Hong Kong Cantopop singer Hins Cheung, who previously expressed support for the city’s social movements, will lead young people arrested during the 2019 anti-government protests on visits to mainland China to witness the country’s prosperity and serve as a mentor for a “special rehabilitation project” under the Security Bureau. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung…
Hong Kong authorities have banned director Kiwi Chow Kwun-wai’s latest film, the campus thriller Deadline, citing national security concerns, according to the award-winning filmmaker, whose previous documentary on the 2019 social unrest was also barred from cinemas. Chow, whose past works include Revolution of Our Times, a documentary on the 2019 and 2020 anti-government protests…
An award-winning Hong Kong filmmaker, who previously directed a documentary on the 2019 social unrest, has said that authorities banned the screening of his new campus thriller, citing national security concerns. Kiwi Chow Kwun-wai, whose past works include Revolution of Our Times and Ten Years anthology film, revealed in a social media post on Tuesday…
By the mid-2000s, Hong Kong director Johnnie To Kei-fung was in full command of the style, form and content of the gangster genre. These three films demonstrate a master of technique at the height of his powers. Exiled (2006) To’s 1990s crime films played out like neat French policiers. But Exiled is more Italian in…