Stanley Kwan

Adapted from the internet novel "Beijing Story," this is the story of a young gay student and his relationship with an older man set against the uprising of Tiananmen Square. (Strand Releasing)

A person's life is destined to be shorter than that of a city. Having spent her whole life in Shanghai, Qiyao (Sammi CHENG) has her moments of prosperity and her fair share of loneliness (imdb)

Biopic of 1930's Chinese actress Ruan Ling Yu. (imdb)

Fleur is the blue angel in one of Hong Kong's "flower houses" bordellos and night clubs of the 1930's... (imdb)

Jie is a Taiwanese immigrant to HK who works at a pool. He finds himself strangely attracted to sullen newlywed Wai, who's experiencing a few marital difficulties with his new bride Moon. In a thinly-veiled attempt to get closer to Wai, Jie ends up entering into a passionate affair with Moon... (lovehkfilm.com)

Chronicles the love life of a man, Zhenbao. He has a steamy fling with the wife of a friend, the saucy and exciting Red Rose. Even though he feels happy with her, he knows he will not end up with her. To maintain his reputation, he marries an antiseptic, frigid but classy lady of a prim and proper background (White rose). Dissonance abound when he finds his bride irritating. (imdb)

This is an immigrant movie about three ladies, one from Hong Kong, one from mainland China and one from Taiwan, who all settle in New York. Stchingawa marries a Chinese man, but misses home. (imdb)

An atmospheric moral drama about four young, disaffected Hong Kong singles whose cavalier, bored outlook on life crumbles under the weight of two tragedies--a murder, and the terminal illness of one, a police detective (Chow Yun-Fat). (mubi.com)

A group of disparate characters find themselves trapped overnight on a island somewhere off the coast of mainland China. The circumstances force them to overlook their preconceptions of one another, and they forge a kinship that goes to the heart their identities. (mubi.com)

Shanghai, 2009. After four years of studying, a group of dance students are wished well by their teacher (Huang Lei) as they start rehearsals for their graduation performance. Meanwhile, five members of a 1936 Shanghai theatre troupe, lead by Master Liu (Hu Jun), are transported into the present to broaden their horizons. (mubi.com)

A personal account of Chinese film history by Hong Kong director Stanley Kwan, who examines in particular issues of gender and sexuality. Includes interviews with a number of important filmmakers as well as the director's mother; Kwan also uses this film publicly to address his own sexual identity. (BFI)

Kin chan no Cinema Jack is an anthology film starring Yuen Biao and produced by Jackie Chan... (themoviedb)

Short Comedy film starring Maggie Cheung (themoviedb)

Unfortunate Bao-er decides to divorce her husband Derek after she discovers he is having an affair. Seeking solace with her group of friends, who call themselves the 'Happy Spinsters Club', she begins to face life as a single mother while Derek moves in with his new young girlfriend. (imdb)

A classy recluse quietly fears she'll lose it all, while a TV ingénue builds for a big break in a flailing film industry. The two rehearse for the new drama from a prominent director with hopes of gaining relevance and credibility respectively. The quirkily complex female leads and queer and trans characters allow the play-within-the-movie to slip off stage through tone and delivery into sometimes campy and sometimes melancholy moments where life imitates art. (nwfilm.org)