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Hard Boiled (1992)
Inspector Tequila1 Yuen (Chow Yun Fat) is determined to rid the city of gangs by beating them at their own violent game. But in a vicious shoot out, his partner and colleagues are massacred, leaving Yuen bitter and hungry for vengeance.... see more »
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The newly-wed opera stars Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna were perfectly cast in Frank Dunlop's witty production, set in the 1920s, of Donizetti's L'elisir d'amor, a beguiling mixture of sharp comedy and heartfelt pathos.
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The Duel (2 Discs) (2000)
From the Director of "The Storm Riders" comes this stunning, incredible Special Effects Swordplay Epic Blockbuster! The elusive "Sword Saint" requests a duel with "God of Sword" at the Apex of the Forbidden City, to see who is the world's... see more »
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Double Vision (2002)
Two men from opposite sides of the world must work together to explain the unexplainable. A wealthy businessman accused of spilling toxic waste into the ocean is discovered dead in his office. Although the room is completely dry, he is... see more »
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Gen X Cops (1999)
When Japanese uber-gangster Akatura (Nakamura) absconds with a huge cache of explosives, a rebellious trio of police officers (the titular Gen-X Cops) must use their youthful instincts and street smarts to infiltrate his international... see more »
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This famous performance of Verdi's romantic tragedy captures one of the most sensational debuts in operatic history. Singing Violetta for the first time was the young Romanian soprano, Angela Gheorghiu, whose remarkable interpretation... see more »
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Naked Killer 2 (1993)
A suave and sadistic serial rapist (Mark Cheng) is terrorizing girls in an apartment block and sets a trap for his beautiful neighbor (Jacqueline Ng). She enlists the help of her friend, the gorgeous Chingmy Yau ("Naked Killer") as an... see more »
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Assembly (2007)
War feasts upon death. It's greedy appetite carries away many a life on the battlefield, and soldiers must be ready to die at any time. Yet all these sacrifices can be given meaning and reason with honor. Amid the bloody field of war,... see more »
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Go Master (2006)
Tian Zhuangzhuang's The Go Master is a restrained, thoughtful biopic on the life of Wu Qingyuan considered by many to be the greatest player of the game Go in the 20th Century and one of the greatest of all time. Born in China in 1914 and... see more »
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Manufactured Landscapes (2007)
Jennifer Baichwal's award-winning documentary centres on renowned artist Edward Burtynsky whose large-scale photographs portray the devastating impact of industrial expansion on the environment. Burtynsky creates stunningly beautiful art... see more »
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Sleepless Town (1998)
Kabukicho is a criminal zone where organised gangs from Taiwan, Shanghai, and Beijing are pitted against each other for money, power, and territory. Once a member of the Taiwanese Mafia, half-Chinese half-Japanese stolen-goods-dealer... see more »
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The Myth (2005)
In the year 221BC, an ancient Chinese society built a breathtaking mausoleum for their First Emperor. A place of fabled magic and deathly silence, legend has it to ensure utmost secrecy all 700,000 who worked on the project were entombed... see more »
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Tibetan Buddhism in China (2009)
Tibetan Buddhism constitutes one of the three branches of Buddhism and has been disseminated to a vast area. Owing to historical reasons, almost all the Tibetan and Mongolian people are its followers. This chapter focuses on the... see more »
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City of Life and Death (2009)
Nanjing, China 1937. Japanese forces invade this once-capital of the Republic of China on December 9th. Throughout the following six weeks, soldiers raped thousands of women and annihilated hundreds of thousands of Innocent civilians -... see more »
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Mulan (2009)
When the emperor issues a decree that all families in the Northern Province must defend their homeland against the barbarian hordes, Mulan, a young girl from a military family without a male heir, disguises herself as a male soldier rather... see more »
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