From gravity-defying stunts to bullet-sprayed showdowns – as Ringo Lam’s blazing City on Fire returns in a new restoration, we remember the heyday of Hong Kong action 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 ...
An often overlooked, yet highly impactful world cinema industry in the last few decades, Chinese cinema remains widely known in Western markets for its hard-hitting impact on action filmmaking. Yet ...
Hong Kong crime films reached a zenith in the ’80s and ’90s with the films of John Woo (“Hard-Boiled,” “The Killer,” “A Better Tomorrow”), Jackie Chan (“Police Story”), Johnnie To (“The Mission”) and ...
The day action fans have been waiting over four years for has finally arrived: The Raid franchise mastermind Gareth Evans’ new action movie, Havoc, has finally dropped. The Netflix original — made ...
Germany-based Atlas International Film has acquired international sales rights for Hong Kong action movie Drunken Blade, written and directed by Chinese action star Li Bingyuan. Li also stars in the ...