There’s a scene early on in John Woo’s Bullet in the Head (1990) that remains one of the most extraordinary things I’ve ever seen in a movie. Tony Leung and Fennie Yuen are having a teary-eyed breakup ...

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 ...

Peter Ho-Sun Chan at TIFF Lounge Tokyo International Film Festival Hong Kong filmmaker Peter Ho-sun Chan talked through the many changes he’s seen in the Asian film business during his 35-year career ...

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, ...

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 ...

The untold true story that changed the course of history.

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.