Wong Kar-Wai’s ‘In the Mood for Love’ is often cited as one of the greatest films of this century in popular lists and in the lists of critically acclaimed films. It is…
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Like every other year, we have made our anticipated list by digging deep enough to find little independent gems that are going to dazzle us in time. Here are the 70 most…
“In the Mood For Love towers over any of its contemporary features and rests in the golden annals of celluloid history as one of the greatest films made about love and the…
WARNING: REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS It is palpably possible that one loses track of time amidst his own reckonings and distractions. The clock is a coherent device, capable of an audit but its…
Wong Kar Wai’s Fallen Angels (1995) is one of his most underrated films. Raw and grainy, in its literal and figurative sense, it provides an insight into the beginnings of a mind that gave us the smooth and sentimental In The Mood For Love (2001). The maturity with which the latter film dealt with the emotion of longing and heartache came from a far more aggressive and painful portrayal of the same in the earlier movie, and I believe this transition is proof that artistic trademarks can be reborn again and again.
