Dylan Cheung
@dylancheung.bsky.social
Writer and Cantonese–English translator. Sinophone and East Asian cinema, especially from Hong Kong.
Contact: dylan.ym.cheung at gmail
Contact: dylan.ym.cheung at gmail
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I did a new set of subtitles for Arrow's just announced release of Peking Opera Blues coming next year. This one required taking certain creative risks to properly match the film's tone and energy (so I guess we'll see if that pays off).
As much as I know this to be true, this is still gonna suck for theatrical distribution all around the world, especially in smaller countries reliant on major studio distribution.
There’s a whole rest of the world that still loves going to the movies! Don’t forget this! There’s a rich tradition of cinemagoing around the world, it can’t be all about Netflix buying WB.
December 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
As much as I know this to be true, this is still gonna suck for theatrical distribution all around the world, especially in smaller countries reliant on major studio distribution.
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Call me naive but I think the cinemagoing experience will never die
December 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Call me naive but I think the cinemagoing experience will never die
Not on the Blu-ray forums anymore but people link me posts whenever they're badmouthing me. A recent post (that isn't blindly negative) questions the necessity of translating slang, malapropisms, and accents, to which I say yes, they should be. What's the point, otherwise?
December 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Not on the Blu-ray forums anymore but people link me posts whenever they're badmouthing me. A recent post (that isn't blindly negative) questions the necessity of translating slang, malapropisms, and accents, to which I say yes, they should be. What's the point, otherwise?
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Honored to make my debut for Vinegar Syndrome/OCN Distribution, where I contributed a booklet essay about Huang Ji and Otsuka Ryuji's beautiful STONEWALLING to @kimstim.bsky.social's Blu-ray release of the whole trilogy! vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/...
The Left Behind Daughters Trilogy: The Films of Huang Ji and Ryuji Otsuka
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This special limited edition slipcover
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December 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Honored to make my debut for Vinegar Syndrome/OCN Distribution, where I contributed a booklet essay about Huang Ji and Otsuka Ryuji's beautiful STONEWALLING to @kimstim.bsky.social's Blu-ray release of the whole trilogy! vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/...
I did a new set of subtitles for Arrow's just announced release of Peking Opera Blues coming next year. This one required taking certain creative risks to properly match the film's tone and energy (so I guess we'll see if that pays off).
November 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I did a new set of subtitles for Arrow's just announced release of Peking Opera Blues coming next year. This one required taking certain creative risks to properly match the film's tone and energy (so I guess we'll see if that pays off).
It's Witchfinder Snoopy Day
November 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
It's Witchfinder Snoopy Day
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Isabelle Huppert, big Left-Handed Girl fan.
November 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Isabelle Huppert, big Left-Handed Girl fan.
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A major fire engulfing multiple residential buildings in Tai Po has killed at least four people, including a firefighter, and injured three others, according to the Fire Services Department (FSD). In full: buff.ly/OT7r4eY
BREAKING: At least 4 dead, 3 injured in major fire in Tai Po
A major fire engulfing multiple residential buildings in Tai Po has killed at least four people, including a firefighter, and injured three others, according to the Fire Services Department (FSD).
buff.ly
November 26, 2025 at 9:43 AM
A major fire engulfing multiple residential buildings in Tai Po has killed at least four people, including a firefighter, and injured three others, according to the Fire Services Department (FSD). In full: buff.ly/OT7r4eY
Isabelle Huppert, big Left-Handed Girl fan.
November 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Isabelle Huppert, big Left-Handed Girl fan.
I completely revised the subtitles I did a thousand years ago for the Hong Kong cut (and maybe something else) for this release. Hopefully I can do this for any other potential upgrades/re-releases down the track.
Coming soon to 4K UHD from 88 Films
The Protector (1985) Limited Edition 4K UHD
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The Protector (1985) Limited Edition 4K UHD
MORE INFO TBA
#88Films #JackieChan #MartialArts #KungFu #FilmSky #Bluray #physicalmedia
#4KUltraHD #4K #4KUHD #Film #Movie #Movies #Cinema
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I completely revised the subtitles I did a thousand years ago for the Hong Kong cut (and maybe something else) for this release. Hopefully I can do this for any other potential upgrades/re-releases down the track.
Sakuran and Helter Skelter Blu-rays from 88 Films next year? Ninagawa gang rise up!
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Sakuran and Helter Skelter Blu-rays from 88 Films next year? Ninagawa gang rise up!
Some guy randomly found the original handwritten screenplay for Ann Hui's Boat People. Writer Chiu Kang-chien's original Chinese title was literally 'Boat People', but this was changed to 'Seeking Refuge to the Angry Sea' at the suggestion of wuxia novelist Jin Yong.
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Some guy randomly found the original handwritten screenplay for Ann Hui's Boat People. Writer Chiu Kang-chien's original Chinese title was literally 'Boat People', but this was changed to 'Seeking Refuge to the Angry Sea' at the suggestion of wuxia novelist Jin Yong.
Been watching a lot of ER this past year, since it became one of our public broadcaster's go-to slot fillers, and realising just how much it influenced my childhood idea of what being a grown-up would be like.
November 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Been watching a lot of ER this past year, since it became one of our public broadcaster's go-to slot fillers, and realising just how much it influenced my childhood idea of what being a grown-up would be like.
