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SCMP FilmHong KongVenice 2026: Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People? is a haunting Vietnam war drama 4/5 stars “We were taught to treat Asians like they were less than human,” says Allen Nelson in Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?, a true-life drama about a former US Marine faced with a reckoning. Screening in competitio
SCMP FilmHong KongHow Hong Kong’s Category III adult films made sex and gore mainstream in the 1990s While Western exploitation films of the 1960s and 70s – gory, sex-crazed shockers such as Herschell Gordon Lewis’ Blood Feast (1963) and Russ Meyer’s Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965) – were largely confined to low-re
SCMP FilmHong KongVenice 2026: Wild Horse Nine movie review – Martin McDonagh returns with jet-black comedy 4/5 stars With Wild Horse Nine, the fifth film of his much-heralded career, Martin McDonagh returns to the joys of his first. The director’s 2008 debut, In Bruges, was a sublimely written tale of two hitmen arguing in th
SCMP FilmHong KongRemembering Lau Siu-ming, pioneering Hong Kong dancer and revered actor Lau Siu-ming, the veteran Hong Kong actor who played some of the most unforgettable villains in Chinese-language film history, has died at the age of 94. His story – from war refugee to classically trained dancer, and fr
SCMP FilmHong KongHong Kong weightlifter’s journey; history of five-kernel mooncakes: 7 Lifestyle highlights We have selected seven Lifestyle stories from the past seven days that resonated with our readers. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. ‘Who cares if you’re bulky?’ Hong Kong-bo
SCMP FilmHong KongVenice 2026: Ink movie review – Danny Boyle charts the gritty birth of The Sun newspaper 3.5/5 stars Set in a seedy 1960s world of smoky pubs and grimy snooker halls, where deals are done on napkins, Danny Boyle’s Ink is a stark reminder of how British media changed forever with the creation of The Sun. Open
SCMP FilmHong Kong14 new Hollywood movies to watch in autumn 2026, from Digger to Avengers: Doomsday Autumn is one of the most bountiful seasons on the moviegoing calendar, as a growing crop of potential awards contenders emerges alongside a mouthwatering array of holiday entertainment and bona fide blockbusters. This y
SCMP FilmHong KongNetflix K-drama Four Hands, Two Sonatas: Song Kang, Lee Jun-young as rival piano prodigies Lead cast: Song Kang, Lee Jun-young, Jang Gyu-ri Latest Nielsen rating: 5.94 per cent After two years of military service, Song Kang returns to the screen as a brooding musical prodigy in Four Hands, Two Sonatas. Joining
SCMP FilmHong KongThe Last Song You Left Behind movie review: Japanese teen romance plays a familiar tune 2.5/5 stars Shunsuke Michieda of the Japanese boy band Naniwa Danshi reunites with director Takahiro Miki after the success of 2022’s Even If This Love Disappears from the World Tonight for another adolescent romance tha
SCMP FilmHong KongI Know Who You Are movie review: Hu Ge, Lei Jiayin lead absorbing Chinese spy drama 3/5 stars A righteous public security officer embarks on a 40-year game of cat and mouse with a suspected Kuomintang sleeper agent in I Know Who You Are, a sporadically entertaining historical drama by Feng Xiaogang. Lei
SCMP FilmHong KongCCOHK’s Space Fantasy is a visual spectacle great for the whole family The City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong (CCOHK) has never been one to stick to the classical canon. After Wild (2022) and Shark Symphony (2024), the orchestra continues its run of original family musicals with Space Fant
SCMP FilmHong Kong6 of the best new K-dramas to watch in September 2026, including The Scandal on Netflix The hot summer is finally winding down in South Korea, but the K-drama industry will still bring the heat in September with a number of major series, including a steamy literary adaptation and a splashy political thrille
SCMP FilmHong KongChinese violin virtuoso Zhang Aozhe, 18, makes magical Hong Kong debut At the tender age of 18, Zhang Aozhe, the 2025 winner of the Premio Paganini International Violin Competition’s top prize, has just made his Hong Kong debut. This should have been a major attraction, but from my observat
SCMP FilmHong KongHe’s worked with Jackie Chan, Jet Li. Martial artist Alfred Hsing’s rise in film Behind every action film – be it a biopic on wing chun kung fu master Ip Man or a Hollywood sci-fi flick – there is someone who choreographs the fight sequences and coordinates the stunts. Los Angeles-based actor and mar
SCMP FilmHong KongA Chinese cook in the Middle East serves up a very different anti-war film This summer, Chinese anti-war film Once Upon a Time in the Middle East has dominated the mainland box office. The film implicitly answers the question: what happens when a story about international conflict is told, not
SCMP FilmHong KongHow Josie Ho rejected her billionaire heiress destiny for punk rock and indie filmmaking This is the 84th instalment in a biweekly series profiling major Hong Kong pop culture figures of recent decades. Josie Ho Chiu-yee has spent her career dismantling assumptions and forging her own identity through unbrid
SCMP FilmHong KongScotland’s jewellery allure, Hong Kong food’s gourmet moment: 7 Lifestyle highlights We have selected seven Lifestyle stories from the past seven days that resonated with our readers. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Why one of the most interesting places to
SCMP FilmHong KongNetflix K-drama Mousetrap: Ryu Jun-yeol leads slick but sluggish mystery thriller Lead cast: Ryu Jun-yeol, Sul Kyung-gu, Lee Kyu-hyung Netflix Korea releases major new Korean dramas year-round, but it has quietly made a habit of reserving August for some of its most daring offerings – shows such as Ma
SCMP FilmHong KongThe Dog Stars movie review: Ridley Scott’s post-apocalyptic thriller doesn’t always work 3/5 stars From Mad Max to The Walking Dead and the recent 28 Years Later films, the post-apocalypse has long been fertile ground for filmmakers, even before Covid-19 made us all feel like we were heading in that directio
SCMP FilmHong KongWas Mr Hong Kong ‘bad taste’ or ‘great’? Critics and contenders on controversial pageant From 2005 to 2011 – and again in 2016 – Hong Kong broadcasting company TVB bet on a male pageant to score more than just a win with its female viewers. Modelled loosely after the Miss Hong Kong Pageant, a beauty contest
SCMP FilmHong KongWakesurf Lovers movie review: Jeffrey Ngai, Renci Yeung defy haters in uneven sports drama 2.5/5 stars A sun-kissed sports film that rather awkwardly tackles wakesurfing and cyber-shaming in the same breath, Wakesurf Lovers offers a fluffy excuse to gaze at beautiful, muscled torsos – if you can squint past th
SCMP FilmHong KongThe Chinese Mulholland Drive? Why Niu Lai is special even in ‘so bad it’s good’ film lore Initially derided by audiences for its poor quality, Niu Lai – a home-made, micro-budget animated feature film – has become a cultural sensation in China, one that is being belatedly championed for its wholesome messagin
SCMP FilmHong KongWhy Stand by Me remains a dark coming-of-age masterpiece 40 years after its release One of the greatest films of the 1980s, Rob Reiner’s Stand by Me turns 40 this month. And, just as its hero discovers while looking back on the events of a summer long past, time and tragedy have only made it burn bright
SCMP FilmHong KongK-drama casting news about Doh Kyung-soo, Kim Do-yeon, Cha Eun-woo, Heo Nam-jun and more Established and rising stars are mulling offers to appear in a range of K-dramas on the horizon, including a zombie horror, an inheritance drama, a fantasy romance and a culinary-themed period drama. We Are the Zombies D
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