends Aug 30    
Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk
Go  on a whitewater adventure along the Colorado River  and learn about the  worldwide water crisis. English shows Mon, Thu, 7.20pm; otherwise in Cantonese. Narrations in Cantonese, Putonghua, English and Japanese are also available through headphones. Daily (except Tue), 3.50pm, 7.20pm, also Sat-Sun, 12.20pm, Space Museum, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$24, HK$32 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 0226. Ends Oct 31   
Cosmic Collisions
Explore cosmic collisions that shaped our solar system.  English shows Wed, Fri, 6.10pm; otherwise in Cantonese. Narrations in Cantonese, Putonghua, English and Japanese are also available through headphones. Daily (except Tue), 2.40pm, 6.10pm, also Sun, 11.10am,  Space Museum, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$24, HK$32 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 0226. Ends Dec 31



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