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
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
“During the pandemic, everything just stopped. I felt like when I wasn’t satisfied with the screenplays, when films couldn’t satisfy me creatively, I discovered pottery. So I’ve been really obsessed with it for the past four years.” Lam was immediately smitten by the malleable yet immutable quality of clay when she began playing with it. … Read more
