KPBS

Midday Movies spotlight John Woo's Hong Kong action classics

Action cinema would not be the same without John Woo. He helped launch the Hong Kong New Wave of the 1980s with "A Better ...
Los Angeles Times

John Woo on the classic era of Hong Kong action, plus the week’s best movies

Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies. As awards season begins to take shape, this week the New York Film Festival announced its ...

'90s Action Movies That Changed Hollywood Stunts Forever

The 1990s delivered action movies that were as revolutionary as they were entertaining, changing the game with their approach ...

20 greatest action movie masterpieces of all time, ranked

Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Matrix, and Raiders of the Lost Ark are all among the very best action movies ever made.
Variety

Action Legend John Woo Relives His Hong Kong Days, as Hard-to-See ‘Hard Boiled’ and ‘The Killer’ Get Another Shot With Audiences

Where did the idea for shooting with two guns come from? As Woo travels to France’s Lumière Festival to present 4K restorations of his most influential films, he explains the origins of his style. We ...
Decider

‘Desperado’ At 30: This Hybrid Of Western Tropes And Hong Kong Action Sensibilities Is Surprisingly Timeless

Funny, in a way, that Desperado isn’t much talked about as a contemporary Western. Maybe it was by default when it first came out, and maybe 30 years is too long for the word “contemporary” to still ...