Movies in Chinese

In two stories told in sequence, film magician Wong Kar-wai captures the fleeting magic of memories and Hong Kong's genius loci. This iconic film was shot during a break from Wong’s arduous work on the historical epic Ashes of Time – to rediscover his love of cinema. The result is an unbridled and heartfelt account of how easy it is to love. And how hard it can be to forget. The nuanced narrative never lets the viewers experience the exuberant... more...

The greatest postmodernist of Hong Kong cinema. Master of melancholic mood of loneliness and unfulfilled longing. An original stylist combining cinephilia with music video aesthetics. A chronicler of Hong Kong's last years before the city was handed over to China in 1997. This is Wong Kar-Wai. From a filmmaker who was once compared by critics to both Godard and Tarantino, Filmasia presents one of the highlights of his most prolific creative period, the first half of the 1990s. Like many... more...