Action cinema would not be the same without John Woo. He helped launch the Hong Kong New Wave of the 1980s with "A Better ...

This past month, on the Criterion Channel, they had this excellent retrospective of Hong Kong action movies, which sent me down a rabbit hole of trying to find the best ones. I have to say, as an ...

Carolyn Jenkins is a voracious consumer of film and television. She graduated from Long Island University with an MFA in Screenwriting and Producing where she learned the art of character, plot, and ...

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 ...

Discover a curated list of Mandarin-language films, from comedies to action, perfect for getting into the Chinese New Year spirit in 2026. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.