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New Releases
I Love You Philip Morris (IIB)
See review this page. 
Once A Gangster (IIB)See review this page. 
A Nightmare on Elm Street (III)
Producer Michael Bay revives the infamous 1980s horror franchise  with Jackie Earle Haley  playing  the disfigured, iron-clawed villain who stalks teens in their dreams. Not reviewed. 
Like A Dream (IIB) (Cantonese)
Australia-based Clara Law Cheuk-yiu's  return to Chinese-language filmmaking sees Daniel Wu Yin-cho  playing a  Chinese-American man  in Shanghai searching for a girl who appears in  his visions. Not reviewed. 
General Releases
Agora (IIB)
Alejandro Amenabar revisits the struggles of fourth-century astronomer Hypathia (Rachel Weisz).  CT  
Amalfi (Japanese) (IIA)
Set in Italy, Hiroshi Nishtani's thriller revolves around a diplomat's efforts to solve the kidnapping of a Japanese girl in Rome. Yuji Oda and Yuki Amami star.  CT
The Bounty Hunter (IIA)
Romantic comedy about a man's attempt to track down his bail-jumping journalist ex-girlfriend. Gerard Butler and Jennifer Aniston star.  Andy Tennant directs. Not reviewed.  
The Crazies (IIB)
Radha Mitchell and Timothy Olymphant star in a remake of George A. Romero's 1973 film about a zombie outbreak in a small American town. CT   
Dream Home (III) (Cantonese)
Edmond Pang Ho-cheung's attempt at the slasher genre sees a young woman (Josie Ho Chiu-yee) resorting to extreme measures in  her efforts to secure a new apartment for her family.  PF
Echoes of the Rainbow  (IIA) (Cantonese)
Director Alex Law Kai-yui  revisits the Hong Kong of his youth with a film about a working-class family's struggles to survive in the 1960s. Stars Simon Yam Tat-wah,Sandra Ng Kwan-yue  and Buzz Chung Shiu-to. PF
Go Find a Psychic (IIA) (Japanese)
Masami Nagasawa  stars as a television reporter whose life is rejuvenated by a group of nerdy men trying to keep their paranormal powers from public view. Katsuyuki Motohiro  directs.  Not reviewed.   
Ip Man 2 (IIB)  (Cantonese and English) 
Donnie Yen Ji-dan  reprises his role as the titular martial-arts master finding his feet in Hong Kong after fleeing from his native Foshan during the second world war. Wilson Yip Wai-shun  directs.  CT 
Iron Man 2 (IIB)
Robert Downey Jnr returns as tycoon-cum-superhero Tony Stark. Mickey Rourke and Scarlett Johansson also star.  CT 
Let the Right One In  (IIB) (Swedish)
Tomas Alfredson offers a vampire film with a Nordic twist by unfurling the undead in a Swedish suburb rife with school bullying. Kare Hedebrant  and  Lina Leandersson star.  CT  
Love in a Puff (III) (Cantonese)
Edmond Pang Ho-cheung's  latest film  about the tribulations of a sales  clerk and an advertising executive  who bond during their back-alley smoking sessions. Miriam Yeung Chin-wah and Shawn Yue Man-lok star. PF  
The Private Lives of  Pippa Lee (IIB)
Rebecca Miller's  latest drama sees a contented, affluent homemaker trying to come to terms with a devastating past event that continues to haunt her. Robin Wright Penn stars. CT 
Robin Hood (IIB)
Ridley Scott's reworking of the Sherwood Forest legend stars Russell Crowe in the titular role and Cate Blanchett as his  love, Marion. Ridley Scott directs.  CT 
Art House
A Lean Night - Women of the Night
The HK Arts Centre presents a programme of classic works by master filmmakers from different parts of the world, including the following four films. May 20-29. HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour  Rd, Wan Chai, HK$50 Urbtix.  Inquiries: 2582 0273
Nights of Cabiria
Federico Fellini's  drama about a feisty but naive prostitute (Giulietta  Masina) looking for love in all the wrong places.  In Italian with English subtitles. May 20, 7.30pm, May 28, 9.30pm, HK Arts Centre. 
Mamma Roma 
Pier Pablo Pasolini's drama about a middle-aged whore (Anna Magnani) who becomes a fruit seller  in order to forge a respectable life for her teenaged son (Ettore Garofolo). In Italian with English subtitles. May 25, 7.30pm, May 29, 2.30pm, HK Arts Centre.
The Life of Oharu
Kenji Mizoguchi's  adaptation of 17th-century Japanese writer  Ihara Saikaku's novel about an Edo-era woman's descent from lady-in-waiting to concubine to prostitute. Starring Kinuyo Tanaka. In Japanese with English subtitles. May 26, 29, 7.30pm, HK Arts Centre.
