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Bullet-Fu Lovers Unite: What Are The Best Hong Kong Action Movies?

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 ...

3 female action stars who ruled Hong Kong martial arts cinema alongside Michelle Yeoh

Like Michelle Yeoh, female fighters Cynthia Rothrock, Kara Hui and Shih Szu starred in their own must-see Hong Kong action ...
Los Angeles Times

John Woo on the classic era of Hong Kong action, plus the week’s best movies

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 ...
Vulture

When Hong Kong Cinema Ruled the World

These films demonstrated an almost experimental approach to action, with creative camerawork, unorthodox editing, and unabashedly over-the-top emotions. Woo’s work was shot through with a deep ...
Variety

Action Legend John Woo Relives His Hong Kong Days, as Hard-to-See ‘Hard Boiled’ and ‘The Killer’ Get Another Shot With Audiences

Where did the idea for shooting with two guns come from? As Woo travels to France’s Lumière Festival to present 4K restorations of his most influential films, he explains the origins of his style. We ...