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Over the last few years, Chinese and Hong Kong films have delved into a small but noticeable trend of incorporating terror in locations that were originally places of communal experiences. Films like “Back Home” and “Yum Investigation” started the trend and it extends now to director Jack Lai‘s feature-film debut “Possession Street.” The incorporation of zombie horror and more traditional Taoist elements creates a thrilling survival horror-inspired feature now screening at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.

Possession Street is screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam

Once a popular commercial center, Golden Treasure Plaza is now a rundown mall marked for demolition. Among its last remaining shopkeepers is Sam (Philip Keung), an injured stuntman who runs a DVD store with virtually no clientele. One fateful day, when Sam’s beloved daughter Yan (Candy Wong) comes for a long overdue visit, a storeowner accidentally breaches a supernatural barrier in the mall’s basement.

Egyptian filmmaker Sara Shazli will be presenting her latest documentary, “Your Daughter,” during the Venice Production Bridge’s Final Cut workshop for films in post-production from Africa and the Arab world.

The director’s sophomore feature is a deeply personal story about her struggle to emerge from the long shadow cast by her mother, powerhouse producer and filmmaker Marianne Khoury, while also preparing to become a first-time mom.

It follows the 32-year-old filmmaker, who — obsessed with the idea of severing the umbilical cord that still connects her to her workhorse mother — moves out from her childhood home in downtown Cairo to live in a small house in the suburbs.

While overseeing its construction, she remembers her childhood and the Ethiopian nanny who raised her, setting in motion an emotional journey to wrestle with the lingering pain of her mother’s absence from her life growing up.

Shazli’s directorial debut,...

Soi Cheang’s Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In will close out the 23rd edition of the New York Asian Film Festival while Hong Kong actor Tai Bo is set to receive the Star Asia lifetime achievement award.

Tai is best known for 2019Twilight’s Kiss which earned him a Hong Kong film award and a Golden Horse nomination. He won a Golden Horse supporting actor award for 2000’s The Cabbie while his work in 1984’s Gung Buk was also critically well received. Tai’s other credits include Police Story, Back Home and, most recently, Berlin 2024 title All Shall Be Well.

“If you’re looking for a heart to break/Then break mine,” Brothers Osborne sing on their new song “Break Mine,” which doubles as the title of their just-released four-song EP. The sibling duo of vocalist Tj Osborne and guitarist John Osborne dropped the project early Friday morning, as a complementary follow-up to their self-titled 2023 album.

Along with “Break Mine,” the EP includes a second new song, the acoustic-guitar country of “Get to Movin’ Again.” It’s a folky sing-along featuring the Osbornes’ friends and family on the chorus. Both...

Lawrence Kan’s newsroom drama In Broad Daylight leads the pack going into the 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards with 16 nominations.

The feature, which follows an undercover journalist who exposes the abuse of residents in a nursing home, secured nods in all but three of the 19 categories. It marks the second feature by Kan and proved the fourth highest grossing local film in 2023.

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Also gaining multiple nominations was Nick Cheuk’s emotive drama Time Still Turns The Pages and Felix Chong’s financial crime extravaganza The Goldfinger, which secured 12 nods apiece, while Jack Ng...

Warning: Spoilers for Quantum Leap season 2, episode 9.

The cast of Quantum Leap remains hopeful for a renewal of the sci-fi series despite NBC not officially announcing it. Addison is taking control of her own life and her relationship with Ben, which adds a new dynamic to the show. The upcoming episodes of Quantum Leap season 2 will be fast-paced and full of decisions as the team tries to solve the mystery of Ben's leaps and bring him home.

Quantum Leap returned from hiatus on Tuesday, January 30, with the two-hour season finale set to air on February 20. NBC is yet to announce an official renewal for the sci-fi series, but the cast remains hopeful for its continuation. Season 2, episode 9, "Off the Cuff" sees Ben leap into the body of bounty hunter Nick Peterson, who is tasked with capturing notorious criminal, Kevin Zatt. In a cruel twist of fate, Ben discovers that Hannah is married with a child,...

Chinese-American star Bai Ling is at the AFM with her directorial debut.

Chinese-American cult film star Bai Ling is at AFM this week talking about her directing debut My Quarantine Romance With Toilet Paper to the industry, poolside at market hub, Le Méridien Delfina.

Bai, whose acting credits include Red Corner starring Richard Gere and The Crow with Brandon Lee, self-funded the completed film that began shooting in Beverly Hills in August 2020. Inspiration, she says, came from her experiences of the pandemic, having arrived back in Los Angeles after a trip to Kazakhstan, only to be met with lockdown and the ensuing toilet paper shortage.

Warning: Spoilers for The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon.

Despite never having a solid romantic storyline, Daryl Dixon from The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon spinoff still has feelings for Connie. Daryl's mention of Connie's name before Carol's suggests that she holds significant influence in his life and romantic feelings seem likely. While Connie is Daryl's most likely love interest, the spinoff has teased a potential romance between Daryl and Isabelle, although the outcome remains uncertain.

The Walking Dead has never allowed Daryl (Norman Reedus) to have a genuine romantic relationship, but The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon spinoff highlighted that the character still has feelings for Connie (Lauren Ridloff). Known for being a lone wolf in the earlier seasons, Daryl has become more open and learned to be part of several communities, albeit maintaining that slight edge to his character. Despite growing into a team player and stepping up to protect people,...