How Hong Kong movies The Wicked City and 2000 AD rewrote the city’s cinema rule book

Tsui Hark-produced alien flick Wicked City and Gordon Chan’s 2000 AD were ambitious projects that tried things new to the ...

Peacock Adds Underrated John Woo Action Movie Today

One of John Woo‘s underrated action movies has finally found a new streaming home in Peacock, more than two years after it ...
Yahoo

Action Legend John Woo Relives His Hong Kong Days, as Hard-to-See ‘Hard Boiled’ and ‘The Killer’ Get Another Shot With Audiences

We take it for granted today, but John Woo has one of the most recognizable visual styles of any living filmmaker. Back in the mid-1980s, what started in Hong Kong reverberated around the world, as ...
Los Angeles Times

John Woo on the classic era of Hong Kong action, plus the week’s best movies

Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies. As awards season begins to take shape, this week the New York Film Festival announced its ...

HK has another hit movie. Can such flicks save the industry from terminal decline?

At least 10 cinemas have shut since 2024 as operators struggle to stay afloat. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...
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Action Legend John Woo Relives His Hong Kong Days, as Hard-to-See ‘Hard Boiled' and ‘The Killer' Get Another Shot With Audiences

We take it for granted today, but John Woo has one of the most recognizable visual signatures of any living filmmaker. Back in the mid-1980s, what started in Hong Kong reverberated around the world, ...
Variety

Action Legend John Woo Relives His Hong Kong Days, as Hard-to-See ‘Hard Boiled’ and ‘The Killer’ Get Another Shot With Audiences

Where did the idea for shooting with two guns come from? As Woo travels to France’s Lumière Festival to present 4K restorations of his most influential films, he explains the origins of his style. We ...