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  Time

  A stylishly melancholic, surprisingly funny elegy to Hong Kong cinema…

  
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  The Benny Chan Cops & Robbers Rundown Part 1: What a Hero!

  Chan ironically begins his run in his signature genre with something totally unlike anything that would follow…

  
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  Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars

  The rare end to a trilogy that isn’t a blearing disappointment…

  
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  Robbery

  Throw together Lam Suet, Eric Tsang’s son, Philip Keung and a hostage situation in a store and you get a cult black comedy…

  
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  Giants and Toys

  There’s no honour among thieves or salarymen in 50’s Japan…

  
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  My Lucky Stars

  The only-just-about sequel to brilliant action-comedy Winners and Sinners ups the ante on the former but lets the side down on the latter…

  
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  Giants and Toys

  A classic critique of capitalism and materialism that has not lost any of its relevance…

  
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  The Paper Tigers

  A crowdfunded kung fu comedy is a revelatory experience that proves the indie scene can produce masterworks…

  
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  Double Team

  Dennis Rodman is a low-key MVP in Tsui Hark’s first fully American film. Will that make sense by the end of this review? Who knows?…

  
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  Beyond The Dream

  To say that this HK social issue indie was a surprise blockbuster and delight is quite the understatement…

  
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  Once Upon a Time in China

  Jet Li leaps into the role that had come before for others but that he was born to play!…

  
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  In the Land of Lost Angels

  An obscure Asian-American community is finally put on the map with a tense kidnap drama…

  
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  Winners and Sinners

  The first of an only-just connected trilogy is a physical and roaring comedy, drawing on silent comedy slapstick and HK action in equal amounts…

  
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  Monster Run

  Shawn Yue and Jessie Li headline this knockabout monster-hunting comedy, now screening on Netflix…

  
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  As We Like It

  Between the visions of utopia and the retreat to status quo…

  
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  Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down

  A snapshot of contemporary Hong Kong through four short films…

  
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  The Last Farmer

  A surprisingly funny portrayal of a society, highlighting absurdities in the justice system and the importance of tradition…