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What makes a CineMaster?

Years of experience, global renown, a career of landmark films and a public fascination with every move they make – and that’s just for starters.

Our ongoing season celebrates directors and key figures from filmmaking history, and gives you the opportunity to watch their work on the big screen.

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CineMasters: John Woo

June 2026

John Woo is one of the most influential filmmakers in modern action cinema, renowned for his balletic approach to violence and his distinctive visual and thematic style. Emerging from the Hong Kong film industry in the 1970s and 80s, Woo redefined the action genre.

Instantly recognisable for their stylised gunplay, slow-motion choreography, and poetic use of space and movement, Woo's films often feature doves, dual-wielded pistols, and explosive set pieces. Beyond the spectacle, his work is driven by deeply human concerns: loyalty, honour, sacrifice, and the complex bonds between men on opposite sides of the law.

Throughout his career, Woo has maintained a unique ability to blend visceral action with emotional storytelling, elevating genre filmmaking into something almost operatic in tone and intensity. This season of screenings celebrates a true master whose work continues to resonate, thrill, and inspire, decades after it first burst onto the screen.

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