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Could box-office record breaker ‘The Last Dance’ signal a new dawn for Hong Kong cinema?
The Sparring Partner, a bloody courtroom thriller released in October 2022, grossed over HK$40 million, breaking the box office record for Hong Kong Category III films, suitable for audiences over ...
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Killing Pigs for Art? On Animal Cruelty-Free Cuts
It was a box office success, but the show of sympathy for the mainland caused a diplomatic stir and the Hong Kong censors cracked down. They created Category III (CAT III for short), films to which ...
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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film
Broken Oath, starring Angela Mao, is a hidden gem of kung fu film Angela Mao, all glammed up, plays an assassin in Broken Oath, a 1977 remake of a Japanese classic. It is one of her greatest ...
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Hong Kong director Riley Ip’s 3 best films, with Shu Qi, Kelly Chen, Eric Tsang and Twins
Ip’s second film propelled him to the top rank of young directors working in Hong Kong at that time. Ip used the framework of a typical gangster story to spin a highly original tale of an ageing ...