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A Chinese Tall Story : the monkey business by Jeff Lau
A Chinese Tall Story is the perfect family entertainment and a feel-good movie; it’s also the third installment of Jeff Lau’s “Journey to the West” series of adaptations. Meet Charlene Choi as a...
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From street to silver screen: Beggar So/Su Hua-qi
Picturesque character of the Cantonese martial folklore Beggar So appeared in many martial arts movies, the most famous of which is most definitely Yuen Woo-ping's Drunken Master. Date: 06/20/2006
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Fantasia 2006
Montreal’s Fantasia film fest is on. Here’s a special page dedicated to the event by H-K Cinemagic contributor Yves Gendron. Various links reporting the event can be found on page 6. Date: 07/06/2006
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97-07, a decade of films; the HKCinemagic pick
To celebrate a decade of cinema after the 1997 handover of HK to the Chinese mainland, the HKCinemagic.com team has come up with a series of top 10 must-see films.Our regular contributors share their...
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A day at the Shaw Brothers’
David Vivier had the chance to visit the Shaw Studios in Clearwater Bay. Here is a guided tour inside the mythic studios.Disclaimer: The Shaw Studios in Clearwater Bay are a place of business usually...
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The Goddess of HK Cinema: Athena Chu
Male actors have dominated the Hong Kong movie industry. In those conditions, the career of a Hong Kong actress is tougher compared to their male counterpart. Only a few, the best one, make their way...
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HK cinema books
Here are reviews of a series of books of reference proposing film reviews, analysis or interviews. The reviewers have tried to highlight the point behind each book, as well as shedding lights on their...
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Mapping Hong Kong film locations
Thomas Podvin and Gary Wong have documented and mapped some locations where some HK films, old and new, were shot. Each location comes with a Google map marker, an actual photograph, a Youtube clip,...
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Missing in Action: Hong Kong Films in European Film Festivals 2009-10
Hong Kong cinema is MIA. As interest in Chinese-language film continues to grow, the numbers of Hong Kong films lauded at major festivals shrinks. Gina Marchetti and Lin Yiping explore what has been...
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The Rise of Johnnie To
(Johnnie To photo © Laurent Koffel www.laurentkoffel.com)How did Johnnie To go from an almost unknown director in Western circles circa 2000 to one of the world’s most talked about international...
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