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Paul Fonoroff

Kevin Kwong

New  Releases
Beginning of the Great Revival (IIA) (Putonghua) See review on this page.  
SP Security: The Motion Picture (IIB) (Japanese) See review on this page.
London Boulevard (IIB)
Romantic crime drama revolving around an ex-con (Colin Farrell) who falls for a reclusive movie star (Keira Knightley)   he's been hired to protect.  CT
Tomorrow's Joe (IIA) (Japanese)
Live-action adaptation of a Japanese manga  tracing how a troubled young vagabond and star pro boxer come together for their once-in-a-lifetime tryst in the ring.  CT
Treasure Inn (IIB) (Cantonese)
Wong Jing's  wuxia comedy revolving around a pair of law enforcers and two bounty hunters looking to retrieve a stolen white-jade statue. Starring Nick Cheung Ka-fai and Nicholas Tse Ting-fung. CT  
General Releases
3-D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy  (III) (Cantonese)Stereoscopic reworking of Stephen Shiu Yeuk-yuen's 1991 soft-porn feature about the outrageous adventures of a scholar as he searches for the secrets of sexual pleasure.  PF
A Beautiful Life (IIA) 
(Putonghua and Cantonese)Romantic tearjerker about a righteous cop (Liu Ye) who has to contend with his  self-centred property agent girlfriend (Shu Qi) while also taking care of his mentally disabled younger brother.    LKW
The Conspirator (IIA)Robert Redford's  historical drama  about a lone woman charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination trial of Abraham Lincoln.   CT
Green Lantern (IIA)
Sci-fi/crime actioner centring on a DC Comics superhero - the first human selected to be a member of the intergalactic peace-keeping Green Lantern Corps - and his efforts to save the earth from the villainous Parallax.   CT
The Hangover Part II (IIB)
Sequel to Todd Phillip's 2009 comedy sees Phil,  Alan and Doug in Thailand for Stu's wedding.   CT
Henry's Crime (IIB)
Keanu Reeves stars in this crime drama as an ex-con who, on being released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, targets the same bank he was incarcerated for robbing.  CT  
Love for Life (IIB) (Putonghua)
Romantic drama about two Aids-infected lovers (Aaron Kwok Fu-shing and Zhang Ziyi) striving to marry each other in the face of discrimination and ailing health.   LKW 
The Man from Nowhere (III) (Korean)
Won Bin stars in an ultraviolent action drama about an ex-con turned reclusive pawn shop owner who sheds his quiet persona in order to save a little girl's life.  LKW 
MicroSex Office (IIB) (Cantonese)
Jim Chim Sui-Man stars in and directs (with Lee Kung-lok) a film adaptation of his stage comedy about male and female office worker relations.  CT
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (IIA)
Fourth instalment of the action adventure series has pirate captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) embarking on an unexpected journey to the fabled Fountain of Youth with a woman from his past (Penelope Cruz).   CT  
Something Borrowed (IIA)
Romantic-comedy revolving around two female friends (Ginnifer Goodwin and Kate Hudson)  who fall for the same handsome jerk (Colin Egglesfield).   CT
 Submarine (IIB)
Coming-of-age story revolving around a precocious 15-year-old boy seeking to lose his virginity before his next birthday.  CT 
Super 8 (IIB) 
J.J. Abrams' sci-fi  thriller set in the summer of 1979 about a group of friends making a film on their Super 8 camera who  investigate strange happenings that take place in their small Ohio town.  CT
X-Men First Class (IIA)
X-Men prequel returns to a time before Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr  became known as Professor X and Magneto, and were close friends working together with other mutants to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known.  KK  
Art  House
Refugee Film Festival
The United Nations Refugee Agency  presents a programme of five films about refugees, including the following two films. Ends Jun 23. Broadway Cinematheque, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei, HK$55 cinema.com.hk. Inquiries: 2388 0002
As We Forgive
Laura Waters Hinson's  documentary revolving around two Rwandan women who come face-to-face with  the men who slaughtered their families during the 1994  genocide in their country, and are asked whether they can  forgive them. Mia Farrow narrates. In English with Chinese subtitles. Jun 23, 8.30pm, Broadway Cinematheque. 
