Essential characteristics of Wong Kar Wai’s cinematic universe are transplanted into the American context of My Blue Berry Nights as he continues to muse on the universal experiences of love… Read More
My Blueberry Nights
Category: Reviews
Fallen Angels
Written as a complementary narrative to the two love stories in Chungking Express, Fallen Angels is its more grimy and more painful counterpart. Together, their light and dark complement and… Read More
Ashes fo Time / Wong Kar Wai
Ashes of Time (1994) presents Wong Kar Wai’s ambitious take on the martial arts genre, wuxia (武侠- literally translating to “martial heroes”). Ashes of Time: Redux (2008) is the re-edited… Read More
Chungking Express – Wong Kar Wai
Chungking Express is one of the best introductory films to Wong Kar Wai’s work. Chronicling two separate stories about two charming but lovelorn policemen, they are seamlessly brought together by… Read More
Days of Being Wild – Wong Kar Wai
Days of Being Wild begins to flesh out the Wong Kar Wai’s cinematic world, using the potent imagery of early 60’s Hong Kong and the Philippines to entangle a… Read More
As Tears Go By – Wong Kar Wai
Wong Kar Wai’s impressive directorial debut in 1988, As Tears Go By, demonstrates the director’s acumen for portraying the diurnal rhythms of yearning with a healthy dose of commercial appeal.… Read More
On The Rocks
Laura (Rashida Jones) is afraid her marriage is in trouble when she starts to suspect her husband, Dean (Marlon Wayans), is cheating on her. Though she has her doubts, she… Read More
Vivarium
Some of the Film in Revolt team watched Jesse Eisenberg’s latest film Vivarium staying at home last week. ‘Vivarium is a fever dream of a movie, trapping viewers into an absurd and claustrophobic limbo… Read More
Little Women
Greta Gerwig’s 2019 adaptation of the classic novel has been described as the Little Women for this generation, and it most certainly is. Gerwig has done it again with this… Read More
Underwater
If you want a popcorn sci-fi film that might make you jump, has easy to watch performances and cements Kristen Stewart as an action star in the making, you could… Read More