A re-watch of Wong Kar Wai’s beautiful meditation on martial arts and heroism, shot through with his perennial preoccupations of time, aging and fading memories. Tony Leung and Zhang Ziyi steam up the screen as the rivals who struggle to resist the undercurrent of attraction between them. Read my full review here Read more »
Probably Wong Kar Wai’s best film and certainly his most visually accomplished, this is a delicate, ornate study of social mores, forbidden love and loyalty in the face of infidelity. Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung are immaculate and stunning as they loiter around each other’s apartments, share clandestine meetings in the back alleys of 1960s […] Read more »
Before boarding planes to traverse Asia, James and Fernando got together to discuss Hong Kong Filmart and the business of selling films. We look behind the scenes of a major film market and the different ways filmmakers, distributors and festival organisers meet and do their work. Read more »
I finally caught up with Wong Kar Wai’s much-lauded 1997 film, starring Leslie Cheung and Tony Leung Chiu Wai as tempestuous lovers living in Buenos Aires. To find out what I thought about it, you’ll have to read my February submission in Twitch’s Full Disclosure series, which will be appearing on the site this Sunday. Read more »
A decade after it was announced, Wong Kar Wai finally delivers his martial arts epic, starring Tony Leung Chiu Wai as wing chun advocate Ip Man and Zhang Ziyi has his potential adversary/love interest. Beautiful, elegant, light on narrative but heavy on class, Wong is back at the top of his game with what is […] Read more »