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Film Review: Center Stage 阮玲玉 (1991) - Hong Kong [HKIFF45]

April 06, 2021 • Andrew Chan • Center Stage • HKIFF • Maggie Cheung • Stanley Kwan

Film Review: Center Stage 阮玲玉 (1991) - Hong Kong [HKIFF45] Reviewed as part of 45th Hong Kong International Film Festival 2021 by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) Help me reach one review per day in 2021. 2021 Review count - 17/365 Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/neofilmreviews Based in on the tragic yet inspiring life of the beautiful and talented 1930s Shanghainese actress Ruan Lingyu. In creating and directing this masterpiece epic running at over two and half hours, Stanley Kwan at 33 years of age made his possibly the most perfect film and thus cemented Maggie Cheung as a...

45th Hong Kong International Film Festival 2021 - Festival Report

April 02, 2021 • Andrew Chan • Aaron Kwok • Anita Mui • Center Stage • Filmmaker in Focus • HKIFF • Leslie Cheung • Love Unto Waste • Maggie Cheung • Minari • Rouge • Son-Mother • Stanley Kwan • Undine

Festival Report: 45th Hong Kong International Film Festival 2021 (Updated Daily) Written and reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle Of Australia) as part of coverage of the festival Help me reach one review per day in 2021. 2021 Review count - 17/365 Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/neofilmreviews Photo Credits - HKIFF Day 1 - Opening Ceremony - 45th HKIFF The 45th Hong Kong International Film Festival kicked off in a cosy yet relatively low key fashion at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre on April 1, 2021. With the initial grand opening film - “When the Wind Rises” being pulled...