GTA Forums - Info and discussion on
the entire Grand Theft Auto series.
GTA San Andreas Net - A great
site that has detailed maps and info to let you find all the game's
secrets.
GameFAQs - Download strategy guides
and codes for just about every video game ever created.
Game Informer - All the latest
video game news and reviews.
Digital Press - The home
for intelligent discussion of video games, both old and new.
General Hong Kong links
The Air
Pollution Index: Wondering where the blue skies have gone in recent HK
films?
Friends of
the Earth: An NGO busying themselves finding ways of improving the HK
environment and keeping the API (above) down.
The Hong Kong
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Asian Media Access: AMA sees film as
a "tool for promoting inter-ethnic communication among local Asian
American populations" and uses the medium to promote Asian art and
culture. The group holds regular screenings, such as the
Cinema with
Passion series.
Hong Kong Film Archive:
There's a different film retrospective playing every few months month at
the Archive, with films screening in their classy cinema. If you're living
in Hong Kong or just visiting, be sure to check their screening schedules
and grab your tickets! The Archive also offers a terrific line of books,
available online and at their box office.
Hong Kong Movies in the San Francisco Bay
Area: Laura Irvine's site will keep you posted on what's playing in
the area. The site also covers what's on TV and special events on Asian
film. A mailing list is also available.
Ultra 8 Pictures: Movie fans in
Toronto should keep an eye on this site for schedules of the Kung Fu
Fridays, Cult Thursdays and other specal programmes with films from Hong
Kong and the rest of Asia.
Music Palace Theatre:
Visit this site to see the Music Palace - New York City's last Chinese
theatre which closed on 30 June 2000. The page also contains a tribute to
NYC cinemas which have closed their doors, and info on signing up for Paul
Kazee's Asian film and entertainment in NYC newletter.
Subway Cinema: If you're living
in New York City, or even within brief travelling distance, check these
folks out. They're a film programming collective behind the successful New
York Asian Film Festival. Their first film programme was Expect the
Unexpected: a retrospective of Hong Kong's Milkyway Image films screening
in mid-Sept 2000.
International sites
DVDrama: Le premier quotidien du DVD:
(French site) Reviews covering Hong Kong films released on DVD.
East Side Stories: (French site)
Julien Seveon publishes East Side Stories; the only French magazine
devoted to Asian filmmaking. His site includes article and info on where
to grab a copy.
HK Mania: (French site) Cedric Munoz
gets into much detail on Hong Kong film. Stacks of news and biographies
are on hand, as are aricles ranging from Wuxia to an analysis of Stanley
Kwan's Centre Stage. An excellent list of French-language links too.
Recommended.
Hong Kong Express: (Italian site) "Il portale per gli appassionati di
cinema orientale" -- A fine Italian site dedicated to Hong Kong cinema,
with news, reviews, profiles, features and a very handy glossary.
Hong Kong World:
(Spanish site) Ricardo's exhaustive and detailed coverage of Hong Kong
cinema news, presented in regular updates. Be sure to read the archives
and reviews, too, listed at the bottom of the page, and go to the main
HELLnation page for links to Japan, India and Korea film pages!
Producers and
distributors
I have placed these links on
a
another links page to keep the list on this page from becoming too cumbersome. Only producers
and distributors of Hong Kong-made films are listed.
Movie Discussion
Mobius' Home Video Forum: The Asian Cinema Board is moderated, uses real names and addresses, and
topics are both thoughtful and interesting.
Fan pages -- actors and
actresses
Akai Chan's home
page: A fan page for the likes of Lau Ching-wan, Francis Ng Chun-yu,
Theresa Lee, Chingmy Yau and Zhao Wenzhuo. No longer updated.
Angela Mao's Videos: Bruce
Long fills readers in on 32 films on video starring Angela Mao. Links are
on hand to guide to sources for the movies, ranked in categories starting
with "The Awesome Angela Mao". This site has proved a strain on my wallet.
Brigitte Lin Ching Hsia's Unofficial
Web Site: An info packed homage to the terrific Brigitte Lin. On hand
are a biography, a filmography (needless to say, it's a huge list) and
plenty of other graphics and information. A very nice site indeed.
Connie Chan Po-chu: Movie-Fan
Princess: Essential hub for info, reviews and pictures of '60s
megastar Connie Chan Po-chu. Detailed reviews and plot information help
make Chan's films a fun introduction to vintage Hong Kong cinema,
especially for viewers wary of unsubtitled video. A forum is also on hand.
The Esther Eng Story: Frank
Bren and Law Kar's enthusiastic web site sheds light on largely unknown
director Esther Eng -- dubbed "the first lady of Chinese cinema" by the
authors.
Franky
Matches' Homepage: Here you'll find a Lam Ching-ying page and, best of
all, a Sandra Ng appreciation page.
Herman Yau - Hong Kong Movie Director: Yes! A site shedding light one of the finest directors working in Hong
Kong today. A biography, filmography and assorted film write-ups are on
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