Cinema of Hong Kong

1 Apr 2013

The Hong Kong International Film Festival says its ability to grow audience numbers and help foster the city's film culture is handicapped by the lack of government-run auditoriums that can screen...

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Now showing at a cinema near you - if you're lucky

18 Mar 2013

Struggling to get a ticket for the latest blockbuster? It could be because there are proportionately far fewer cinema seats here than there are in other cities in the region - such as Taipei,...

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Letters to the Editor, March 11, 2013

11 Mar 2013

My Wi-fi device at home has become a standard household fixture, but Wi-fi networks outside are still unsatisfactory. Hot spots pop up in shopping malls, coffee shops, restaurants and the MTR. But...

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Golden age of Hong Kong movies long gone

28 Oct 2012

Last year, Perry Lam wrote a book titled Once A Hero: The Vanishing Hong Kong Cinema. In it he explains why the Hong Kong film industry is in decline.

3:10AM

Second Sight: The Valiant Ones

21 Oct 2012

The Valiant Ones

4:06PM

Film, Second Sight: 'Father Takes a Bride'

14 Oct 2012

Father Takes a Bride

10:40AM

Opinion

Tom Holland

Worrying economic parallels between China and India

3:33AM

Howard Winn

Elsie Leung caught up in Rusal's byzantine politics

3:35AM

Nansun Shi: 'It's not about inferiority or superiority - it's about how good you are at what you do'

On a panel at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival last October, Nansun Shi was asked if she had ever been treated differently from men and if there was discrimination in the industry.

3:20PM

Stephen Fung believes his Tai Chi trilogy marks a great leap forward

For years, Stephen Fung Tak-lun battled against detractors who saw him as a former pop idol who had, somehow, managed to cross over to filmmaking by directing a few comedies starring his best...

2:57PM

Boutique film festivals offer relief from the mainstream

Seven years as a programmer with the Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) has taught Bede Cheng Tze-wang a thing or two about the sometimes harsh realities of the modern film world.

11:49AM

COURTS

Comedian Stephen Chow Sing-chi sued by ex-girlfriend for HK$80m

Comedian Stephen Chow Sing-chi's former girlfriend is suing him for HK$80 million - the amount she claims he owes her in commissions on the expected sale of a luxury Peak house.

2:37AM

POLICING

South Asian policewoman follows in her grandfather's footsteps

When the first South Asian woman to be recruited as a police officer since the handover took to the streets last week she was continuing a proud family tradition.

3:04AM

SECOND SIGHT

Thirty-year gap between screenings shows value of film preservation

An illustration of the dire state of local movie preservation prior to the establishment of the Hong Kong Film Archive can be found in two retrospective screenings of Beyond the Grave 25 years...

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