Chinese media really going to town on Wong Kar-wai over this now. Turns out he also said some bad things about the government and their handling of Covid, whoops! Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
An unknown screenwriter going by Guer claims they're the real writer of Blossoms Shanghai, accusing Wong Kar-wai and writer Qin Wen of exploitation and bullying, even posting audio recordings as proof. It's gotten so bad the production issued a statement about respecting the rights of creators.
November 15, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Chinese media really going to town on Wong Kar-wai over this now. Turns out he also said some bad things about the government and their handling of Covid, whoops! Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
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Had the immense honor of interviewing the one and only Sylvia Chang about her fantastic performance in Huang Xi’s DAUGHTER’S DAUGHTER and her singular career at large, for Metrograph. metrograph.com/sylvia-chang...
Sylvia Chang - Journal - Metrograph
A titan of New Taiwanese Cinema and the Hong Kong New Wave discusses her latest award-winning role.
metrograph.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Had the immense honor of interviewing the one and only Sylvia Chang about her fantastic performance in Huang Xi’s DAUGHTER’S DAUGHTER and her singular career at large, for Metrograph. metrograph.com/sylvia-chang...
Reposted by Dylan Cheung
Bride of Re-Animator illustration from Hobby Japan EX, Winter 1991.
November 13, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Bride of Re-Animator illustration from Hobby Japan EX, Winter 1991.
Tatsuya Nakadai riding a demon motorcycle to death in The Wicked City. What a legend.
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Tatsuya Nakadai riding a demon motorcycle to death in The Wicked City. What a legend.
Every time the Criterion Closet has a British or European guest, I always think, 'Do they even have a region A player?'
November 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Every time the Criterion Closet has a British or European guest, I always think, 'Do they even have a region A player?'
More Milkyway Image coming soon from Chameleon Films: Johnnie To's much demanded A Hero Never Dies and Soi Cheang's paranoid thriller Accident. Both releases have been in the works for a while now with A Hero Never Dies even undergoing a digital restoration. New subtitles by me as well.
November 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
More Milkyway Image coming soon from Chameleon Films: Johnnie To's much demanded A Hero Never Dies and Soi Cheang's paranoid thriller Accident. Both releases have been in the works for a while now with A Hero Never Dies even undergoing a digital restoration. New subtitles by me as well.
More Milkyway Image coming soon from Chameleon Films: Johnnie To's much demanded A Hero never Dies and Soi Cheang's paranoid thriller Accident. Both have been in the works for a while now with A Hero Never Dies even undergoing a digital restoration. New subtitles by me as well.
November 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
More Milkyway Image coming soon from Chameleon Films: Johnnie To's much demanded A Hero never Dies and Soi Cheang's paranoid thriller Accident. Both have been in the works for a while now with A Hero Never Dies even undergoing a digital restoration. New subtitles by me as well.
Hong Kong movies used to be so dangerous even Wong Kar-wai ones could kill you.
November 6, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Hong Kong movies used to be so dangerous even Wong Kar-wai ones could kill you.
Every time I watch Hard Boiled I'm like, "Hey, it's that bit from Infernal Affairs!" during the Tony Leung and Philip Chan rooftop scene even though I know Hard Boiled came first and have seen it so many more times than Infernal Affairs.
November 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Every time I watch Hard Boiled I'm like, "Hey, it's that bit from Infernal Affairs!" during the Tony Leung and Philip Chan rooftop scene even though I know Hard Boiled came first and have seen it so many more times than Infernal Affairs.
I guested on a Cantonese-language community radio show when I was up in Brisbane for the In the Mood for Maggie Cheung retrospective at GOMA (runs till the end of the month). The episode's now up if you wanna hear me do Cantonese content: 1 Nov 2025 8pm
www.4eb.org.au/shows/durian...
www.4eb.org.au/shows/durian...
Durian Club - 4EB
Language: Cantonese
www.4eb.org.au
November 3, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I guested on a Cantonese-language community radio show when I was up in Brisbane for the In the Mood for Maggie Cheung retrospective at GOMA (runs till the end of the month). The episode's now up if you wanna hear me do Cantonese content: 1 Nov 2025 8pm
www.4eb.org.au/shows/durian...
www.4eb.org.au/shows/durian...
RIP Stanley Fung
One of his final Facebook posts was on the passing of Benz Hui:
'...Alas, we all part ways someday, but I am older than you, myself terminally ill and on my last legs... Wait for me on the other side, young brother. Your unworthy elder brother is close behind!'
One of his final Facebook posts was on the passing of Benz Hui:
'...Alas, we all part ways someday, but I am older than you, myself terminally ill and on my last legs... Wait for me on the other side, young brother. Your unworthy elder brother is close behind!'
November 1, 2025 at 1:32 AM
RIP Stanley Fung
One of his final Facebook posts was on the passing of Benz Hui:
'...Alas, we all part ways someday, but I am older than you, myself terminally ill and on my last legs... Wait for me on the other side, young brother. Your unworthy elder brother is close behind!'
One of his final Facebook posts was on the passing of Benz Hui:
'...Alas, we all part ways someday, but I am older than you, myself terminally ill and on my last legs... Wait for me on the other side, young brother. Your unworthy elder brother is close behind!'
Reposted by Dylan Cheung
It's officially spooky season which means it's time for more horror (and horror-adjacent) game commercials! Please see the quoted skeet below for last year's posts.
October 2, 2025 at 1:49 AM
It's officially spooky season which means it's time for more horror (and horror-adjacent) game commercials! Please see the quoted skeet below for last year's posts.