April 12-17
There’s no mistaking the woozy romanticism of Wong Kar-wai. Together with Cinematographer Christopher Doyle and Production Designer/Editor William Chang, Wong crafted a series a mesmerizing, contemplative films that speak in images just as often as words.
The film that made Wong Kar Wai an instant icon. Two heartsick Hong Kong cops, both jilted by ex-lovers, cross paths at the Midnight Express food stand, where the ethereal pixie waitress Faye works. Anything goes in Wong’s gloriously shot and utterly unexpected charmer,
Sunday (4/13) - 4:40
Monday (4/14) - 7:00
Monday (4/17) - 4:40
The initial entry in a loosely connected, ongoing cycle that includes In the Mood for Love and 2046, Days of Being Wild is a dreamlike drift through the Hong Kong of the 1960s, in which a band of wayward twentysomethings pull together and push apart in a dance of frustrated desire.
Saturday (4/12) - 4:50
Tuesday (4/15) - 7:00
Wednesday (4/16) - 4:50
Set in 1962, a man and a woman drift into a complex relationship after discovering their spouses have had an affair. Often regarded as Wong’s greatest work, In the Mood for Love is a visual feast that transcends traditional storytelling.
Saturday (4/12) - 7:00
Tuesday (4/15) - 4:45
Wednesday (4/16) - 7:00
This loose sequel to In the Mood for Love combines that film’s languorous air with a dizzying, time-hopping structure and avant-sci-fi twist. Tony Leung Chiu Wai reprises his role as writer Chow Mo-Wan, whose numerous failed relationships with women who drift in and out of his life inspire the delirious futuristic love story he pens.
Sunday (4/13) - 7:00
Monday (4/14) - 4:15
Thursday (4/17) - 7:00
Wong Kar-Wei’s debut film infused gritty Hong Kong gangland drama with the woozy romanticism that would become his signature style. As Tears Go By was a box office smash, and heralded the arrival of one of contemporary cinema’s most electrifying talents.
Wednesday (4/23) - 7:00
Plays one week later as part of the ongoing Cinema City series