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German composer Hans Zimmer has written scores for some of Hollywood’s biggest films, from The Lion King to The Dark Knight, but rarely plays live. Now he’s on a world tour, preparing for his first American dates in 7 years. Photo: AFP
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‘You can’t be sentimental’: Hans Zimmer on how to write a great film score

17 Mar 2024 - 6:15PM

Hans Zimmer has written scores for some of Hollywood’s biggest films, from The Lion King to The Dark Knight, but rarely plays live. Now he’s on a world tour, preparing for his first American dates in 7 years.

German composer Hans Zimmer has written scores for some of Hollywood’s biggest films, from The Lion King to The Dark Knight, but rarely plays live. Now he’s on a world tour, preparing for his first American dates in 7 years. Photo: AFP

‘You can’t be sentimental’: Hans Zimmer on how to write a great film score

Hans Zimmer has written scores for some of Hollywood’s biggest films, from The Lion King to The Dark Knight, but rarely plays live. Now he’s on a world tour, preparing for his first American dates in 7 years.

17 Mar 2024 - 6:15PM

Let’s hear it for these Johnnie To, Ringo Lam, Lau Kar-leung action movies

Three hidden gems of Hong Kong action cinema, To’s judo film Throw Down, Lau’s kung fu comedy and Lam’s relationship drama within a crime story should be on the radar of any serious fan of the action genre.

17 Mar 2024 - 4:31AM

Profile | How Jennifer Lim works to ‘humanise’ Asian representation on stage and TV

Actress Jennifer Lim talks to the Post about starring in the first horror series designed for phone viewing – before that became common – and combating stereotypes about Asians on stage and screen.

16 Mar 2024 - 4:15PM
Aaron Kwok (top) and Louis Koo in a still from Throw Down, Hong Kong filmmaker Johnnie To’s movie about judo that was his loosely scripted tribute to Akira Kurosawa. It’s one of three forgotten classics of Hong Kong action cinema we highlight. Photo: China Star Entertainment Group

Let’s hear it for these Johnnie To, Ringo Lam, Lau Kar-leung action movies

Three hidden gems of Hong Kong action cinema, To’s judo film Throw Down, Lau’s kung fu comedy and Lam’s relationship drama within a crime story should be on the radar of any serious fan of the action genre.

17 Mar 2024 - 4:31AM
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Profile | How Jennifer Lim works to ‘humanise’ Asian representation on stage and TV

Actress Jennifer Lim talks to the Post about starring in the first horror series designed for phone viewing – before that became common – and combating stereotypes about Asians on stage and screen.

Actress Jennifer Lim talks to the Post about starring in the first horror series designed for phone viewing – before that became common – and combating stereotypes about Asians on stage and screen.

16 Mar 2024 - 4:15PM
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Profile | Meet Kim Ji-won, the ice-cool star of K-drama Queen of Tears

Fans love Kim Ji-won for her award-winning turn in Descendants of the Sun and her iconic My Liberation Notes role, and for her cool and poise as an actress – traits on show in new K-drama Queen of Tears.

Fans love Kim Ji-won for her award-winning turn in Descendants of the Sun and her iconic My Liberation Notes role, and for her cool and poise as an actress – traits on show in new K-drama Queen of Tears.

16 Mar 2024 - 7:15AM

Chicken Nugget: surreal and whimsical comedy K-drama on Netflix

Ryu Seung-ryong and Ahn Jae-hong star in surreal comedy K-drama Chicken Nugget as a duo who must set out to change Kim Yoo-jung back into a human from a chicken nugget. Yes, really.

15 Mar 2024 - 3:00PM
Chicken Nugget: surreal and whimsical comedy K-drama on Netflix

Review | Winter Chants: a Hong Kong village festival disrupted by the pandemic

The meaning of home and family when one is kept apart from them by a pandemic is a big theme of Tsang Tsui-shan’s film about once-a-decade festivities in rural Hong Kong for which emigrants cannot return.

14 Mar 2024 - 7:15PM
Winter Chants: a Hong Kong village festival disrupted by the pandemic

Profile | Meet Kim Ji-won, the ice-cool star of K-drama Queen of Tears

Fans love Kim Ji-won for her award-winning turn in Descendants of the Sun and her iconic My Liberation Notes role, and for her cool and poise as an actress – traits on show in new K-drama Queen of Tears.

16 Mar 2024 - 7:15AM

Chicken Nugget: surreal and whimsical comedy K-drama on Netflix

Ryu Seung-ryong and Ahn Jae-hong star in surreal comedy K-drama Chicken Nugget as a duo who must set out to change Kim Yoo-jung back into a human from a chicken nugget. Yes, really.

