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While you wait to see Anya Taylor-Joy battle Chris Hemsworth, how about treating yourself to some of the best Asian films depicting an uninhabitable future, from Akira to Snowpiercer.
Hong Kong cinema had to reinvent itself in the late ’90s to combat flagging ticket sales. Gen-X Cops led the way, with new young stars Nicholas Tse and Stephen Fung, computerised special effects and a faster pace.
The Hong Kong triad film Young and Dangerous, directed by Andrew Lau Wai Keung, who would later go on to make Infernal Affairs, was a smash hit at the box office when it was released in 1996. The film’s success resulted in five popular sequels – two of which were released in the same year as the original – plus...
3.5/5 stars If there is one positive that the Hong Kong film industry could take from the pandemic, it is probably this: with borders shut, investors fixated on lucrative co-productions with China were suddenly willing to entertain pitches on smaller, Hong Kong-oriented genre films that otherwise have no place in today’s filmmaking ecosystem. This has included a brief renaissance of...
Tales from the Occult is an anthology film, split into three parts written and directed by Fruit Chan, Fung Chih-chiang and Wesley Hoi. Spooky and fun, it is a welcome change from the usual Hong Kong horror cinema.