Chicago – It’s Hong Kong Weekend for Season 17 Asian Pop-Up Cinema (Apuc) on September 16th and 17th, 2023, and representing the films there will be actor and filmmaker appearances. Apuc will honor three guests with a Pinnacle Career Achievement Award and two Bright Star Awards for up and coming actors.
The film schedule, details and ticket info are (click links) for Saturday, September 16th, Ready O/R Rot , In Broad Daylight and Stand Up Story. On Sunday, September 17th, Over My Dead Body and Wish Come True.
Apuc Season 17 Hong Kong Weekend, September 18 & 17, 2023
Photo credit: AsianPopUpCinema.org
Bright Star Award honoree Rachel Leung will introduce three films she performs in … “Ready O/R Rot,” “In Broad Daylight” and “Wish Come True.” Actors Ng Siu Hin and Ben Yuen will represent “Stand Up Story” with Hin receiving the Bright Star Award and Yuen the Pinnacle Career Achievement Award. Also appearing will be...
The film schedule, details and ticket info are (click links) for Saturday, September 16th, Ready O/R Rot , In Broad Daylight and Stand Up Story. On Sunday, September 17th, Over My Dead Body and Wish Come True.
Apuc Season 17 Hong Kong Weekend, September 18 & 17, 2023
Photo credit: AsianPopUpCinema.org
Bright Star Award honoree Rachel Leung will introduce three films she performs in … “Ready O/R Rot,” “In Broad Daylight” and “Wish Come True.” Actors Ng Siu Hin and Ben Yuen will represent “Stand Up Story” with Hin receiving the Bright Star Award and Yuen the Pinnacle Career Achievement Award. Also appearing will be...
- 9/16/2023
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – Fall film festivals begin this week with Season 17 of the Asian Pop-Up Cinema, curated by Executive Director/Founder Sophia Wong Boccio. Opening Night is Friday, September 8th, with the Japanese film “Yudo,” subtitled “The Way of the Bath,” directed by Masayuki Suzuki. For tickets and info, click Apuc 17.
The Asian Pop-Up Cinema (Apuc) will take place in Chicago between September 8th and October 7th, 2023, and for the first time will include film selections from Mongolia, Iran and Afghanistan, along with entries from Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, China and more. According to Sophia Wong Boccio, “Through the lenses of this season’s diversified filmmakers we are presenting a broad spectrum of films that are relevant and entertaining.”
Apuc Season 17, September 8th - October 7th, 2023
Photo credit: AsianPopUpCinema.org
This season’s special guests appearing on behalf of their films include Amarsaikhan Baljinnyham, Ben Yuen, Dornaz Hajiha, Lawrence Kan, Lee Won Suk,...
The Asian Pop-Up Cinema (Apuc) will take place in Chicago between September 8th and October 7th, 2023, and for the first time will include film selections from Mongolia, Iran and Afghanistan, along with entries from Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, China and more. According to Sophia Wong Boccio, “Through the lenses of this season’s diversified filmmakers we are presenting a broad spectrum of films that are relevant and entertaining.”
Apuc Season 17, September 8th - October 7th, 2023
Photo credit: AsianPopUpCinema.org
This season’s special guests appearing on behalf of their films include Amarsaikhan Baljinnyham, Ben Yuen, Dornaz Hajiha, Lawrence Kan, Lee Won Suk,...
- 9/6/2023
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago, Il – Asian Pop-Up Cinema (Apuc) announces its upcoming Season 17 lineup, running between September 8 and October 7 in Chicago. For the first time, this year's programming will include film selections from Mongolia, Iran and Afghanistan, along with entries from Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea and more. This season's special guests attending with their films include Amarsaikhan Baljinnyham, Ben Yuen, Dornaz Hajiha, Lawrence Kan, Lee Won Suk, Ng Siu Hin, Park Dong-Hee, Rachel Leung, Roya Sadat and Wong You Nam. South Korean actor Lee Sun-Kyun will be Apuc's Excellent Achievement in Film Award recipient and will receive his award before the feature presentation of closing night film Killing Romance.
Apuc's Season 17 opens with a screening of director Masayuki Suzuki's Yudo, following architect Shiro Miura's (Toma Ikuta) attempts to modernize his outdated public bathhouse family business. As he immerses himself in the new role, Shiro connects with customers and begins to...
Apuc's Season 17 opens with a screening of director Masayuki Suzuki's Yudo, following architect Shiro Miura's (Toma Ikuta) attempts to modernize his outdated public bathhouse family business. As he immerses himself in the new role, Shiro connects with customers and begins to...