Reporter
Erid Daniel Metzgar's  documentary about Nicholas Kristof,  the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The New York Times, who almost single-handedly  brought the crisis in Darfur  to the world's attention.  In English with Chinese subtitles. Jun 23, 9.40pm, Broadway Cinematheque.
Noir: A Film Noir Retrospective Bridging France and Hong Kong
The consulate general of France in Hong Kong and Macau presents a Le French May programme of 27 French and Hong Kong film noir works, including the following six films. Until Jun 28. Broadway Cinematheque, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei, HK$60; Broadway Mong Kok, 6-12 Sai Yeung Choi St, Mong Kok, HK$55; and Palace IFC, Podium L1, IFC Mall, 8 Finance St, Central, HK$75 cinema.com.hk. Inquiries: bc.cinema.com.hk 
This Man Must Die
Claude Chabrol's adaptation of Nicholas Blake's novel about a man who dedicates himself to finding the person responsible for his son's death after the young boy is killed in a hit-and-run accident. In French with English subtitles. Jun 23, 9.40pm, Palace IFC. 
Police Python 357
Yves Montand stars in this crime drama about a morally ambiguous cop assigned to investigate the murder of a woman he has been involved with.  In French with English subtitles. Jun 24, 7.30pm, Broadway Cinematheque. 
Dangerous Encounter: First Kind
Director's cut version of Tsui Hark's vision of a society out of control revolving around a sociopathic teenage girl (Lin Chen-chi) who goes on a criminal rampage with three students. In Cantonese with English subtitles. Jun 24, 9.50pm, Palace IFC, Jun 27, 8pm, Broadway Cinematheque. 
The Hole 
Jacques Becker's   drama about four inmates who attempt to escape from Paris' La Sant?prison.  In French with English subtitles. Jun 25, 1.30pm, Broadway Cinematheque.  
On the Run
Alfred Cheung Kin-ting's crime drama about a cop (Yuen Biao) who teams up with his wife's killer (Pat Ha Man-chik) after the duo are targeted by a gang of corrupt detectives who want them both dead. In Cantonese with English subtitles. Jun 25, 8pm, Palace IFC.
The Secret
Ann Hui On-wah's moody psychological horror-thriller based on a 1970 homicide  case about a woman (Sylvia Chang Ai-chia) who embarks on her own investigation of a double murder that the police want to pin on a madman. In Cantonese with English subtitles. Jun 25, 10pm, Broadway Mong Kok, Jun 28, 9.50pm, Broadway Cinematheque.
InDBear International Film Festival 
InD Blue presents a programme of 15 independent feature films, including the following two. Until Jun 26. MCL Kornhill,  4/F Kornhill Plaza South, 2 Kornhill Road, Quarry Bay, HK$55; and MCL Telford,  Telford Gardens, 33 Wai Yip St, Kowloon  Bay, HK$60 mclcinema.com. Inquiries:  2572 7202 
The Family Complete
Tragicomedy about a family infected with a virus that makes them all look the same age. In Japanese with English subtitles. Jun 23, 7.45pm, also 9.30pm, MCL Telford.  
Father is a Dog
Drama about three brothers whose miserable lives take a turn for the worse when their abusive widower father brings home a Chinese immigrant as his live-in boyfriend. In Korean with English subtitles. Jun 24, 9.45pm, MCL Telford.
 Lean Night 2011 - Fresh!
The HK Arts Centre presents four films made in the first decade of this century, including the following film. Until Jun 26. HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$50 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2582 0273
Crimson Gold
Jafar Panahi's drama about a pizza delivery man turned villain who robs and kills after getting pushed over the edge by  the owner of a jewellery shop.  In Farsi with English subtitles. Jun 24, 7.30pm, HK Arts Centre.  
Through the Innocent Eyes:  Filmmakers on Childhood
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department presents a programme of eight films depicting childhood, including the following three. Until Jun 25. Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho; Science Museum, 2 Science Museum Rd, TST East; and Space Museum, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$55 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2734 2900
The 400 Blows
Fran?ois Truffaut's drama centring on a misunderstood adolescent who, lacking parental love and care, seeks comfort from friendship, novels and films. In French with Chinese and English subtitles. June 24, 7.30pm, Science Museum.
