PRETTY BUT slight, “My Blueberry Nights,” the first English-language film by the revered Hong Kong auteur Wong Kar Wai, will seem both familiar and disappointing to many of his fans. This ...

Exploring themes of chance, fate and longing with nonlinear narratives, ... From 1988 to 2004, Hong Kong film director Wong Kar Wai released eight films that changed cinema forever.

On Christmas Day "The World of Wong Kar Wai" was released. It is a collection of seven restored films by the Hong Kong director and will be available through Digital Gym Cinema (DGC@Home) for the ...

That filmmaker is Wong Kar-Wai. In person, ... Wong tries to do something different with each film, yet his body of work reveals a fascination for similar themes.

Wong Kar-wai: I was born in Shanghai. ... and, in your case, it seems to me that the closest thing to that, in terms of themes that appear in almost every one of your films, is regret and longing.

Wong Kar Wai's common themes are in the series but muted. Ah Bao, played by popular star Hu Ge , is the central character around whom everyone's lives and stories revolve but, ironically, has less ...

U.S. viewers will finally get to experience Wong Kar Wai’s Blossoms Shanghai later this year. The visionary director’s first ...

Wong Kar-wai's 30-part television series, Blossoms Shanghai, will premiere on the Criterion Channel later this year. The announcement marks the US debut of the acclaimed director's first series. This ...

EXCLUSIVE: Music to arthouse film lovers’ ears: Wong Kar Wai‘s epic drama series Blossoms Shanghai is finally getting an international release, via Mubi. Mubi will release the 30-part drama ...

Wong Kar-wai‘s series debut “Blossoms Shanghai” ... His work often explores themes of Portuguese identity and incorporates elements of both fiction and documentary.

Trying to correct a Wong Kar-wai film by re-editing can only ever weaken it; messing with the flow, pacing and shot selection doesn’t just sand a film of its identity, it upsets the equilibrium ...