Posts in Film & Books
Mad Fate 命案: Film Noir In Hong Kong Style

Can one stray from the path paved by fate? When a deranged fortune teller crosses path with a born psychopath who is destined to commit murder, the fortune teller uses every trick in feng shui and metaphysics to change fate. What is the price to pay for defying the forces of destiny? 

一切皆是命, 半點不由人?喪心嗜血青年遇上命理病狂, 一場對抗天命的命案隨即展開, 風水術數、中西玄學, 以劫解劫, 以毒攻毒, 每一着終究是人定勝天還是命運使然, 逆天而行的後果又會否不堪設想? 

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Lost Love《流水落花》: A Heart-Warming Film starring Sammi Cheng and a First-time Feature Film for Director Ka Sing Fung

The movie looks into how a couple rediscovers the feeling of parenthood by fostering children aVer the painful loss of their own child. A married couple, Chan Tin Mei (Sammi) and Ho Bun (Alan), lost their three-year-old son to a congenital heart disease. S,ll in pain over the loss, Mei resists having another child. One day, Mei finds out that they can become a foster family. Her desolate heart finds sustenance from possibly regaining the feeling of being a mother. 

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THE REINVENTION OF: CHEUK KWAN 關卓中:以生命影響生命

For 4 years, Cheuk crossed the globe, travelling to 13 countries, venturing behind kitchen doors to feature the journeys of 15 émigrés he found in each place. From Madagascar to Israel, from Brazil to South Africa, the real-life stories he uncovered along the way were more riveting than any work of fiction could ever be. Some were running from war, many from political oppression, a few from religious persecution; some were highly educated; some were farmers — yet all were forced to pick up a wok and a spatula — not because they loved Chinese food, but out of necessity.

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The 41st Hong Kong Film Awards Celebrates Talent and a High Quality Year

The stars were out on the red carpet at the Hong Kong Culture Centre on April 16th to celebrate the victorious year of Hong Kong Films and films in Asia that we just witnessed. In Canada and North America, there has been a noticeable surge in interest in Asian films which have placed them into official theatre box offices across the country. Throughout the last two decades, there have been films playing now and then at select theatres such as Cineplex, but it was a sparse trend and sometimes films were only shown at a specific single location such as in Markham, where there is a large Asian population.

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Where The Wind Blows Comes To North America, Tony Leung Wins Best Actor At The Asian Film Awards In Hong Kong

It has been a big week for many Asian actors around the world as awards season wraps up. The same weekend that Michelle Yeoh became the first Asian person to win the Best Actress Award at the Academy Awards, Ke Huy Quan winning Best Supporting Actor, and Everything Everywhere All at Once winning Best Picture, across the ocean, the Asian Film Awards took place in Hong Kong. Acting Legend Tony Leung was honoured with Best Actor for his portrayal of Nam Kong (one of the four great sergeants of the 1960s) in Director Philip Yung's Where the Wind Blows.

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Meng’er Zhang 張夢兒: Destined to Dream 忠於自己就是超能力

‘Meng’ is the Chinese word for ‘dream’ and ‘Er’ means ‘child.’ Meng’er Zhang’s Chinese name could be seen as a self-fulfilling prophecy, for this Hollywood star has already realized so much of what most can only dream of. With a playful childlikeness and lack of pretension that melts the hearts of everyone she meets… …

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American Born Chinese: Dark Exploration of Asian-American Adolescence

In recent years, Hollywood movies such as Crazy Rich Asians and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings have prominently featured Asian actors, a milestone in an industry that has long overlooked Asian talent. A number of box-office successes starring Asian actors have raised awareness of a long history of ethnically-Asian actors in Hollywood, which extends back further than the general American psyche. The global success of these films also speaks to the demand for relatable performers on screen for numerous diaspora communities around the world.

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Hugh Tran: Paige Darcy and the Case of the Stoned Cat

Introducing Canadian actor Hugh Tran, for those who may not already know him. He's appeared in movies and television shows such as Pacific Rim (2013), XIII: The Series (2011) and The Romeo Section (2015). A passionate performer, he’s been growing his career and portfolio locally and overseas in Asia.

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Justine Yeung: Still Perspectives 楊應琪: 電影定格

For a long time, many members of the Hong Kong film industry, both on and off screen, have moved to North America or constantly traveled between the two places for work, education, or simply in search of a better life. You can find them on film sets and post-production studios all over Hong Kong and Asia, while simultaneously making their mark in many North American film studios or international film festivals.

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