Hong Kong romance films have always been notoriously melodramatic. But in the first decade of the 21st century, filmmakers looking for something new to offer audiences started to experiment with the genre. Below are four very different highlights of modern Hong Kong romance films. 1. July Rhapsody (2002) Directed by Ann Hui Romantic angle: love … Read more
This is the 33rd instalment in a biweekly series profiling major Hong Kong pop culture figures of recent decades. If you are a fan of Cantopop music from the 1980s to the 2000s, chances are that you love the lyrics written by Albert Leung Wai-man, best known by his pen name Lin Xi (or Lam … Read more
Hong Kong singer Jacky Cheung Hok-yau has cancelled three concerts in Hangzhou, China, this weekend because his vocal cords are inflamed. It is the third time the 63-year-old Cantopop star has scrapped dates on his “Jacky Cheung 60+ World Tour” this year because of health issues. Cheung cancelled three concerts in Shanghai in March after … Read more
2/5 stars The employees of the Hong Kong government’s Customs and Excise Department receive the cinematic homage they have probably never realised they deserved in Customs Frontline, a ludicrously conceived and literally all-guns-blazing action thriller that at times plays like a war movie. Herman Yau Lai-to may have gradually supplanted Dante Lam Chiu-yin and the … Read more
