New York Asian Film Festival Archives

5 Hong Kong horror film gems from Sammo Hung, Peter Chan, Fruit Chan and others

Below, Hendrix picks his favourite five Hong Kong horrors and rates them on his personal scary meter. Reader be warned! I’ve screened this a few times to audiences, and people …

From Jackie Chan stuntman to Hong Kong Film Awards best actor, Tai Bo tells his story

by Haddis Thomas

When we sit down for this interview, Tai Bo is in New York – his first visit to the city – to receive the Star Asia Lifetime Achievement Award from …

From Killing Romance to Phantom, Korean actress Lee Hanee on balancing light and dark, and the catharsis of playing a character full of ‘rage and sadness’

by Haddis Thomas

“I will say there is a catharsis you feel as an actor when you’re expressing such rage and sadness. It’s almost an explosive quality. I never know what’s going to …