Johnnie To Articles

Peter Bradshaw on Bright Star (with Abbie Cornish and Ben Whishaw, above) in The Guardian: "Jane Campion has put herself in line for her second Palme d'Or here at the Cannes film festival with a film which I think could be the best of her career; an affecting and deeply considered study of the last years in the short life of John Keats, and the [...]

2007 Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards 2007 Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award winners: January 24, 2007   Johnnie To's Election 2, a follow-up to Hong Kong Film Critics Society 2005 winner Election, revolves around more power struggles among the denizens of Hong Kong's organized crime underworld. To also took the best director prize, but for Exiled, the tale of a Macau hitman pursued [...]

2006 Hong Kong Film Awards 2006 Hong Kong Film Award nominations: February 9, 2006 2006 Hong Kong Film Award winners: April 8, 2006 ("*" denotes the winner in each category)   A leadership dispute between mobsters Big D (Tony Leung) and Lok (Sam Yang) threatens to destroy the internal unity of Hong Kong's underworld, which results in some nasty politicking and even nastier gang warfare. [...]

2006 Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards 2006 Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award winners: January 17, 2006   Johnnie To's well-received Election revolves around a power struggle within Hong Kong's organized crime during their own election time.   Best Film: Election Best Director: Johnnie To, Election Best Actor: Tony Leung Ka-fai, Everlasting Regret Best Actress: Zhou Xun, Perhaps Love Best Screenwriter: Wong Jing, Color [...]