Johnnie To

Wong Kar-Wai's Mood

In 2005, Margaret Pomeranz interviewed Wong Kar Wai. In 2007 GoldenDragonPictures posted the unedited footage to YouTube [parts 2 3 4 5 6] wherein he discusses his career to the point of 2046. And if you need more, they also...

Mayhem is music to his ears

Michael Bodey | November 12, 2008 Article from: The Australian JOHNNIE To is unlikely to meet your expectations. Sparrow has already been described as To's love letter to Hong Kong, a description he doesn't mind. Sparrow tells...

Hong Kong movie has most nods for Asia Pacific awards

CANBERRA (Reuters Life!) - A Hong Kong crime caper about a pickpocket that was shot over three years is leading the field for the second annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards designed to promote films from the region internationally.

DVD review: Mad Detective

Like Bad Lieutenant and Violent Cop, here's a film as uncompromising as its blunt title. Our titular character, Inspector Bun, starts the film by solving a case with somewhat unorthodox methods. After stabbing a hanging pig's...

Cinematic offerings from China at festival

Imagine a showdown in the rain between rival gangs of pickpockets, with rows of black umbrellas choreographed like something out of a Jacques Demy musical. Or the entrancing melody sung by the Snow Lotus, a young Tibetan...

Triangle

DVD Video Review: Ringo Lam, Tsui Hark and Johnnie To are partners in this crime movie, each directing a third of the finished film. John lets you know if their object is an equilateral success or a scalene nightmare...