This past month, on the Criterion Channel, they had this excellent retrospective of Hong Kong action movies, which sent me ...

Hong Kong’s action cinema of the 1980s and ’90s featured some of the most ambitious filmmakers, charismatic stars, and memorable set pieces of any era of moviemaking anywhere. But for the last 20 ...

There are many reasons to love the ’80s/early ’90s but high on the list is the wave of films that emerged from the small, then-British colony of Hong Kong during those years. From the spine-snapping ...

Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, and Zack Snyder are considered the godfathers of pulpy action in the West, but each owes something to John Woo. The Hong Kong filmmaker was a legend in the ‘80s and ...

The government-organised Heritage Fiesta allows the public to visit monuments and historic buildings on certain days and take free guided tours in Cantonese and English. Some tours require advance ...