The Kid + The Red Balloon
Double bill consisting of: Charlie Chaplin's melodrama-comedy about a tramp who adopts an abandoned baby  (silent with English intertitles); and Albert Lamorisse's  short fantasy film revolving around a red balloon with a life of its own that follows a little boy around the streets of Paris (in French with Chinese and English subtitles). Jun 25, 7.30pm, Science Museum.
The Other Reality
Goethe-Institut HK presents a programme  of six films exploring the many facets of reality, including the following film. Until  Sept 23. Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd,  Sai Wan Ho, HK$50 Urbtix. Inquiries:  2802 0088
Children of the Moon
Drama revolving around a  girl  and her  brother  who wants to be an astronaut that travels to another planet. In German with English subtitles. Jun 24, 8pm, Film Archive. 
Double Dhamaal 
Musical comedy sequel to Dhamaal (2007) sees the return of the four madcap friends who engage in a game of one-upmanship with their corrupt ex-cop arch-enemy. Starring Sanjay Dutt. In Hindi with English subtitles. Jun 24, 9.50pm, MCL JP Cinema, 22-36 Paterson St, Causeway Bay; and Jun 25, 9.30pm, Jun 26, 5.30pm, Golden Harvest Whampoa, L2 Whampoa Plaza, 7 Tak On St, Whampoa Garden, Hung Hom, HK$120-HK$180. Inquiries: 2366 7725   
Chinese Documentary Festival
Visible Record presents a programme of Chinese documentary shorts and feature films, including the following four films. Until Jul 9. HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$50 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2540 7859
The Life and Times of Ho Chung Village + The Sandstorm Intrusion
Double bill comprising: Tsang Tsui-shan's short experimental film about villagers' memories of Ho Chung Village in Sai Kung  (no dialogue); and Wang Wenming's documentary feature about villages in Minqin County, Gansu, whose remaining residents have to regularly endure sandstorms (in Putonghua with Chinese and English subtitles). Jun 25, 2pm, Jul 2, 7.30pm,  HK Arts Centre.   
The Warriors of Qiugang + Our Home Beside the River
Double bill comprising: Ruby Yang's short film about Chang Gongli, a resident of Qiugang Village in Anhui province who started a one-man crusade against a nearby chemical factory that heavily polluted the surrounding areas (in Putonghua with Chinese and English subtitles); and Mayaw Biho's film showing the difficult lives of many of Taiwan's aboriginal peoples (in Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles). Jun 25, 4.30pm, Jul 1, 2pm, HK Arts Centre.  
From Novel to Film 2 - Critics' Choice 2011
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department presents a programme of six film adaptations of novels, including the following film. Until Oct 16. Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho; Science Museum, 2 Science Museum Rd, TST East; and Space Museum, 10 Salisbury  Rd, TST, HK$55 Urbtix. Inquiries:  2734 2900
Kwaidan
Masaki Kobayashi's supernatural anthology comprises adaptations of four separate and unrelated stories from Lafcadio Hearn (aka Yakumo Koizumi)'s  collection of Japanese folk tales. In Japanese with Chinese and  English subtitles. Jun 25. 2.30pm,  Film Archive.
The Met: Live in HD in Hong Kong
Foundation for the Arts and Music in Asia presents  11 operas performed by the Metropolitan Opera of New York, including the following one. Until Jul 10. Wellcome Theatre, HK Academy for Performing Arts' Bethanie Campus, 139  Pokfulam Rd, Pok Fu Lam, HK$170 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2880 9900
Verdi's Il Trovatore
The Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and San Francisco Opera's co-production of Verdi's opera about a baritone and a tenor who don't know they're brothers, and are rivals both in war and love. In Italian with English subtitles. Jun 25-26, 7pm, also Jun 26, 1pm, Wellcome Theatre. 
All for One and One for All: Union Film
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department presents a  retrospective of Union Film's  titles, including the following film. Until Jun 26. Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$30 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2734 2900  
Sworn Sisters 
Ng Wui's drama revolving around five women and their lives as maids. In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles. Jun 25, 7.30pm, Film Archive.



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