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...smarting from the 2000 election. But the subtitle explains all: ?22 Years of Deliciously Evil Hong Kong Cinema.? The bestial festival, which runs through Thursday the 14th, assembles films famous (Samo Hung?s ?Close Encounters of the Spooky Kind,? Ricky Lau?s ?Mr. Vampire?), infamous (?The Untold Story,? ?Dr. Lamb?) and unfamous (?Devil Fetus,? ?Bio Zombie?) from...
...Anthony Wong?s Wong Chi-hang, the demon butcher of Macau in ?The Untold Story,? might be seen as a figure of black comedy - a fiercer sibling of the woman in Roald Dahl?s 1953 story ?Lamb to the Slaughter.? In both tales the killer feeds the evidence to the police: in ?Lamb? the cops eat the the murder weapon; in ?Untold Story? they eat the corpse, which Wong has chopped into pieces and cooked into pork buns. Yet we know this is no comedy from the look on the actor?s face. It is a glower of implacable rage...
...Like Herman Yau?s ?Untold Story,? Billy Tang?s ?Dr. Lamb? is based on a true case. Southeast Asia can?t boast many serial killers; Wong Chi-hang may have been the only one in Macau history, and Lam Go-wan in Hong Kong?s. Both were remarkable for reasons other than their sociopathy: Wong evaded the police for nearly a decade, and Lam carried out his victims? dismembering and packaging in a cramped apartment he shared with a half-dozen family members. As in ?Untold Story,? Danny Lee (who gets co-director credits on both films) plays the tough...
...Kumir, where the decor is Manila Hyatt 1984 but the traditional French fare is superb. A meal for two--succulent pigeon de Sologne, excellent fish and a youngish Chateauneuf-du-Pape--costs north of $300. East-West fusion is represented by the fashionable Uley, which serves rack of lamb and Chilean sea bass, but a mere pot of green tea there will set you back $20. Another chic place is Syr (Russian for cheese), whose decor suggests the inside of a Swiss cheese and which in spite of that has very good Italian food...
...only real problem with Maws is that he needs more confidence. Portions overwhelm the plates, perhaps because this is Maws’ first solo venture and he is eager to impress. He should trust his remarkable skill and know that one piece of perfectly prepared lamb serves him better than three. But generosity runs in the family. After a tour of the kitchen, Marjorie Maws, Tony’s mother and the current hostess, offered her satiated customers a loaf of bread or two. But everyone had already had more than enough to eat—thanks...