- 8/30/2023
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
Goofy story about the residents of a ritzy apartment block racing to get rid of a murder victim just isn’t that funny
The madness of the Hong Kong property market takes centre stage in this goofy Cantonese-language comedy, set almost entirely over the course of one chaotic night in a luxury high-rise apartment block. Directed by Ho Cheuk-tin, it imagines how a bunch of ordinary Hongkongers would handle the unexplained appearance of a very naked and very dead man in their building.
Proceedings kick off when Ming (Wong You-nam) is having dinner with his wife (Jennifer Yu) in the apartment owned by his penny-pinching mother-in-law (Teresa Mo). When they hear a sinister thump outside the flat, they go to investigate – and find the corpse. Calling the police, they agree, would be risky, as their apartment could become a notorious “murder home” and lose value. So they try to make...
The madness of the Hong Kong property market takes centre stage in this goofy Cantonese-language comedy, set almost entirely over the course of one chaotic night in a luxury high-rise apartment block. Directed by Ho Cheuk-tin, it imagines how a bunch of ordinary Hongkongers would handle the unexplained appearance of a very naked and very dead man in their building.
Proceedings kick off when Ming (Wong You-nam) is having dinner with his wife (Jennifer Yu) in the apartment owned by his penny-pinching mother-in-law (Teresa Mo). When they hear a sinister thump outside the flat, they go to investigate – and find the corpse. Calling the police, they agree, would be risky, as their apartment could become a notorious “murder home” and lose value. So they try to make...
- 4/17/2023
- by Leaf Arbuthnot
- The Guardian - Film News
Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023 (Oaff 2023) held its Special Opening Ceremony today, March 15, with stage greetings featuring filmmakers attending the festival and the World Premiere of the Hong Kong film “Over My Dead Body” (死屍死時四十四).
Oaff 2023 started on March 10, but “Over My Dead Body” was the first title to play at the festival's main venue of ABC Hall. Taking place at ABC Hall, the special event marked the first time since Oaff 2020, and the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, that the festival was able to host guests for Q&As and more. Waiting to meet them was a full audience made up of enthusiastic filmgoers who welcomed an array of stars drawn from 16 films from Japan and abroad.
Among their number were
Hong Kong
“Over My Dead Body”
Director Ho Cheuk Tin (Competition Jury) and Actor Wong You Nam
“Hong Kong Family”
Director Tsang Hing Weng Eric
“Lost Love”
Director Ka Sing Fung...
Oaff 2023 started on March 10, but “Over My Dead Body” was the first title to play at the festival's main venue of ABC Hall. Taking place at ABC Hall, the special event marked the first time since Oaff 2020, and the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, that the festival was able to host guests for Q&As and more. Waiting to meet them was a full audience made up of enthusiastic filmgoers who welcomed an array of stars drawn from 16 films from Japan and abroad.
Among their number were
Hong Kong
“Over My Dead Body”
Director Ho Cheuk Tin (Competition Jury) and Actor Wong You Nam
“Hong Kong Family”
Director Tsang Hing Weng Eric
“Lost Love”
Director Ka Sing Fung...
- 3/15/2023
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
The Special Opening Film of the 18th Osaka Asian Film Festival (running from March 10-19) will be the World Premiere screening of “Over My Dead Body” (死屍死時四十四), an ensemble comedy directed by Ho Cheuk Tin (何爵天). It will have its World Premiere on March 15 at ABC Hall along with a ceremony.
Story
Welcome to Seaside Heights, a fancy residential building where a group of residents experience a night of chaos and comedy after the nude body of a man appears and threatens to cause scandal and plunging property values!
It all begins when Ming (Wong You Nam), together with his wife (Jennifer Yu), mother-in- law (Teresa Mo), and brother-in-law (Alan Yeung Wai Lun), finds an anonymous naked body lying at their doorstep. Fearing that the presence of a corpse will turn their unit into a “murder home” and its property value will nosedive and impoverish them, their bickering family unite...
Story
Welcome to Seaside Heights, a fancy residential building where a group of residents experience a night of chaos and comedy after the nude body of a man appears and threatens to cause scandal and plunging property values!
It all begins when Ming (Wong You Nam), together with his wife (Jennifer Yu), mother-in- law (Teresa Mo), and brother-in-law (Alan Yeung Wai Lun), finds an anonymous naked body lying at their doorstep. Fearing that the presence of a corpse will turn their unit into a “murder home” and its property value will nosedive and impoverish them, their bickering family unite...
