Meet Fds/4eva and the gang
(中文版在下面) A weekend extravaganza of gigs arranged by Hong Kong supergroup Fds/4eva packed the city’s leading bands together, and turned out to be life affirming and a damn good time as well. Arriving for the Sunday evening show fairly hungover, I already had an inclination it would be a night etched in the memory. The…
An essential watch: The Way We Keep Dancing/ 今期必睇：《狂舞派3》
(中文版在下面) Hong Kong is an oppressive city for creative people, and The Way We Keep Dancing [#狂舞派3] offers a brave focus on the struggle many face to survive. The sequel to The Way We Dance [狂舞派], an easy-going popular movie from 2013, the current incarnation focuses more on the effects of “real-estate hegemony”(地產霸權) that touches…
Wong Kar-wai’s lens into the future/從王家衛看未來
(中文版在下面) Re-watching films is beset with emotional risk. Some movies age badly, fail to live up to memories of genius, and leave you wishing you had never touched them again. Others double down in significance, becoming ever more brilliant, and startle with their clairvoyance – the mysterious ability they had to tell the future. Where…
Ode to the mixtape/懷緬mixtape
As news emerged that Lou Ottens, the Dutch inventor of the cassette tape died aged 94, many felt a hint of nostalgia. For me, there was nothing better than making or receiving a homemade mixtape. In the days before streaming music, mixtapes were the jam. We spent hours putting songs on a cassette painstakingly, decorating…
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