The Hong Kong On Screen Podcast

With our special guest Vincent Chui, the Artistic Director of Ying E Chi ( https://yingechi.org/ ), we discuss their recent independent film project “Keep Rolling”. For more info about the project, please visit https://www.hkonscreen.org/rolling . Movies mentioned: Keep Rolling《好好拍電影》 May You Stay Forever Young《少年》 Inside the Red Brick Wall《理大圍城》 Taking Back the Legislature《...

With our special guest Bing Bing, we react to our rapturous screening of Table for Six, which has been racking up the Hong Kong box office as well! Movies and TV shows mentioned: Table for Six《飯戲攻心》 Men on the Dragon《逆流大叔》 My Prince Edward《金都》 One Second Champion《一秒拳王》 Love in a Puff《志明與春嬌》 You Shoot, I Shoot《買兇拍人》 Vulgaria《低俗喜劇》 We Are the Littles《男排女...

We continue our exploration of Ann Hui’s career with her coming-of-age memoir  Song of the Exile . We discuss the complex formation of the HongKonger identity in the film, and how that has only gained relevance in the decades since the movie’s release. Movies mentioned: Song of the Exile《客途秋恨》 Keep Rolling《好好拍電影》 Love in the Fallen City《傾城之戀》 Boat People《投奔怒海》 The Rom...

Following our screening of The First Girl I Loved 《喜歡妳是妳》, we exchanged some heated opinions on the film’s style, structure, and queer politics! Films mentioned: The First Girl I Loved《喜歡妳是妳》 Boy Erased Your Name Engraved Herein《刻在你心底的名字》 Feel 100%《百分百感覺》 Days of Being Wild《阿飛正傳》 Lan Yu《藍宇》 You Are the Apple of My Eye《那些年，我們一起追的女孩》 Fleet of Ti...

In this special episode with our guest Kevin Ma, not only do we react to the results and production of the recent 40th Hong Kong Film Awards, we also reveal our first memories of the Awards and unmask the mysterious voting and campaigning processes! Films mentioned: Raging Fire《怒火》 Limbo《智齒》 Anita《梅艷芳》 Drifting《濁水漂流》 Zero to Hero《媽媽的神奇小子》 Ip Man《葉問》 Project Gutenber...

Moving onto the Second New Wave, we continue our exploration of Hong Kong New Wave cinema history, and discuss Stanley Kwan’s ghostly romance Rouge (1988), starring Anita Mui and Leslie Cheung. Rouge is available on Blu-ray through a brand new edition by The Criterion Collection. Films mentioned: Boat People《投奔怒海》 Rouge《胭脂扣》 An Amorous Woman of Tang Dynasty《唐朝豪放女》 Center Stage《...

Join us for our first episode in Cantonese for our reaction to Ann Hui’s Love After Love (2020) immediately after our screening of the film! Films and TV shows mentioned: Love After Love《第一爐香》 Soul Mate《七月與安生》 Days of Being Wild《阿飛正傳》 Once Upon an Ordinary Girl《儂本多情》 Lust, Caution《色，戒》 In the Mood for Love《花樣年華》 Song of the Exile《客途秋恨》 Leave a comment and...

We introduce you to Hong Kong On Screen and our podcast, dive into a brief history of the Hong Kong New Wave, and discuss Ann Hui’s career-defining Boat People (1982). Films mentioned: Love After Love《第一爐香》 Father and Son《父子情》 Jumping Ash《跳灰》 The Butterfly Murders《蝶變》 The Secret《瘋劫》 Night and Fog (2009)《天水圍的夜與霧》 The Beast《山狗》 A Simple Life《桃姐》 Still Human《...