Strange Tales NYAFF 2025 Part One Reviews of three films from Hong Kong (Possession Street, Behind the Shadows, Smashing Frank) and Chinese director Vivian Qu's latest, Girls on Wire
Anselm Chan The Last Dance (Anselm Chan, 2024) A slightly different version of this was originally published at InReview Online as part of their coverage of the 2025 International Film Festival Rotterdam. It may be somewhat surprising to learn that The Last Dance in 2024 became the highest-grossing (domestic) film in Hong Kong history, if only because we’
Herman Yau Customs Frontline (Herman Yau, 2024) The sixth Herman Yau film released in the last two years is probably the strangest. Long a denizen of Hong Kong’s underground, making his name in the 90s with a series of ultra-violent and gory Category III thrillers that had a strong element of social and political protest (Taxi
