Clarence Tsui
Clarence Tsui | |
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徐匡慈 | |
| Born | Tsui Hong-chee Hong Kong |
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| Years active | 2005–present |
Clarence Tsui Hong-chee (Chinese: 徐匡慈[1][2]) is a Hong Kong film critic and curator. He has written for the South China Morning Post and Oriental Daily News, and served as the Asia bureau chief for The Hollywood Reporter. He is currently the director of Broadway Cinematheque.
Biography
Tsui studied journalism at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and received a scholarship from Star TV in his final year in 1995.[3] After graduating, he became a staff writer for the South China Morning Post, and transitioned to Oriental Daily News as a political writer in 1997.[4][5] He later returned to the South China Morning Post as a film editor and contributed to the Post from 2005 to 2012,[6] before joining The Hollywood Reporter.[7] He served as the Asia bureau chief for THR until August 2013, when Clifford Coonan took over the role, and became a senior film reviewer for THR.[7] Due to his background as a political journalist, Tsui explains that his film reviews are more rooted in cultural and social commentary rather than "solely aesthetics or film theory".[4] In 2016, he curated a documentary screening series on the People's Socialist Republic of Albania for the Cinéma du Réel at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, France.[8] Tsui later left THR and returned to the South China Morning Post as a columnist on Sinophone cinema before 2019.[8] As of May 2019, he was teaching journalism and film at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.[8]
In July 2019, Tsui succeeded Gary Mak as the director of Broadway Cinematheque.[6] His first project was serving as the artistic director for the 16th Hong Kong Asian Film Festival.[9] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Tsui introduced a remastered classics screening program at the Cinematheque.[10] He also served as the curator for the Three Continents Festival at Nantes in 2023 and 2024, which featured retrospectives on Hong Kong filmmakers Derek Yee and Ann Hui respectively.[11][12]
References
- ^ 袁源隆 (25 October 2019). "第16屆香港亞洲電影節 回望歷史傷痕". Ming Pao (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 February 2026.
- ^ 黃桂桂 (5 November 2022). "【文藝Follow Me】致在艱難之中仍堅持拍電影的人 香港亞洲電影節尋找光影中的虛實". P-articles (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 19 December 2025. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
- ^ "Hopes and fears for post-97 media". South China Morning Post. 14 December 1995. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
- ^ a b "影評人的自我修養". Stand News (in Chinese). 20 June 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
- ^ "校友近況". CU Alumni Magazine (in Chinese). Chinese University of Hong Kong. 1997. Archived from the original on 15 August 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
- ^ a b Shackleton, Liz (19 May 2019). "Clarence Tsui to head Chinese arthouse chain Broadway Cinematheque". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on 23 July 2025. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
- ^ a b "Clifford Coonan Named Asia Bureau Chief at The Hollywood Reporter". The Hollywood Reporter. 7 August 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
- ^ a b c "影評人徐匡慈接任百老匯電影中心總監 曾任康城影展等評審". Stand News (in Chinese). 20 May 2019. Archived from the original on 29 December 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
- ^ Wong, Nic (7 November 2019). "「見證、堅持與抗衡」 與HKAFF影展總監、節目策劃訪談". Jet Magazine (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 11 November 2025. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
- ^ Wong, Wing-leung (29 May 2020). "【專訪】疫情下的百老匯院線 全院不滿座、戴口罩入場看戲的日子". Stand News (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 February 2026.
- ^ 瑞迪 (24 November 2024). "法國南特爾冬陞作品回顧展：重溫香港電影曾經的輝煌". Radio France Internationale (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 February 2026.
- ^ 楊眉 (1 December 2023). "徐匡慈：許鞍華影片有高有底 記載了香港的演變". Radio France Internationale (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 4 December 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2026.