This highly personal film essay demonstrates that Chinese cinema has dealt with questions of gender and sexuality Read More »
Tag Archives: Cantonese
New Tenant AKA San fong hak (1995) Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Dolphin Chan, Parkman Wong
A writer named Alan has spent the last decade in a mental hospital. Read More »
The Happenings AKA Ye che (1980) Ho Yim, Kwok Keung Cheung, Chau-Wah Yim, Jan-Wah Yim
A group of bored teenagers with more hormones and bravado than sense stop at a service station after a leaving a disco. Read More »
Connected AKA Bo chi tung wah (2008) Benny Chan, Louis Koo, Barbie Hsu, Nick Cheung
Bob’s life isn’t going well at all. A single father in a dead-end job as a debt collector Read More »
Games Gamblers Play (1974) Samuel Hui, Michael Hui, Betty Ting Pei
Michael Hui and his brother Sam play two fellows who meet in jail. Michael is a real conman and Sam has aspirations to be one. Read More »
The Last Message AKA Tian cai yu bai chi (1975) Michael Hui, Samuel Hui, Roy Chiao
Ah Tim (Michael Hui) is a handy man and Li (Samuel Hui) is a nurse in the Hang Seng Sanitarium. Read More »
Magnificent Butcher AKA Lin Shi Rong (1979) Woo-Ping Yuen, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Tak-Hing Kwan, Biao Yuen
A plump butcher student of Wong Fei Hung, Lam Sai-Wing (Sammo) gets into trouble Read More »
Blush AKA Hong fen (1994) Shaohong Li, Ji Wang, Zhiwen Wang, Saifei He
The film charts the fortunes of two women who loved each other as sisters Read More »
The Odd One Dies AKA Liang ge zhi neng huo yi ge (1997) Tat-Chi Yau, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Carman Lee, Woo-min Byeon
The secret world of contract killing comes to focus in the dark Read More »
Whispers and Moans AKA Sing kung chok tse sup yut tam (2007) Herman Yau, Athena Chu, On-On Yu, Mandy Chiang
Set during a time of failing nightclubs in Hong Kong, the film follows the lives Read More »