South China Morning Post - Film & TV

Lau Ching-wan is easily one of Hong Kong’s finest dramatic actors, winning four best actor trophies at the Hong Kong Film Awards over the past 20 years. Several of Lau’s mid-1990s roles strongly hinted at the greatness to come. Below, we revisit some of his best performances from this period after he first hit the big time with Derek Yee Tung-sing’s C’est La Vie, Mon Cheri in 19...

In May 1941, it premiered in a New York cinema and was a box-office bomb. Now, 85 years later, Citizen Kane is considered by many to be the greatest film ever made. The black-and-white film by Hollywood’s wonder boy Orson Welles – who was 25 at the time – tells the story of fictional media mogul Charles Foster Kane, in whom contemporaries believed they could easily recognise med...

The latest round of production announcements out of South Korea promises a rich assortment of dramas, among them a baseball series, a May-December mystery-romance, a spy action-thriller and a fantasy K-pop drama with a slew of music industry names. Read on for the latest casting news. Gold Digger Kim Hee-ae (Queenmaker) and Noh Sang-hyun (Perfect Crown) are teaming up for the JT...

This is the 76th instalment in a biweekly series profiling major Hong Kong pop culture figures of recent decades. Over the past decade, many Hong Kong entertainers have ventured across the border into the lucrative mainland Chinese market. Kay Tse On-kay, however, remains anchored in her hometown. The Cantopop singer launched her “Tidal” world tour in late 2025 to mark her 20th ...

Britain’s David Attenborough, who has for decades been the world’s most ⁠authoritative voice on the natural world and whose documentaries have been watched by hundreds of millions, celebrates his 100th birthday on May 8, 2026. After more than 70 years of filmmaking, Attenborough’s instantly recognisable voice is synonymous with the story of nature. He is still at the vanguard of...