- 2/26/2023
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
I recently spent a quite Monday night watching Well Go USA’s newest release, The Midnight After. Fate meets Armageddon when an overnight bus ride turns the lives of eleven strangers upside down. In the mere blink of an eye they find themselves completely alone in the world with no explanation of how or why. Having no one else to turn to, they eventually began to lean on one another as they fight to survive and figure out what’s happening.
Unlike many other post-apocalyptic films, The Midnight After didn’t have any measure of fear or a race against time. In fact, their world seemed deathly calm, which only added to the fascination of it all. I was quite absorbed into the plot and realized quickly that it was important to pay attention to the small details because they were essentially pieces of a larger puzzle. I thought I...
Unlike many other post-apocalyptic films, The Midnight After didn’t have any measure of fear or a race against time. In fact, their world seemed deathly calm, which only added to the fascination of it all. I was quite absorbed into the plot and realized quickly that it was important to pay attention to the small details because they were essentially pieces of a larger puzzle. I thought I...
- 6/14/2016
- by CoolHappyMe P
- AsianMoviePulse
Well Go USA Entertainment has announced that Fruit Chan’s genre-bending The Midnight After will be available on DVD and digitally on 21 June 2016.
The film premiered at the 2014 Berlin International Film Festival and was the recipient of numerous prestigious nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Cinematography at the Hong Kong Film Awards, where it also won in the Best Original Score category.
Based on a cult internet novel by Hong Kong writer “Mr. Pizza“, The Midnight After follows a group of 16 bus passengers who find that, in the time between entering and emerging from a traffic tunnel, the city was struck by an apocalyptic event.
The innovative Chan sculpts a blend of horror, comedy, mystery and sci-fi, flinging his unique cast of characters into increasingly bizarre scenarios.
The film received critical praise for its tone, most notably the blasé manner in which characters respond to the otherworldly circumstances they find themselves in.
The film premiered at the 2014 Berlin International Film Festival and was the recipient of numerous prestigious nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Cinematography at the Hong Kong Film Awards, where it also won in the Best Original Score category.
Based on a cult internet novel by Hong Kong writer “Mr. Pizza“, The Midnight After follows a group of 16 bus passengers who find that, in the time between entering and emerging from a traffic tunnel, the city was struck by an apocalyptic event.
The innovative Chan sculpts a blend of horror, comedy, mystery and sci-fi, flinging his unique cast of characters into increasingly bizarre scenarios.
The film received critical praise for its tone, most notably the blasé manner in which characters respond to the otherworldly circumstances they find themselves in.
- 5/17/2016
- by WarBanana
- AsianMoviePulse
After its world premiere in Berlin last month, Hong Kong is poised to experience Fruit Chan's post-apocalyptic thriller The Midnight After when it screens as one of the official opening films of the 38th Hong Kong International Film Festival on Monday ahead of its 10 April theatrical release.Starring a host of Hong Kong's finest performers, including Simon Yam, Lam Suet, Kara Hui, Wong You Nam and Janice Man, it tells the story of a bus load of strangers who emerge from a tunnel to discover the city is totally deserted. Regrouping in an abandoned restaurant, these 16 strangers might be humanity's only hope for survival.To whet our appetites ahead of the release, Golden Scene has released a dozen character images, giving us a glimpse of...
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- 3/19/2014
- Screen Anarchy
Fruit Chan is easily one of the most interesting filmmakers working in Hong Kong today. Since he came to fame with his 1997 directorial effort Made In Hong Kong, he has made a number of films that have a very distinct Hong Kong flavor. His latest film, The Midnight After, appears to be his most ambitious project to date. It stars Wong You Nam, Simon Yam, Kara Hui, Janice Man, Lam Suet and Sam Lee in a post-apocalyptic Hong Kong. Synopsis: A night like any other in the streets of Hong Kong: in the midst of the tangle of night-owls, cars and vendors, a group of passengers climbs aboard a minibus that is to take them from Mongkok to Tai Po. The group is as diverse...
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- 3/18/2014
- Screen Anarchy
Somewhere deep inside of us there's a spot that still hasn't forgiven director Fruit Chan for what he did to our psyche with his disturbing flick Dumplings (we can still hear that crunching). Will his next flick have the same effect?
