Essentially a love story, Water for Elephants is a triumphant tale of tragedy and romance set against the backdrop of a circus during..

Set in Chengdu after the 2008 earthquake, Buddha Mountain is about grief, loss and reconstruction, both literally and metaphorically…

Limitless is a fairly enjoyable trashy film about what would happen if you could just take a pill and become a genius. Eddie Morra (Bradley Cooper) …

A hauntingly captivating portrayal of the grieving process, Rabbit Hole is a movie that lingers in your memory long after you leave the cinema. The third feature from filmmaker John-Cameron Mitchell is a beautifully crafted interpretation…

The King’s Speech
Halfway through The Kingís Speech, the future King George VI makes a shocking admission. Lionel Logue, the unconventional…

The Tree, directed by Julie Bertuccelli, centres around a family suffering the loss of their father and its relationship to the Moreton Bay fig tree that dominates their countryside property…

Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan is a disturbing, unsettling film. It’s also brilliant. Nina Sawyer (Natalie Portman) is a young ballerina in New York, who receives her big break to dance the lead in the company’s…

The reason why The Kids Are All Right is so good is because it feels so true. Partly it’s due to the incredible acting, partly it’s due to the brilliance of the script, but mostly it’s because it lets its characters live…

The second part of the Millennium Trilogy is painful to watch. Not just because it’s full of scenes of brutality but because it makes you realise the utter ludicrousness of the original books, and blush with embarrassment that you enjoyed…

Showcasing features and shorts over 13 days, the Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (HKLGFF) presents something for…