hong kong cinema Archives

Left to right: director Jun Li, star Jayden Cheung

‘There is a difference between longing and reality’: Jun Li and Jayden Cheung on ‘Queerpanorama’

Interviews - Olivia Popp - 23 February 2025

BERLINALE 2025: The writer-director and lead actor talk connection in an estranging world, staging intimate scenes, and creating harmonious visuals on a low budget.

Jayden Cheung in Jun Li's 'Queerpanorama'.

Intimacy and Isolation in Cosmopolitan Translation: ‘Queerpanorama’ (2025) by Jun Li

Reviews - Olivia Popp - 21 February 2025

BERLINALE 2025: A young man traverses a series of corporeal gay encounters in Hong Kong in this self-described panoramic overview of loneliness and fleeting connection in today’s world.

The ensemble cast of Lola Arias' 'Reas'.

Purple Hour’s Top Films of 2024 Featuring LGBTQIA+ Narratives

Long Reads, Non Classé - Purple Hour - 8 January 2025

Diverse in style, genre, mode of storytelling, country of origin, and so much more, here are our picks for 2024’s best films from a queer lens and canted angle.