Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (2024) Review
Set in 1980’s Hong Kong where refugee Chan Lok Kwan (Raymond Lam) gets scammed by triad boss Mr Big (Sammo Hung) and in a moment of rashness runs off with what he thinks is a
MIFF 2020: Hong Kong Moments (2020)
Director: Bing Zhou Considering how many movies I have watched from this city over the years I have somewhat of a vested interested in the current issues there. I sort of know people who live
MIFF 2019: Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks (2019)
Director: Serge Ou Featuring: Cheng Pei-pei, Sammo Hung, Cynthia Rothrock, Richard Norton, Billy Blanks, Brian Trenchard-Smith, JuJu Chan, Jessica Henwick, Mike Leeder, Don “The Dragon” Wilson, Michael Jai-White and many more Trailer Kung Fu demonstration
Strong roles for women in Hong Kong movies
Chung Bik-ha as Blackie in The Blade who doesn’t take any shit from nobody, even the bullies who cut the sole of her foot. Brigitte Lin as Lien Ni-Chang and it goes without saying when
MIFF 2014 – Mr Vampire (1985)
Director: Ricky Lau Starring: Lam Ching-ying, Ricky Hui, Chin Siu-ho, Moon Lee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TOOAlZ8nlc Pure cinematic comfort food that I must have already seen dozens of times on SBS TV in Australia when it was thrashed
MIFF 2014 – Irma Vep (1996)
Director: Olivier Assayas Starring: Maggie Cheung, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Nathalie Richard, Nathalie Boutefeu, Antoine Basler Maggie Cheung stars as herself in this odd duck of a movie about a remake of a silent film that is
MIFF 2014 – The Imp (1981)
Director: Dennis Yu Starring: Charlie Chin Chiang Lin, Kent Cheng Jak Si, Dorothy Yu Yee Ha, Yueh Hua, Chan Shen, Hui Bing Sam, Jim Sam Sing Tak, Wong Ching, Wong Chung, Fung King Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4PZyJ3ORQ8
MIFF 2014 – Rouge (1987)
Director: Stanley Kwan Starring: Anita Mui, Leslie Cheung, Alex Man, Emily Chu Getting the obvious out of the way, the Anita Mui and Leslie Cheung both died in 2003 and it was especially sad about
MIFF 2014 – Sessions purchased
The only one I missed out on was Advanced Style as all three sessions were on standby tickets already. Why Don’t You Play in Hell? Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Canon Films The
MIFF 2014 – A Perfect Midnight: Haunted Hong Kong
A Perfect Midnight: Haunted Hong Kong http://miff.com.au/program/streams/a-perfect-midnight-haunted-hong-kong A program of Hong Kong horror movies from the 1980s. I will probably go to see one or two of these, they were played quite a bit on