At KPBS, friend of the Gutter Beth Accomando talks about Wong Kar-Wai’s In The Mood For Love (Hong Kong, 2000) on its 25th anniversary. “In the Mood for Love turns 25 this year, so I dug back into my archives for this tribute to the Hong Kong art […]
Sight & Sound interviews director Wong Kar-Wai on the 25th anniversary of In The Mood For Love (Hong Kong, 2000). “The film that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival 25 years ago, on 20 May 2000, was not the one that Wong Kar Wai had envisaged when he […]
“And we’ll hate what we’ve lost but we’ll love what we find…” – from “Featherstone” by The Paper Kites Sometimes I feel like the joy and value of ephemeral things get lost in an all-consuming preoccupation with things that last. Perhaps it’s rooted in a desire to avoid […]
Sachin Hingoo kicks off this year’s Switcheroo Month at the Gutter. This year the Gutter’s editors are writing about reputable art rather than disreputable art for a whole month! Heads up: The following contains minor spoilers for A24’s Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) and Paramount’s Star Trek: […]
“This is also the area where I grew up. I know this area so well, so I shot half the film there. To me Chungking Express, it’s like the night and day of Hong Kong. Some people say the film is about this or that character, but I […]
Jet Li’s Chang Mo-Kei has been struck by the Jinx Palm, blocking his chi, destroying his ability to perform kung fu and causing him to need constant infusions of chi from Taoist priest Chang San-Fung (Sammo Hung). But Chang can only be cured by a massive infusion of […]
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