The Works

In our regular movie review, Gary Pollard talks about Danny Boyle's "127 Hours", a film about Aron Ralston (James Franco) who had to make a decision few of us would contemplate: to cut off his arm, trapped beneath a rock in the deseert, if he wanted to...

To inaugurate the opening of its first outlet in Asia, the Gagosian Gallery is featuring an exhibition of the works of one of the most controversial living artists: Damien Hirst. For some his work is profound, for others it's an example of the worst k...

If you can hit it, slap it, scratch it, or rub things against it, you can make music with it. Percussionist Arai Soichiro is in our studio with his “Singing Hands” to show us how .

We still have new legends in the modern world, although they are more likely to be pop stars, actors, and other celebrities.What makes a legend a legend in the modern age? And what’s its connection to mortality or death? That’s the subject of “This Mor...

As most Chinese school children know, “Journey to the West” is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. When it was published in the 1590s during the Ming Dynasty, its author kept his name secret.. He’s now believed to be Wu Cheng'...

In “Rapunzel”, a poor man with an ailing pregnant wife steals a vegetable called rampion from the garden of an enchantress to restore his wife’s health. When the enchantress catches him, he agrees to give her the child, a daughter called “Rapunzel” (th...

For those of you who get confused by having two Bens presenting the show, Ben Pelletier’s off on his travels. Instead we have Billy Lee, the regular presenter of our Chinese version of The Works 藝坊星期天.

We begin by heading to the steppes of Inner M...

Shen Wenyu is a young pianist who some say is on the way to becoming one of the greatest. Eight years ago, he was the youngest ever winner of the Queen Elizabeth International Piano Competition. At 24, he’s already performed with over 30 orchestras wor...

We begin part two with a chance to catch up on exhibition you may have missed. It’s called “Landscape Reinterpreted” and it’s by one of Hong Kong’s best-known sculptors Danny Lee Chin-fai. The exhibition ended last Sunday, but you can still see plenty ...

Sofia Coppola is a director that many people love or loathe, but even though her movies are hardly mainstream, they do attract considerable critical and commercial success. Her film “Lost in Translation” cost $4 million to make, and took in a hefty $12...