Top five films to watch in Hong Kong this week (March 8-14), from Phantom Thread to The Shape of Water
Three Oscar winners, including the best picture awardee, an art-world satire and a gripping cold war space thriller make up this week’s must-see films
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In his final film, Daniel Day-Lewis gives a bizarrely charismatic turn as a pre-eminent London dressmaker haunted by his mother’s spirit and trapped by his own idiosyncratic routines. Somehow Vicky Krieps, a little-known actress from Luxembourg, proves to be his match as the couturier’s muse. (Opens on March 8)
2. The Square
After offering a grim but fascinating look at a marriage’s disintegration in Force Majeure , Swedish writer-director Ruben Östlund turns to the pitfalls of trusting your fellow man in this often hilarious art-world satire, set around a contemporary art museum preparing to launch its next big exhibition. (Now showing)