Brigitte Lin on Screen

Born in Taiwan in 1954, Brigitte Lin Ching-hsia was still in her teens when she established herself as one of the most in-demand actors in her country’s popular cinema during the 1970s, eventually bringing the Hong Kong industry calling. Known especially for her steely eyed intensity and androgynous, gender-bending roles—of which her portrayal of a brother/sister duo in Wong Kar-wai’s Ashes of Time is but one example—Lin’s adventurous career, celebrated in this series, encompasses romantic melodrama, wuxia epics, supernatural fantasies, and more; and just in time for the Lunar New Year we’ll be screening highlights from an incredible body of work that includes crucial collaborations with directors Wong, Jackie Chan, Tsui Hark, and Ronny Yu.