No one world-builds quite like Wong Kar Wai.
With the release of The Criterion Collection’s “World of Wong Kar Wai” set, we look at how Hong Kong’s King of Cool has built an inimitable career on repetition and iteration.
Pure, five-time-distilled heartache overshadows dynamic direction and a banger soundtrack.
The Hong Kong Second Wave filmmaker loves synchronicity. The films of Wong Kar-wai, specifically In the Mood for Love, are vivid portraits of desire (and…
Sixteen years after the release of Chungking Express – the film that placed Wong Kar-Wai firmly and what seems to be permanently in the realm…