Follow South China Morning Post - Culture, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/scmp49 Wed, 06 Dec 2023 22:50:20 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGal57dMS-fWgo3n9ye8UNv30 From Migration and the sequels to Kung Fu Panda, Ghostbusters and Dune, to a Bob Marley biopic and a tale of the American Samoan World Cup soccer team, here are the best films this winter.]]> Wed, 06 Dec 2023 22:15:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGal57dMS-fWgo3n9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGalQCJ81ZJ4t1ylmFkX7M1Jw Heavily restricted eating and a punishing exercise regime left Chinese martial arts actor Jet Li with ‘serious health problems’ at the end of the 1980s, he reveals in his autobiography.]]> Wed, 06 Dec 2023 13:15:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGalQCJ81ZJ4t1ylmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGakVGdyGfiRPpSejEQ2Mq9rY Charmaine Sheh (currently starring in The Queen of News) is one of Hong Kong’s most popular actresses. Here are five of her most memorable performances from the past 22 years.]]> Wed, 06 Dec 2023 12:15:13 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGakVGdyGfiRPpSejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGanL3ROhrA4VJyejEQ2Mq9rY Hong Kong Sinfonietta music director and conductor Christoph Poppen explains how a concert by famous violinist Yehudi Menuhin and his pianist sister Hephzibah opened eyes to the power of music]]> Wed, 06 Dec 2023 11:15:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGanL3ROhrA4VJyejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGamCSFpB9XK4npVjH6qdYdAk Nick Cheung, William Chan and Isabella Leong star in Bursting Point, Dante Lam’s first Hong Kong crime thriller in years and one packed with enough violence to warrant an adults-only rating.]]> Wed, 06 Dec 2023 10:15:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGamCSFpB9XK4npVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGakRba2mHhHbcSejEQ2Mq9rY YG Entertainment founder says ‘We are pleased to continue our relationship with Blackpink’, after K-pop girl group’s four members all sign new contracts. A new album and world tour are coming.]]> Wed, 06 Dec 2023 04:04:19 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGakRba2mHhHbcSejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGamUI07lnPAb-yejEQ2Mq9rY In this Netflix romantic comedy, Shin Hye-sun plays a photographer and Ji Chang-wook a weatherman; they grew up together on Korea’s Jeju island until Sam-dal left to follow her dream. Now she’s back.]]> Tue, 05 Dec 2023 13:15:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGamUI07lnPAb-yejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGal039E6RtaDyClmFkX7M1Jw There’s shades of Wizard of Oz and Mary Poppins in Paddington director Paul King’s delightful musical fantasy Wonka, the story of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory wacky chocolatier.]]> Mon, 04 Dec 2023 23:00:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGal039E6RtaDyClmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGannuwCBgxGCc11cWWor9YPv Netflix’s Sweet Home season 2 doesn’t hold a candle to the successful first season of the horror hit. It has lost the indoor setting that gave the monster action focus, and is swamped with new characters.]]> Mon, 04 Dec 2023 13:15:10 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGannuwCBgxGCc11cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGalUtutDGmPAQOzdsCmHakzH Castaway Diva, starring Park Eun-bin, comes to an end – but not before an element of thrill is introduced to the K-drama through the unresolved history of the family Mok-ha (Park) has been staying with.]]> Mon, 04 Dec 2023 11:45:18 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGalUtutDGmPAQOzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGanraXSMSxcIMiejEQ2Mq9rY Jin Ong’s award-winning debut feature Abang Adik sees Wu Kang-ren star as a deaf-mute in Kuala Lumpur, whose friendship with a fellow undocumented orphan is tested by a sudden act of accidental violence.]]> Mon, 04 Dec 2023 05:15:18 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGanraXSMSxcIMiejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGanxDBadw5SSfKCY3L745TL_ The Illegal Immigrant, which featured non-professional actors, some playing themselves, and An Autumn’s Tale, with Chow Yun-fat, capture 80s New York’s violence, crime and poverty.]]> Sat, 02 Dec 2023 22:15:12 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGanxDBadw5SSfKCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGamN5rNvaNai2ClmFkX7M1Jw Jung Woo-sung plays a deaf artist visiting Korea’s Jeju Island, who keeps crossing paths with a struggling actress (Shin Hyun-been), until they are thrown together after a fire at a cafe.]]> Sat, 02 Dec 2023 13:15:21 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGamN5rNvaNai2ClmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGanKaBhNNYt7geT5HJgy6HUf On the back of Oscar-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, sequel Across the Spider-Verse had to be more than just original. The creators talk about making the film ‘a family drama with the stakes turned up’.]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2023 22:15:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGanKaBhNNYt7geT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGakzOdIARBUPn5s0ohxaO6Yr Vigilante, Disney+’s K-drama with Nam Joo-hyuk as a murderous police recruit, adds characters along the way to thrilling effect, and ends in a showdown between embodiments of different sides of justice.]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2023 13:45:10 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGakzOdIARBUPn5s0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGamb9zNDxVaH0SlmFkX7M1Jw 2001’s Rush Hour 2, starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, was a major box office success. Chan hated the film – although not for its overt racism and sexism, which make it problematic today.]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2023 13:15:16 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGamb9zNDxVaH0SlmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGanIP7v3OjZLIHn9ye8UNv30 American fashion blogger Diane Pernet has run A Shaded View On Fashion Film for 15 years. The Chinese fashion film winner at this year’s festival is about immigrant women making garments in the West.]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2023 12:15:13 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGanIP7v3OjZLIHn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGangTjeqtUTm1cb1naedg1wr Japan’s favourite monster, Godzilla, is back. In a story set just after World War II, Godzilla fights off former kamikaze pilot Koichi Shikishima, now working on a minesweeper, before attacking Tokyo.]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2023 06:45:10 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGangTjeqtUTm1cb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGamPo2vBee6AoZs0ohxaO6Yr Upmarket crime makes a comeback in The Chelsea Detective season 2 on BBC First, while Seoul goes all Gotham in K-thriller Vigilante.]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2023 02:45:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGamPo2vBee6AoZs0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGanXKEzx4pXDT5VjH6qdYdAk Hong Kong girl group Lolly Talk tell the Post about the difficulties they had getting together, their songs and how a staycation helped them realise they wanted to pursue a musical career.]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2023 01:15:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGanXKEzx4pXDT5VjH6qdYdAk