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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 ...

The Greatest Martial Arts Action Movie You've Never Heard of Sparks New Franchise

One of the greatest action epics ever made was released last year, and while it saw success at the box office both in the U.S. and in China and Hong Kong, as well as being met with critical acclaim, ...
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 ...

The Best New Blu-ray and 4K Releases in November 2025

From Abbas Kiarostami to Doris Day and "Eyes Wide Shut," November offers an intriguing mix of classics to revisit on Blu-ray and 4K.

Lionsgate Acquires Hong Kong Actioner ‘The Furious’ Following TIFF Debut

Lionsgate has acquired The Furious, a feature in the style of Hong Kong action filmmaking’s golden age, which premiered to ...
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 ...