Screen Daily reports that Hong Kong’s Golden Scene is producing Chan’s (pictured) first Hong Kong-set feature in almost a decade, sci-fi thriller The Midnight After, based on bestselling novel Lost on a Minibus by Mongkok To Tai Po.
Chan plans to start shooting in June with an ensemble cast including regulars from his previous films like Wong You Nam (Hollywood Hong Kong), Chui Tien You (Little Cheung) and Sam Lee (Made In Hong Kong). The cast also includes Hong Kong stars Simon Yam, Lam Suet, Janice Man, Kara Hui and Vincci Cheuk.
The story follows a group of passengers on a minibus who emerge from a tunnel...
Screen Daily reports that Hong Kong’s Golden Scene is producing Chan’s (pictured) first Hong Kong-set feature in almost a decade, sci-fi thriller The Midnight After, based on bestselling novel Lost on a Minibus by Mongkok To Tai Po.
Chan plans to start shooting in June with an ensemble cast including regulars from his previous films like Wong You Nam (Hollywood Hong Kong), Chui Tien You (Little Cheung) and Sam Lee (Made In Hong Kong). The cast also includes Hong Kong stars Simon Yam, Lam Suet, Janice Man, Kara Hui and Vincci Cheuk.
The story follows a group of passengers on a minibus who emerge from a tunnel...
- 5/19/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Golden Scene and One Ninety Films Co. are set to produce the Hong Kong-set sci-fi thriller "The Midnight After".
Fruit Chan ("Three Extremes: Dumplings," "Made in Hong Kong") will helm the project, based on the story "Lost on a Red Minibus to Taipo" by Mr. Pizza, with shooting to begin in June.
The story follows a group of passengers on a minibus who emerge from a tunnel to discover that every single person has disappeared from Hong Kong.
Then the remaining passengers start to go missing one by one. Wong You Nam, Chui Tien You, Sam Lee, Simon Yam, Lam Suet, Janice Man, Kara Hui and Vincci Cheuk star.
Source: Screen Daily...
Fruit Chan ("Three Extremes: Dumplings," "Made in Hong Kong") will helm the project, based on the story "Lost on a Red Minibus to Taipo" by Mr. Pizza, with shooting to begin in June.
The story follows a group of passengers on a minibus who emerge from a tunnel to discover that every single person has disappeared from Hong Kong.
Then the remaining passengers start to go missing one by one. Wong You Nam, Chui Tien You, Sam Lee, Simon Yam, Lam Suet, Janice Man, Kara Hui and Vincci Cheuk star.
Source: Screen Daily...
- 5/18/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
It’s another jam-packed week of DVD and Blu-ray releases, here’s the rundown of what’s available to buy from today, July 25th 2011.
Pick Of The Week
Gallants (DVD)
When legendary Kung-fu master, Law Sun (Teddy Robin), awakes from a 30 year coma he discovers that his once celebrated martial arts school has become a teahouse. With the aid of his now middle-aged apprentices, Dragon (Chan Koon Tai) and Tiger (Leung Siu Lung) and new-kid-on- the-block, geeky office worker, Cheung (Wong You Nam), Master Law trains his motley crew of gallant fighters for the battle of their lives – one they must win to safeguard all their futures. Review.
And the rest…
The Eagle (DVD/Blu-ray)
In 140 Ad, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila (Channing Tatum) arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father,...
Pick Of The Week
Gallants (DVD)
When legendary Kung-fu master, Law Sun (Teddy Robin), awakes from a 30 year coma he discovers that his once celebrated martial arts school has become a teahouse. With the aid of his now middle-aged apprentices, Dragon (Chan Koon Tai) and Tiger (Leung Siu Lung) and new-kid-on- the-block, geeky office worker, Cheung (Wong You Nam), Master Law trains his motley crew of gallant fighters for the battle of their lives – one they must win to safeguard all their futures. Review.
And the rest…
The Eagle (DVD/Blu-ray)
In 140 Ad, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila (Channing Tatum) arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father,...
- 7/25/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Gallants
Stars: Teddy Robin, Wong You Nam, Jia Xiao Chen, Mc Jin, Li Hai Tao, Law Wing Cheong, Leung Siu Lung, Chan Koon Tai, Susan Shaw, Chan Wai Man, Li Ka, Turbo Law | Directed by Derek Kwok, Clement Cheng
When legendary kung fu master Law Sun (Teddy Robin) unexpectedly awakes from a 30-year coma he discovers that his once celebrated martial arts school has become a teahouse and is now under threat from a takeover bid by his former rival. Aided by his now middle-aged apprentices, Dragon (Chan Koon Tai) and Tiger (Leung Siu Lung), and an unlikely hero in the form of the nerdy estate agent tasked with progressing the takeover, Master Law sets about training a rag-tag band of fighters to compete in a forthcoming martial arts tournament. Winning the prize could safeguard all their futures, but anything less would mean a certain end for the both the...
