Top 5 films to watch in Hong Kong this week: August 11-17
Revisited classics from Roald Dahl and Jane Austen, a literary bromance, a flying pig, and a look at Hong Kong’s media industry are this week’s picks
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1. The BFG
After winning the best supporting actor Oscar for his part in Bridge of Spies , Mark Rylance teams up again with Steven Spielberg for this enchanting take on the classic Roald Dahl story, lending a warm and touching performance via motion-capture wizardry. (Opens on August 11)
2. Love & Friendship
A deadpan comedy of manners that keeps on giving, American writer-director Whit Stillman’s acerbic take on Jane Austen’s novella Lady Susan finds Kate Beckinsale in peak form as the charmingly amoral widow of its title. (August 17, part of the Summer International Film Festival)
