Karen Mok was a movie and Cantopop sensation in Hong Kong during the 1990s and 2000s, and she’s sat down with the Post numerous times to talk. We recount some of her best quotes.
Asian-American arts and grass-roots community are the focus of Arlan Huang’s exhibition in New York City. Photos, paintings, posters and fliers from the past 50 years are on view at the famous ‘friendship store’ Pearl River Mart.
In Johnny Mak’s Long Arm of the Law there are no heroes. Frank Djeng, who provides the commentary for 88 Films’ forthcoming Blu-ray release of the classic Hong Kong film, explains why.
With her unaffected, natural quality Anita Yuen stood out, a critic said, and it helped her land roles playing forthright women. Peter Chan made her his muse, but she was said to have a short fuse.
A ‘poor kid’ who became a martial arts champion before doing stunt work for Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung in Hong Kong and Hollywood – which opened other doors – Andy Cheng recalls the day Chan saved his life.
The future of cancer treatment and beating the disease should involve better identifying people at risk, smarter trials, earlier testing and driving forward new drugs, two cancer experts say.
For Wong Kar-wai, characters determine plot. For Wong Jing, filmmaking means giving audiences what they want. Film directors’ comments about their approach to movie making tell us a lot.
Filmed in six weeks, Chungking Express has an improvisatory feel. It features a memorable turn by singer Faye Wong, in her first film, and won Tony Leung Chiu-wai best actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards.
Enter the Dragon made Bruce Lee a household name upon its release in 1973. It remains the late martial arts idol’s most popular work, but was it his masterpiece? Experts weigh in.
The Udine Far East Film Festival has attracted a galaxy of Hong Kong stars, from Jackie Chan and Donnie Yen to Brigitte Lin. Ahead of its 25th anniversary, organisers recall some of the high points.
Maggie Cheung puts in a career-defining performance as ‘China’s Greta Garbo’ Ruan Lingyu in Center Stage, and its director, Stanley Kwan, feels that she discovered how to be a true actress while making the film.
The 1990s was the last golden age of Hong Kong cinema, with a slew of groundbreaking films that produced new stars such as martial arts actor Jet Li and art-house darling Wong Kar-wai.
CBD, a non-psychoactive compound found in cannabis, has been banned in China and Hong Kong as a dangerous drug, even as other countries increasingly allow its use. Experts generally believe it is non-toxic.
‘Hong Kong actress Amy Yip owes her fame to her figure,’ wrote the Post in 1990 of the city’s sex symbol – who insured her breasts for US$250,000 and made her mark in erotic films without ever baring all.
From the first public screenings in 1897 to the first Chinese film shot in the city, the first film studio, the first Cantonese ‘talkie’ and the eventual supremacy of Mandarin-language films, a short history of Hong Kong cinema.
In interviews with the Post down the years, Tony Leung talked about being tricked by Wong Kar-wai on Happy Together, how he hated having his hair shaved off for a role, and why he considers himself a shy person.
Michelle Yeoh, who won an Oscar for Everything Everywhere All at Once, was the queen of Hong Kong action films for a decade from the mid-1980s, doing her own stunts opposite Jackie Chan, Jet Li and others.
Benny Chan made his mark in 1990 with A Moment of Romance, a vehicle for Hong Kong star Andy Lau. Chan artfully blended triad action, melodrama and romance in a film that is still fondly remembered.
By showing Chinese characters side by side with emoji, the Hanmoji Handbook introduces a fun way to learn to read Chinese.
Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle, created by director and actor Stephen Chow, were game-changers for the martial arts movie genre, expanding its potential.
Hong Kong studios turned to sex movies when kung fu films didn’t sell, and made Hong Kong Emmanuelle; Andy Lau learned martial arts – and other surprising Hong Kong film facts.
Hong Kong comedy legend Michael Hui was part of the resurgence of Cantonese cinema in the 1970s, with films including The Private Eyes, Security Unlimited and The Contract.
Andy Lau has often talked to the Post about his life in movies. We recall the time he said he is ‘the lowest-paid artist’ in Hong Kong, how Hollywood does not treasure Chinese actors, and much more.
Ringo Lam’s crime thriller City on Fire, starring Chow Yun-fat and Danny Lee, was the inspiration for Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs and a snapshot of 1980s Hong Kong.
The star of action movies such as The Killer, Chow Yun-fat hoped to extend his range in Hollywood but instead was offered more of the same. Soon he was back in Hong Kong.
Kung fu legend Lau Kar-leung’s films Martial Club and The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter both feature Gordon Liu and Kara Wai in leading roles, but could not be more different.
Our current healthcare systems are based on treating illness after it occurs rather than focusing on preventive measures, but experts say that this needs to change as the population ages.
Silent-movie comedians like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, as well as Mel Brooks and Blake Edwards, inspired John Woo comic films such as Money Crazy.
The Julia Roberts of Hong Kong was the Post’s early verdict on Michelle Reis, who had no acting training but excelled opposite Jet Li, Leon Lai and Stephen Chow in a string of 1990s hits.
From the film that changed everything to fighting with fists instead of swords, girl power and the birth of a legend, milestones in the development of Hong Kong martial arts cinema.