15 Mar 2024 - 3:00PM

Review | Winter Chants: a Hong Kong village festival disrupted by the pandemic

The meaning of home and family when one is kept apart from them by a pandemic is a big theme of Tsang Tsui-shan’s film about once-a-decade festivities in rural Hong Kong for which emigrants cannot return.

14 Mar 2024 - 7:15PM

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Nicole Kidman in a scene in Expats, which is set in Hong Kong. If the Hong Kong government wants to tell good Hong Kong stories, it needs to recognise how these depictions are formed. Photo: Prime Video

Opinion | So what if the TV show Expats did not portray Hong Kong as it likes?

Whatever the reasons the Amazon Prime Video series, which includes scenes of the 2014 protests, is not available for viewing in Hong Kong, officials should take the opportunity to reflect on the role they play in any misperceptions of the city

4 Feb 2024 - 3:59PM

Opinion | Why Barbie film’s message should resonate with Hong Kong and rest of Asia

The film received a cool reception in South Korea, where the presidential election has amplified fear of feminism. While the need for women’s empowerment is openly discussed in Hong Kong, a lawmaker’s comments highlight misunderstanding of the impact of gender inequality.

The film received a cool reception in South Korea, where the presidential election has amplified fear of feminism. While the need for women’s empowerment is openly discussed in Hong Kong, a lawmaker’s comments highlight misunderstanding of the impact of gender inequality.

8 Aug 2023 - 1:41PM
Why Barbie film’s message should resonate with Hong Kong and rest of Asia

What a view | HBO series Barry takes another surreal turn in its final season

HBO series Barry takes another surreal turn in its final season on HBO and HBO Go, while Queenmaker on Netflix is a must-watch good vs evil morality tale with echoes of Succession.

HBO series Barry takes another surreal turn in its final season on HBO and HBO Go, while Queenmaker on Netflix is a must-watch good vs evil morality tale with echoes of Succession.

19 May 2023 - 6:15PM
HBO series Barry takes another surreal turn in its final season

What a view | Netflix series Beef: Ali Wong and Steven Yeun as opposites in black comedy

In Netflix black comedy series Beef, Ali Wong and Steven Yeun star as Asian Americans leading very different lives in Los Angeles, while on BBC First, Jane Seymour plays a crime-busting retired teacher in Harry Wild.

In Netflix black comedy series Beef, Ali Wong and Steven Yeun star as Asian Americans leading very different lives in Los Angeles, while on BBC First, Jane Seymour plays a crime-busting retired teacher in Harry Wild.

12 May 2023 - 3:58PM
Netflix series Beef: Ali Wong and Steven Yeun as opposites in black comedy

Opinion | Happy day for Hong Kong cinemas could have been showcase of local films

The offer of HK$30 movie tickets will boost the cinema business, but the campaign should have done more for the local film industry. Not only are classic Hong Kong films far from forgotten, recent releases depicting local issues show that the industry is worthy of support.

The offer of HK$30 movie tickets will boost the cinema business, but the campaign should have done more for the local film industry. Not only are classic Hong Kong films far from forgotten, recent releases depicting local issues show that the industry is worthy of support.

29 Apr 2023 - 8:15AM
Happy day for Hong Kong cinemas could have been showcase of local films
Kihara (played by Kenta Kiritani, above) is an ex-yakuza and informant in Netflix drama Informa. Photo: Netflix

What a view | Netflix’s buddy yakuza thriller Informa is light on the grit and grime

Informa pitches a former Japanese gang member and a journalist into a seemingly hopeless quest to take down yakuza, while Britain’s new monarch gets away with only mild scrutiny in the BBC’s Born to be the King.

28 Apr 2023 - 7:45AM
Meryl Streep (above), Tobey Maguire and Gemma Chan lead a star-studded cast in Extrapolations, the story of a world deep into climate breakdown - driven to disaster by runaway corporate greed. Photo: Apple TV+

What a view | Climate breakdown has gripped the world in Extrapolations on Apple TV+

Meryl Streep, Tobey Maguire and Gemma Chan join a star-studded cast in Extrapolations on Apple TV+, the story of a world deep into climate breakdown and driven to disaster by runaway corporate greed.

21 Apr 2023 - 4:45PM
Nicole Kidman in a scene in Expats, which is set in Hong Kong. If the Hong Kong government wants to tell good Hong Kong stories, it needs to recognise how these depictions are formed. Photo: Prime Video

Opinion | So what if the TV show Expats did not portray Hong Kong as it likes?

4 Feb 2024 - 3:59PM

The film received a cool reception in South Korea, where the presidential election has amplified fear of feminism. While the need for women’s empowerment is openly discussed in Hong Kong, a lawmaker’s comments highlight misunderstanding of the impact of gender inequality.

8 Aug 2023 - 1:41PM