4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (313+ words) “I’m so tired of these rejections from festivals,” says Bessmertny of The Violin Case’s long road to cinemas. “Why do I need to be anointed? I couldn’t care less. Festivals are helpful, but their models can be too rigid. I…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (187+ words) Opening the Kino/26 programme is Amrun, the latest critical hit from Fatih Akin, an arthouse darling best known for hits like kooky restaurant comedy Soul Kitchen and Golden Globe-winning neo-noir In the Fade. Winner of Best Film at the Bavarian…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (233+ words) For over 100 years, riding aboard the Star Ferry has been a part of Hongkongers’ daily life. Crossing Victoria Harbour still provides us a moment for self-reflection and remains a vehicle that links the city’s past and present. Surely, that warrants…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1187+ words) ZOLIMA CITYMAG When the World Is Your Enemy, Play a Game When Jing Wong beckons a journalist into his studio at the Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, it feels like that scene in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory when…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (298+ words) Peng Kanglong: A Modern Master’s Continuous Exploration of Ink ZOLIMA CITYMAG Peng Kanglong: A Modern Master’s Continuous Exploration of Ink Why We Recommend it Ink master Peng Kanglong’s latest solo show, Losing My Way to Watch the Flowers Bloom, features…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (262+ words) Lucio Fontana: Piercing Canvases of Contemporary Art, Literally ZOLIMA CITYMAG Lucio Fontana: Piercing Canvases of Contemporary Art, Literally Why We Recommend it Lucio Fontana’s Spatialist revolution — from the seminal buchi (holes) to the iconic tagli (cuts) — showcases how he redefined…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (194+ words) A Mighty Adventure lost the Best Animated Feature prize to fellow Hongkonger Tommy Ng Kai-chung’s Another World — which became Hong Kong’s highest-grossing locally produced animated film — though it did take home Best Sound Effects. Which may be slightly ironic, as…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (378+ words) Brahms, Beethoven, Chopin: Benjamin Grosvenor’s Blockbuster Double Bill Zolima CityMag Brahms, Beethoven, Chopin: Benjamin Grosvenor’s Blockbuster Double Bill Why We Recommend it From the New York Philharmonic and Gewanhausorchester Leipzig, to performing with our very own Hong Kong Sinfonietta. In…...

3+ week, 4+ hour ago   (405+ words) ZOLIMA CITYMAG Tradition Renewed: Four Masters and the Possibilities of Ink Art Why We Recommend it As part of its 45th-anniversary “Then and Now” programme, Alisan Fine Arts’ Tradition Renewed highlights four Chinese literati masters whose practices have redefined the…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (206+ words) ZOLIMA CITYMAG A Modern Literati’s Lair Reimagined at Ora-Ora exhibition Why We Recommend it Ora-Ora’s new multi-disciplinary group exhibition imagines a fictional modern literati’s studio, where historical objects and contemporary creations coexist. Ora-Ora’s new show is an immersive affair. Conceived…...