One of Wong’s most straightforward films is arguably his most mature, about the intimate kinship between two men.
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Happy Together (1997)
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Category / Criterion Collection
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Fallen Angels (1995)
Difficult to connect emotionally, but this companion piece to ‘Chungking Express’ (1994) has all the hallmarks of Hong Kong’s premier visual stylist.
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Brief Encounter (1945)
One of David Lean’s finest early works, this is a heartrending exploration of the joy and torment of an impossible love, as experienced giddily in a chance encounter by two strangers who are already married.
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Chungking Express (1994)
Wong’s influential international breakthrough is fascinating, but it is not always well-paced.
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Days of Being Wild (1990)
Wong Kar-Wai became one of contemporary Chinese cinema’s most distinctive auteurs with this dreamy-romantic if fatalistic evocation of 1960s alienation and forlorn.
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Carnival of Souls (1962)
A terrific low-budget atmospheric horror film from the ‘60s that is genuinely frightening, backed by a disquieting organ score.
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Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The (2004)
Slightly overlong and its offbeat humour doesn’t always work, but this is one of Wes Anderson’s most strangely enigmatic of screen adventures.
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Grand Budapest Hotel, The (2014)
Watching Wes Anderson’s total command of his exquisite craft is a thing of pure joy few can match.
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Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
Colourful characters adorn this emotionally restrained, but immensely quirky Wes Anderson dollhouse drama.
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Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
A Wes Anderson masterpiece of craftsmanship, direction and visual storytelling that is arguably still his finest work.
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