Top five films to see in Hong Kong this week (July 20-26), from Dunkirk to Their Finest
One of the best films of the year in Christopher Nolan’s war epic, a gentler war-themed film, and one of the most disturbing movies ever made in Eraserhead are among our critics’ top picks this week
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1. Dunkirk
2. Their Finest
The second wartime drama to open this week is a decidedly different, but no less enchanting, effort – and could make up a magnificent double bill alongside the male-driven Dunkirk. Gemma Arterton plays a witty woman hired to provide a female perspective to British wartime propaganda films. (Opens on July 20)
3. Eraserhead
4. Wiener-Dog
Taking inspiration from Robert Bresson’s Au Hasard Balthazar, which evaluates mankind through a donkey’s eyes, American filmmaker Todd Solondz bounces back from his 2011 misfire Dark Horse to fashion a terrific deadpan comedy, infused with uncomfortably harsh views on human sufferings. (Now showing)
5. War for the Planet of the Apes
In an era of ill-conceived sequels and remakes, and after Tim Burton’s 2001 reboot, few were giving this project a chance when it was mooted. But three films in – with this film and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, both directed by Matt Reeves, drawing particular praise – we’re looking at a more engrossing prequel series than anyone could’ve hoped for. (Now showing)
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