
Top five films to watch in Hong Kong this week (January 4-10), from 120 Beats per Minute to Darkest Hour
Robin Campillo’s thrilling portrait of a French Aids awareness group and Gary Oldman’s star turn as Winston Churchill join a multi-award-winning piece of Taiwanese cinema, a brilliant, classic war film and Pixar’s latest animated hit
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A passionate and moving testament to the power of public action, French writer-director Robin Campillo’s thrilling 140-minute film offers a vital portrait of the Parisian branch of the HIV advocacy group Act Up in the early 1990s, as its young members try to raise awareness of the Aids epidemic. (Opens on January 4)
2. Darkest Hour
5. Coco
A strong contender in the Oscars’ animated feature category, Pixar’s 19th movie finds the studio back in its best form with a sweet family tale based around the Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos (the Day of the Dead). This is a most joyous blend of music, colours and wonderfully thoughtful storytelling for all the family. (Now showing)
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