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James Marsh
Originally from England, James is a freelance film critic and journalist who has been based in Hong Kong since 2001. In addition to writing for the Post, he is resident film critic on RTHK Radio 3’s Morning Brew, and Asian Editor of ScreenAnarchy.com. He serves as a consultant for Fantastic Fest, and has a problematic addiction to physical media.
Originally from England, James is a freelance film critic and journalist who has been based in Hong Kong since 2001. In addition to writing for the Post, he is resident film critic on RTHK Radio 3’s Morning Brew, and Asian Editor of ScreenAnarchy.com. He serves as a consultant for Fantastic Fest, and has a problematic addiction to physical media.
Languages Spoken:
English
Project Hail Mary, Wuthering Heights, Anaconda and Scream 7 join Hamnet, Song Sung Blue and others on our list of anticipated upcoming films.
Shu Qi stars as an impoverished woman who believes her newborn was taken from her in Good Autumn, Mommy, set in rural Guangzhou in 1995.
Starring Shim Eun-kyung and Yuumi Kawai, Japanese drama Two Seasons, Two Strangers is both fascinating and beautiful.
Following last week’s tragic fire at a Tai Po estate in Hong Kong, we look at films in which humanity endures through the darkest of hours.
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Tsou Shih-ching’s directorial debut, a heartfelt Taiwanese drama, was born from a moment of childhood guilt when her grandfather scolded her.
In this Taiwanese Netflix romance, a serial killer is interviewed nine years after his crimes by a reporter who is plagued by nightmares.
A downed US pilot’s rescue entwines with a plot to assassinate a Japanese official in a gripping, intimate WWII thriller set in Hong Kong.
Kokuho is a lavish, bewitching story of two Japanese kabuki theatre actors, raised in the same family and competing to become the best.
Thrilling saga with Junichi Okada as a warrior in a deadly race across Japan gives a new perspective on a sadistic premise we’ve seen before.
If you liked Another World, you will love these 10 afterlife animations, with subjects from rabbits and dogs to a pianist and a corpse bride.
This overcomplicated tale of a bomb on a train overflows with guilt, life lessons and earnest emotions without much of a conclusion.
Fukuyama fails to conjure excitement as a magician-turned-sleuth alongside Kasumi Arimura in this screen version of Keigo Higashino’s novel.
Highlights of the 22nd HKAFF include local film Another World, Japanese period epic Kokuho and South Korea’s The World of Love.
Japanese director Shinobu Yaguchi mixes horror and riotous comedy in this film about a family tormented by a possessed doll.
Ha shows skill on both sides of the camera in his movie with Gong Hyo-jin and Kim Dong-wook as a prim couple seduced by swinging neighbours.
Kim Da-mi stars in what begins as a disaster movie then spins off into science fiction, a move that will surely leave viewers floundering.
Byun Sung-hyun’s riotously entertaining black comedy coming to Netflix features a whip-smart script and deftly judged humour.
The Taiwanese series sees Shu Qi and Angelica Lee play a pair of vengeful mothers who seek justice via dark, fantastical means.
Our list also includes Regretting You, Wicked: For Good, Predator: Badlands, Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 and Now You See Me: Now You Don’t.
Park Jeong-min, Kwon Hae-hyo and Han Ji-hyeon star in Train to Busan director Yeon’s first cinematic release in five years.
The early episodes of Disney+’s new political thriller, featuring John Cho in his first Korean drama, are packed with tension and intrigue.
Kim and Park star as lifelong friends whose bitter rivalry erupts into conflict at every turn in this melodramatic and infuriating K-drama.
Poor visuals and writing sink this maritime melee with Huang Xuan and Yu Shi that leaves Hong Kong director Lam seeming out of his depth.
Riho Yoshioka, Koshi Mizukami and a Mandarin-speaking version of Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City star in this very odd production.
Jackie Chan plays an old-school ex-detective to Tony Leung’s villain in this action film that has a little too much melodrama.
Chinese fishermen rescue British POWs from a sinking Japanese vessel in Dongji Rescue, a thrilling – if ludicrous – wartime epic.
Shen Ao’s film with Liu Haoran verges on sensationalism but ultimately gives a powerful account of one of history’s most egregious events.
With the release of Haunted Mountains: The Yellow Taboo, here are other Taiwanese horror films and the allegedly true stories behind them.
Starring Zhang Xiaofei, Mei Ting and Chen Yusi, Malice wants to deliver a message that China’s rising online news agencies can’t be trusted.
