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China’s golden week: which film will rule the roost?

28 Sep 2018 - 11:49am

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Netflix hopes Chinese drama The Rise of Phoenixes flies

24 Sep 2018 - 10:27am

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Weekend viewing: action-packed Jack Ryan and Japanese drama Atelier

16 Sep 2018 - 9:15am

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What a view Stephen McCarty

Essential viewing: K-drama Mr. Sunshine on Netflix tops the bill

16 Sep 2018 - 9:56am

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Society

China’s film companies flee Xinjiang in wake of Fan Bingbing scandal

12 Oct, 5:53pm 4

Opinion

China’s changing landscape subject of documentary at Busan festival

12 Oct, 1:02pm

Society

Fan Bingbing whistle-blower says police ignored death threats

11 Oct, 9:22pm 2

News & Trends

Meet actor Lawrence Wong, Hai Lan Cha in ‘Story of Yanxi Palace’

11 Oct, 2:06pm

Film & TV

Distinction review: social drama by Ten Years and Trivisa director

10 Oct, 5:45pm

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Film & TV

Chloe Grace Moretz shines in gay conversion therapy drama: review

16 Oct, 7:03am

Film & TV

A Star Is Born review: Lady Gaga shines in crowd-pleasing remake

14 Oct, 9:03pm

Film & TV

John Cho anchors enthralling hi-tech thriller Searching – review

14 Oct, 8:03am

Film & TV

Top five films to watch in Hong Kong this week: October 11-17

11 Oct, 7:02am

Film & TV

Distinction review: social drama by Ten Years and Trivisa director

10 Oct, 5:45pm

Film & TV

Worst film in years: sex and puppets in The Happytime Murders

10 Oct, 7:05am

Film & TV

Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder in darkly amusing Destination Wedding – review

9 Oct, 12:55pm

More on American films

Film & TV

China showing for Crazy Rich Asians, summer box office hit, announced

16 Oct, 10:59am 6

Film & TV

Chloe Grace Moretz shines in gay conversion therapy drama: review

16 Oct, 7:03am

Film & TV

A Star Is Born review: Lady Gaga shines in crowd-pleasing remake

14 Oct, 9:03pm

Film & TV

John Cho anchors enthralling hi-tech thriller Searching – review

14 Oct, 8:03am

Arts & Music

Despite tension, Streep and Hoffman gave their best in Kramer vs. Kramer

12 Oct, 7:48pm 2

Film & TV

‘I feel unbelievably empowered’: Keira Knightley on Colette

12 Oct, 12:50pm

Film about the lives and loves of Singapore’s elite that was box office hit of the summer in North America will have its China debut on November 30

China showing for Crazy Rich Asians, summer box office hit, announced

Film about the lives and loves of Singapore’s elite that was box office hit of the summer in North America will have its China debut on November 30.

16 Oct 2018 - 10:59am 6 More on Crazy Rich Asians

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Moretz shines as high school student Cameron, who is sent to gay conversion camp after getting caught making out with her best friend, in a film that knows when to strike with emotion-breaking scenes that will catch you unaware

Chloe Grace Moretz shines in gay conversion therapy drama: review

16 Oct 2018 - 7:03am

Actors Michael Shannon, Florence Pugh and Alexander Skarsgard arrive at the premiere for The Little Drummer Girl at the BFI London Film Festival. Photo: AP

Little Drummer Girl hopes to emulate The Night Manager’s success

15 Oct 2018 - 11:31am

Rajkumar Hirani sees Indian film industry willing to ditch songs and tell more varied stories – some with darker themes, such as his work about actor Sanjay Dutt’s rise and fall

Bollywood entering a new golden age, director of hit film 3 Idiots says

15 Oct 2018 - 10:47am

Bradley Cooper’s version of the classic music industry story is simplistic and melodramatic, but there is definite chemistry with Lady Gaga

A Star Is Born review: Lady Gaga shines in crowd-pleasing remake

14 Oct 2018 - 9:03pm

Charlie Cox as Daredevil and Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page return in the third season of the Marvel series. Photo: David Lee/Netflix

Season 3 of Netflix’s Daredevil promises dark twists and old enemies

14 Oct 2018 - 8:03pm

This story of a man’s search for his lost teenage daughter through the internet is unpredictable, believable and full of suspense. Cho shines as the frantic father

John Cho anchors enthralling hi-tech thriller Searching – review

14 Oct 2018 - 8:03am

Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep in a still from Kramer vs. Kramer (1979).