Vivre Sa Vie (aka My Life to Live)
Jean-Luc Godard's  dramatic exploration of a young Parisian woman (Anna  Karina) who abandons her marriage and child in order to pursue a career as an actress, only to turn to prostitution after being beset with financial troubles. In French with English subtitles. May 28, 7.30pm, May 29, 5.30pm, HK Arts Centre. 
Kites 
Hrithik Roshan  stars in a music-filled romantic thriller about a wanted man left to die in the desert whose  will to live stems from his quest to reunite with a woman he believes to be his true love but is betrothed to another man. In Hindi with English subtitles. May 20-22, 9.30pm, May 23, 5.30pm, GH Whampoa, L2 Whampoa Plaza, Whampoa Garden, 7 Tak On St, Hung Hom, HK$120-HK$180. Inquiries: 2366 7725 
HK Japanese Film Showcase
Panasia Films, The Grand Cinema and GH Mong Kok present a programme of seven Japanese films, including the following seven. May 21-Jun 6. The Grand Cinema, 2/F Elements, 1 Austin Rd West, Kowloon, HK$65 thegrandcinema.com.hk; and GH Mong Kok, G/F Grand Century Place,  193 Prince Edward Rd West, Mong Kok, HK$65 www.goldenharvest.com. Inquiries: 2195 8170 (The Grand Cinema) or 2628 9864 (GH Mong Kok)
Always - Sunset on Third Street 1
Takashi Yamazaki's  period drama about the  residents of Tokyo's Third Street. In Japanese with Chinese subtitles. May 21, 2pm, GH Mong Kok, May 30, 4.50pm,  The Grand Cinema.
Always - Sunset on Third Street 2
Sequel to Takashi Yamazaki's Always - Sunset on Third Street 1 that delves further into the lives of the people of Third Street. In Japanese with Chinese subtitles. May 21, 7pm, GH Mong Kok, May 30, 7.30pm, The Grand Cinema.  
About Her Brother 
Drama about  a woman from Tokyo  and her ne'er-do-well younger brother who likes  to spend his time watching the  entertainers of Osaka. In Japanese with Chinese and English subtitles. May 21, 7.30pm, May 22, 9.40pm, The Grand Cinema, May 30, 4pm, GH Mong Kok.
Kamui 
Yochi Jai's adaptation of a story from Sanpei Shirato's multi-volume manga about a fugitive ninja in search of freedom who is  constantly on the run from his former  ninja  brethren. In Japanese with Chinese and English subtitles. May 22, 4pm, GH Mong Kok, May 23, 9.55pm, The Grand Cinema.
How to Date an Otaku Girl 
Romance in which a  man reacts with shock  after being thrust into the world  of his girlfriend's  anime obsession.  In Japanese with Chinese and English subtitles. May 23, 2.30pm, The Grand Cinema, May 29, 4pm, GH Mong Kok.  
Killer Bride's Perfect Crime  
Comic road-trip movie  about two women: one of whom (Juri Ueno)  is desperate to get married, while the other (Yoshino Kimura) is desperate to die. In Japanese with Chinese and English subtitles. May 23, 4pm, GH Mong Kok, May 28, 7.30pm, The Grand Cinema. 
Pool 
Dramatic adaptation of Erika Sakurazawa's novel about five Japanese who develop close  bonds after spending a  week's holiday in Thailand gathered together around a small pool. Mika Omori directs.  In Japanese and Thai with Chinese and English subtitles. May 28, 9.30pm, The Grand Cinema, Jun 5, 4pm, GH Mong Kok. 
The Moon 
Omnibus film featuring shorts by seven Asian directors, including mainlander Ying Liang  and Hongkonger Adam Wong Sau-ping,  inspired by the lyrics of the late James Wong Jim's A House is Not a Home.  In Putonghua, Hokkien, Japanese, Cantonese, Hindi and Sichuanese with Chinese and English subtitles. May 22, 5.30pm, May 23, 7.30pm, The Grand Cinema, 2/F Elements, 1 Austin Rd West, Kowloon, HK$65 thegrandcinema.com.hk.  Inquiries: 2572 7202
Drifting Flowers + Changing View 
Double bill  comprising: Zero Chou Mei-ling's dramatic exploration of life and love through three Taiwanese women of different generations; and Hou Chi-jan's  short film featuring a poem inspired by the views from a tram window. In Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles. May 23, 12.15pm, Broadway Cinematheque, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei, HK$45 bc.cinema.com.hk. Inquiries: 2388 0002 
Real Life on Screen
The Goethe-Institut HK presents a programme of six films based on real-life biographies,  including the following one. Until Sept 24. HK Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$50 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2802 0088
Whiskey with Vodka
Dramedy about a famous but unreliable actor  who feels threatened when a younger actor is hired to be his backup  in a film. In German with English subtitles. May 28, 8pm, HK 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 HK Film Critics Society, including the following two. May 15-Oct 23. HK Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd,  Sai Wan Ho; and HK Space Museum,  10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$50 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2734 2900
And Then ...