Stars: Teddy Robin, Wong You Nam, Jia Xiao Chen, Mc Jin, Li Hai Tao, Law Wing Cheong, Leung Siu Lung, Chan Koon Tai, Susan Shaw, Chan Wai Man, Li Ka, Turbo Law | Directed by Derek Kwok, Clement Cheng
When legendary kung fu master Law Sun (Teddy Robin) unexpectedly awakes from a 30-year coma he discovers that his once celebrated martial arts school has become a teahouse and is now under threat from a takeover bid by his former rival. Aided by his now middle-aged apprentices, Dragon (Chan Koon Tai) and Tiger (Leung Siu Lung), and an unlikely hero in the form of the nerdy estate agent tasked with progressing the takeover, Master Law sets about training a rag-tag band of fighters to compete in a forthcoming martial arts tournament. Winning the prize could safeguard all their futures, but anything less would mean a certain end for the both the...
- 7/24/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Please welcome back contributor Rod Paddock as he gives us the lowdown on one of this year's Fantastic Fest features.
If you ever wondered what would happen if The Karate Kid's Mr Miyagi went back to the Cobra Kai and opened a can of whoop ass, you will love Gallants.
Gallants is the story of 98-pound weakling Cheung (You-Nam Wong), assigned by his bosses to evict a group of elderly tenants from the establishment they have rented. The story starts with the typical "weakling meets bully" theme, but concludes with an interesting set of twists and arcs. During his travels to evict the family, Cheung gets himself in trouble picking on a boy half his size. The boy's elders show up to teach Cheung a lesson. During Cheung's beating, an older gentleman carrying a bag of rice happens along. The elders postpone Cheung's beating to taunt the old man.
If you ever wondered what would happen if The Karate Kid's Mr Miyagi went back to the Cobra Kai and opened a can of whoop ass, you will love Gallants.
Gallants is the story of 98-pound weakling Cheung (You-Nam Wong), assigned by his bosses to evict a group of elderly tenants from the establishment they have rented. The story starts with the typical "weakling meets bully" theme, but concludes with an interesting set of twists and arcs. During his travels to evict the family, Cheung gets himself in trouble picking on a boy half his size. The boy's elders show up to teach Cheung a lesson. During Cheung's beating, an older gentleman carrying a bag of rice happens along. The elders postpone Cheung's beating to taunt the old man.
- 9/27/2010
- by Rod Paddock
- Slackerwood
[There are a number of reviews of Gallants in the archives, feel free to browse, and since it is playing on the big screen at Fantasia, here is Stefan's take on the film]
Of all the films that I've watched during the festival, Gallants gets my vote as my personal favourite because it's witty, hilarious, intelligent, has plenty to offer fans of Hong Kong martial arts cinema of the yesteryears, great production values, and having action sequences that will just blow your mind away since it comes hard hitting and sans gimmicks, something which is sorely missed. If I can use one Cantonese word to describe the film, that word will unquestionable be Jheng (Awesome)!
Produced under Andy Lau's Focus Films with actor Lau Kar Tung on board as producer, directors Clement Cheng and Derek Kwok have a winner on their hands, as they exalt the spirit of what it means to never give up when the odds are stacked against you, and in some way live up that spirit of theirs when they had embarked to make this project which had clear risks.
Of all the films that I've watched during the festival, Gallants gets my vote as my personal favourite because it's witty, hilarious, intelligent, has plenty to offer fans of Hong Kong martial arts cinema of the yesteryears, great production values, and having action sequences that will just blow your mind away since it comes hard hitting and sans gimmicks, something which is sorely missed. If I can use one Cantonese word to describe the film, that word will unquestionable be Jheng (Awesome)!
Produced under Andy Lau's Focus Films with actor Lau Kar Tung on board as producer, directors Clement Cheng and Derek Kwok have a winner on their hands, as they exalt the spirit of what it means to never give up when the odds are stacked against you, and in some way live up that spirit of theirs when they had embarked to make this project which had clear risks.
- 7/10/2010
- Screen Anarchy
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