Despite tension, Streep and Hoffman gave their best in Kramer vs. Kramer

12 Oct 2018 - 7:48pm 2

Following news that Lionel Messi will be the subject of a new Cirque du Soleil show next year, we look back at seven other footballers who tried their hand in film, television and music

Seven footballers who took a shot at the entertainment field

12 Oct 2018 - 3:42pm

Actress reveals how she was inspired by the real-life story of Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, who stepped out of the shadow of her husband to find her own voice

‘I feel unbelievably empowered’: Keira Knightley on Colette

12 Oct 2018 - 12:50pm

Hammer to come down at Halloween on poster from 1932 horror classic, one of only three copies still in existence. If it matches top price estimate of US$1.5 million it will reclaim record for a film poster

Poster from 1932 classic The Mummy could sell for US$1.5 million

12 Oct 2018 - 12:56pm

A still from BNK48: Girls Don’t Cry, a documentary about the rise of the Thai pop group by Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit. Photo: BIFF/AFP

Thai pop documentary shows real life stories and thoughts of idols in group

13 Oct 2018 - 7:14pm

An exhilarating biopic of Neil Armstrong and an anti-romantic comedy starring Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves are among our top picks this week

Top five films to watch in Hong Kong this week: October 11-17

11 Oct 2018 - 7:02am

This gentle social drama is a modest tale of self-discovery that focuses on a special needs teacher, an underachiever from an elite school and a bad boy who has a brother with a disability

Distinction review: social drama by Ten Years and Trivisa director

10 Oct 2018 - 5:45pm

Director James Gunn will write the script for the next instalment of Suicide Squad after being fired from Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. Photo: AP

James Gunn, fired by Marvel, to script new Suicide Squad film for DC

10 Oct 2018 - 1:14pm

Why Melissa McCarthy and Elizabeth Banks chose to appear in such a tasteless film is almost as much a mystery as why Brian Henson, son of Muppets creator Jim, decided to direct it. A stinking t*rd all round

Worst film in years: sex and puppets in The Happytime Murders

10 Oct 2018 - 7:05am

Chan, who played Gwennie in The World of Suzie Wong, dated the future Lord Snowdon, appeared in Cleopatra with Elizabeth Taylor, and worked with ‘yellowed up’ white actors, is busier than ever as she nears 80

Chinese actress Jacqui Chan talks about sex in The Crown and Suzie Wong

11 Oct 2018 - 7:11pm 2

From MILF Guy #2 in American Pie to the Harold & Kumar films, Korean-American has acted in more than 100 films and TV series over his 20-year career

John Cho’s 10 best roles ranked, from American Pie to Searching

10 Oct 2018 - 7:38pm

Actress calls her appointment to play time-travelling character in long-running serial ‘a step in the direction of equality’

Being the first woman Doctor Who ‘hasn’t broken glass ceiling’

10 Oct 2018 - 3:46am

The opposite of Before Sunrise, this is hate at first sight; two guests flying to a destination wedding verbally destroy their fellow guests and themselves

Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder in darkly amusing Destination Wedding – review

9 Oct 2018 - 12:55pm

Damien Chazelle’s film about the first moon landing, starring Ryan Gosling, strikes a great balance between drama and action. Its meticulous attention to the details of space travel in the 1960s makes it one of 2018’s best films

Neil Armstrong drama First Man is one of 2018’s best films – review

8 Oct 2018 - 6:06pm

The Black Mirror season four USS Callister episode this year won the Emmy for outstanding TV movie. Photo: Jonathan Prime/Netflix

Netflix to release an interactive Black Mirror episode later this year

7 Oct 2018 - 4:23pm

Jonas Dassler, Leonard Scheicher, Lena Klenke, Isaiah Michalski and Tom Gramenz in The Silent Revolution.

Lars Kraume’s Silent Revolution: solidarity in the face of paranoia

5 Oct 2018 - 7:45pm

Singer’s star is on the rise once again thanks to Shallow, the only song from the soundtrack to be released before the film’s premiere, which has received a rapturous reception from fans

Lady Gaga breaks free from last album woes with A Star Is Born

5 Oct 2018 - 1:14pm

Actor who has played character for last eight years in Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe sends tweet saying he’s wrapped on Avengers 4 and ‘eternally grateful’ for the memories

Avengers 4 over, Chris Evans hints he’s done playing Captain America

5 Oct 2018 - 9:55am 1

Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein was hit 12 months ago by a bombshell article in The New York Times, followed by another in New Yorker magazine, accusing him of a career of sexual harassment, assault and rape. Photo: AFP

A year of #MeToo, and Hollywood has changed – but is it enough?

5 Oct 2018 - 12:43am

Felix Chong directs a convoluted story about a counterfeit-money gang that morphs from crime procedural to unhinged action thriller. Chow’s role is his best in years

Aaron Kwok, Chow Yun-fat face off in Project Gutenberg – review

4 Oct 2018 - 7:02pm

Star Wars: The Last Jedi starring Daisy Ridley is one of the franchise’s most criticised films. Photo: Walt Disney Pictures

Russian trolls not to blame for Star Wars: The Last Jedi online abuse

4 Oct 2018 - 1:33pm

A modern-day film noir with two female leads, a stylish crime drama starring Chow Yun-fat and Aaron Kwok, and two artist documentaries are among this week’s must-see films

Top five films to watch in Hong Kong this week: October 4-10

4 Oct 2018 - 6:40pm