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This week's Arts Diary

Joel and Ethan Coen’s “A Serious Man” is a film about whether there’s a God, the meaning of life, or indeed if it has a meaning. It’s about Larry Gopnik, a physics professor who lectures on quantum mechanics and the uncertainty principle, who finds him...

Described as a “conceptual circus”, “Hope and Glory” is Simon Birch’s most ambitious project to date. Occupying 20,000 square feet in Artistree in Taikoo Place, it merges themes and fragments of Birch’s life. Initially Birch was planning to fund the pr...

A treat for those interested in Hong Kong’s own Indie music scene, as local band “Noughts and Exes” play in our studio, and talk to us about their new CD.

Arts Diary

In the movie “Date Night” Steve Carell and Tina Fey play Phil and Claire Foster, a suburban couple with two children who are in a bit of a rut. When they hear that two of their friends are splitting up out of boredom, both decide that on their next reg...

It’s very likely that viewers of The Works, as well as watching our reports on the local arts scene, will want to read the occasional magazine on cultural issues. If you’ve been keeping up with Hong Kong’s cultural activities long enough you may have n...

Lisa Ono Plays Us Out

In Part Two of the show tonight, a story that was a labour of love for our film reviewer Gary Pollard. The Hong Kong International Film Festival, is featuring, among other things, a short retrospective of the work of Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Zanussi....

Performing in our studio, cast members of "Remembering the Sixties" talk to us about the show and treat us to a colourful rendition of "Let the Sunshine In", and "The Rhythm of Life".