Though the wait for the new Wong Kar Wai 2046 may seem interminable to his fans like Gothamist, to tide us over Kino has rereleased a new 35 mm print of one of his earlier works, Days of Being Wild. Screening at the Film Forum for the next week, this is a must-see Hong Kong classic, which won 5 HK Film Awards on it's original release in 1991. more ›

Once the beauty and longing of Hong Kong director Wong Kar Wai's films get their hooks into you, it's difficult to break free. And really, who would want to? Gothamist knows we're a willing captive to his emotionally distant characters, sumptuous settings and deliberate pacing. more ›

BAM's Rose Cinema will be showing the films of Wong Kar-Wai starting this weekend, in their program, Living in Dreams: Films of Wong Kar-Wai. Wong's work is romantic, and moves between being hilarious to unbelievably sad. The first film, on Friday, is Happy Together, with the late Leslie Cheung and Tony Leung as lovers in Buenos Aires, and on Saturday, Chungking Express will be shown. Chungking Express is one of Gothamist's favorite films, with two stories in one film, both of which jump out with more life than a month of Hollywood release. And In the Mood for Love, which screens next Saturday, on the 22nd, is one of the best films in the past five years, period. Even less acclaimed films like Days of Being Wild, Ashes of Time and Fallen Angels are great to get more of an idea of Wong's stylization. more ›

When someone extraordinarily famous dies (Princess Diana, J.F.K. Jr., Tupac, Notorious B.I.G.), and usually it tends to be life ending at a tragically early age, magazines and newspapers will devote pages to them, print special issues, commemorate to the nth degree. Gothamist asked the Asia-Pacific bureau to take some some pictures of the print media coverage of Leslie Cheung's death. more ›

Other Gothamist coverage on his suicide, news of his death, and ensuing media coverage. more ›

If your Asian or cineaste friends are upset about the tragic suicide of Leslie Cheung, this is why: He was one of the most popular performers of Asia, both as an actor and singer, whose fans were devoted. Also, the scale of his suicide in Central Hong Kong from the Mandarin Hotel on Connaught Road was larger than life as well. Which, to New York readers, amounts to someone of Tom Cruise's fame jumping off the St. Regis onto Fifth Avenue. Though he was a Canto-pop star, his acting choices included edgy choices that few American singers trying to make the acting transition attempt. more ›

Leslie Cheung, renowned Canto pop singer and actor, jumped to his death in Hong Kong. It's unclear why, but he did have a suicide letter. He starred in John Woo's A Better Tomorrow as well as Chen Kaige's Farewell My Concubine and Wong Kar-Wai's Happy Together. more ›