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Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel at an interview to promote Steven Soderbergh’s The Christophers, in which they make one of the most memorable on-screen pairs in years.
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Entertainment

How Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel found chemistry in The Christophers

They could hardly seem more different in real life and play bitter foes in The Christophers, but McKellen and Coel gel magnificently.

17 Apr 2026 - 5:15PMvideocam

How M. Butterfly subverted Western fantasies of Chinese femininity

17 Apr 2026 - 3:15PMvideocam

Yumi’s Cells season 3: Kim Go-eun returns for a final romantic chapter

16 Apr 2026 - 7:15PMvideocam

Entertainment

Q&A | Asian-American Sheng Wang likes to be bored. His best jokes come from it

The Taiwanese-American talks about how jokes in Purple, now on Netflix, were inspired by small everyday events, and his bond with Ali Wong.

16 Apr 2026 - 5:15PMvideocam

Sheng Wang performs in Los Angeles in November 2022. The Taiwanese-American stand-up comedian talks about his new Netflix special “Purple” and finding humour in “fleeting” everyday moments. Photo: Getty Images/TNS

Entertainment

Review | Beef season 2: Netflix’s chaotic follow-up is more overcooked than well done

Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Cailee Spaeny and Charles Melton star as two feuding couples in a follow-up lacking what made season one great.

16 Apr 2026 - 3:00PMvideocam

Entertainment

Hong Kong-set series The Season depicts the dark side of city’s high society

Jessie Mei Li, Toby Stephens and Karena Lam talk about playing cutthroat wealthy socialites in revenge drama The Season, coming out in June.

16 Apr 2026 - 11:11AM

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Who will win at the Hong Kong Film Awards 2026? Our predictions

SCMP film editor Edmund Lee forecasts the best film, director, screenplay, actors and supporting actors at this weekend’s 44th HKFA.

15 Apr 2026 - 7:15PM

Louis Koo in a still from Back to the Past.

K-drama

Perfect Crown: IU, Byeon Woo-seok lead romance K-drama far from perfect

A love story about a chaebol heir and a modern-day prince, Perfect Crown follows a winning formula but is let down by unrelatable characters.

14 Apr 2026 - 7:15PMvideocam

Entertainment

What A Foggy Tale taught Will Or and 9m88 about Taiwan’s White Terror era

Will Or and Joanne Tang (9m88) reveal how their characters in A Foggy Tale inspired and moved them in different ways.

14 Apr 2026 - 12:45PMvideocam

Arts

Review | Hong Kong Ballet brilliantly dances to Beyond, Queen and Depeche Mode

Hong Kong Ballet’s ‘Glam Rock’ triple bill was a feast of popular music and dance that showcased its dancers’ versatility.

13 Apr 2026 - 7:15PM

Dancers perform Andonis Foniadakis’ Strangelove, part of Hong Kong Ballet’s “Glam Rock” programme at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, in April 2026. Photo: Conrad Dy-Liacco

Entertainment

Lost 1897 French film from cinema pioneer found in a US trunk

Georges Melies’ film Gugusse and the Automaton was long thought lost until a copy was discovered in a trove of vintage nitrate films.

13 Apr 2026 - 5:16PMvideocam

Bill McFarland holds his great-grandfather William DeLyle Frisbee’s magic lantern slide projector at his home in Jenison, in the US state of Michigan, in March 2026. Photo: AFP

Entertainment

Juliette Binoche isn’t worried about AI replacing human intelligence

Humanity and intuition are the secrets to great art, according to Juliette Binoche, who talks about her directorial debut In-I In Motion.

13 Apr 2026 - 4:15PM

Entertainment

Beef season 2 is ‘a bridge between West and East’, says director Lee Sung-jin

Lee Sung-jin shares how the new season of the hit drama, with Oscar Isaac and Charles Melton, explores a mixed-race character’s Korean roots.

12 Apr 2026 - 6:15PMvideocam

Entertainment

Why these 3 Hong Kong comedies from the 1970s and 80s became local favourites

Itchy Fingers, Pom Pom and Where’s Officer Tuba? were mainstream films that shone amid the proliferation of kung fu and action comedies.

12 Apr 2026 - 4:15PMvideocam

Jacky Cheung (left) and Sammo Hung in a still from Where’s Officer Tuba?, a popular Hong Kong comedy film from 1986.

Gadgets

How to get an iPod and set it up as Apple’s music device makes a comeback

From Nanos to Touches, Apple’s retro iPods are gaining fans years after being discontinued. Here’s a guide on finding them and what to avoid.

11 Apr 2026 - 7:15PM

Then-Apple CEO Steve Jobs holds a first-generation iPod during a news conference in October 2001, at Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, California. Apple’s music players are gaining popularity again, despite the tech giant stopping selling them years ago. Photo: AP

K-drama

Profile | Who is Byeon Woo-seok, IU’s co-star in romance K-drama Perfect Crown?

Coming to prominence in shows like Record of Youth and Strong Girl Nam-soon, Byeon Woo-seok returns this weekend in a hotly anticipated role.

11 Apr 2026 - 3:15PM

Entertainment

Zendaya’s Hollywood reign continues in 2026: what you’ll see her in

Zendaya has a busy year ahead, starring in The Drama with Robert Pattinson, Euphoria, and the latest in the Spider-Man and Dune franchises.

10 Apr 2026 - 7:15PMvideocam

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Photo trove offers window on life in China’s wartime capital Chongqing

A man descends one of Chungking’s many stone staircases on a mule. Photo: A Danger Shared/Melville Jacoby

Behind the scenes of classic 1987 movie The Last Emperor in photos

Wu Tao, a Beijing born student who had never acted before, played Pu Yi at age 14. Peter O’Toole took the role as his tutor quite literally, and started teaching Wu some basic acting techniques beginning with their first scene together. Photo: Basil Pao

Wonders old and new in China’s Greater Bay Area, land of opportunity

The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) links Hong Kong to the western part of the Greater Bay Area. Photo: Huang Kunzhen

Instantly familiar, strangely foreign: photos of 1970s Hong Kong

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A herbalist at his shop, Hong Kong.

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