Yoshimitsu Morita's adaptation of Meiji-Era author Soseki Natsume's  novel involving three people trapped in a complex relationship with one another.  In Japanese with Chinese and  English subtitles.  May 29, 2.30pm,  HK Film Archive.
Last Year at Marienbad
Alain Resnais' romantic drama about a man who meets a woman at a French country resort, and insists to her apparent disbelief that they met, and had an affair, the previous year.  In French with Chinese and English subtitles. Jun 5, 7.30pm, HK Space Museum, Jun 19, 2.30pm, HK Film Archive.
The Met: Live in HD
The Met in HK presents a programme of live transmissions of operas performed by the New York Metropolitan Opera, including the following one. Until  Jun 13. Wellcome Theatre, HK Academy for Performing Arts' Bethanie Campus, 139 Pok Fu Lam Rd, Pok Fu Lam, HK$150 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2880 9555 
Simon Boccanegra -  Giuseppe Verdi
James Levine conducts New York's Metropolitan Opera performing Verdi's operatic adaptation of Antonio Garc?a Guti?rrez's political thriller set in 14th-century Genoa about the city's plebeian party which nominate popular former pirate, Simon Boccanegra, as their candidate for the office of Doge (chief magistrate) against the aristocracy's candidate.  In Italian with English subtitles. May 29, 6.30pm, May 30, noon, also 6pm, Wellcome Theatre.  
Femmes, Femmes, Femmes - Imagination of Women in French Cinema
The Consulate-General of France and Broadway Cinematheque co-present a programme of 20 films featuring bold and beautiful French femmes, including the following five. A Le French May programme. Jun 3-23. HK Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive, Wan Chai, HK$60 HK Ticketing; Broadway Cinematheque, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei, HK$60; and Palace IFC, Podium L1, IFC Mall, 8 Finance St, Central, HK$75 bc.cinema.com.hk. Inquiries: frenchmay.com
Jules and Jim
Fran?ois Truffaut's  romantic drama revolving around a love triangle involving two friends (Oskar Werner and Henri Serre) and an impulsive woman (Jeanne  Moreau). In French with Chinese and English subtitles. Jun 3, 7pm, HK Convention & Exhibition Centre, Jun 9, 7.50pm, Broadway Cinematheque.  
The Queen of Clubs 
Thriller about two siblings with a strong bond, one of whom secretly deals in stolen metal and sucks the other into his violent criminal world. In French with Chinese and English subtitles. Jun 3, 9.40pm, Palace IFC, Jun 4, 7.40pm, Broadway Cinematheque.   
All About Actresses 
Documentary-style film  featuring real-life actresses playing themselves. In French with Chinese and English subtitles. Jun 4, 9.50pm, Palace IFC, Jun 5, 5.55pm, Broadway Cinematheque.
Diary of a Chambermaid 
Drama about a woman working as a maid in a troubled provincial household who vows revenge after the only friend she's made after moving from Paris is found raped and murdered. In French with English subtitles. Jun 5, 1.50pm, Broadway Cinematheque, Jun 13, 7.50pm, Palace IFC.
Queen Margot
Historical epic  about the bloody 16th-century struggles between French Catholics and Protestants during the reign of the Catholic Queen Margot (Isabelle Adjani).  In French with Chinese and English subtitles. Jun 5, 9.15pm, Jun 20, 4.15pm, Broadway Cinematheque.  
Morning Matinee
The HK Film Archive presents a programme of four Cantonese films from the 1950s-1970s, including the following one. Jun 4-Jul 16. HK Film Archive. 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$20 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2739 2139 
The Magic Cup (Part 1)
In the first part of Lung To's magical  diptych, a magic cup protects a young girl  from her scheming stepmother. In Cantonese. Jun 4, 11am, HK Film Archive.
The Bitter Tears of Ruan Lingyu
The HK Film Archive and China Film Archive co-present a programme of films starring and about the emblem of 1930s Shanghai and the Golden Age of prewar Chinese cinema, including the following one. Jun 5-Jul 4. HK Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$30 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2739 2139 
The Little Toys 
Drama about a family living in  a village  that's  happy making a meagre living manufacturing toys until tragedy strikes. Silent with Chinese and English intertitles; live musical accompaniment by Wong Yan-kwai and friends. Jun 5, also Jun 20, 7.45pm, HK Film Archive. 




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