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Girl meets carnival ride, girl gets carnival ride in the provocative French film “Jumbo” (Darkstar Pictures), starring Noémie Merlant (“Portrait of a Lady on Fire”) as a shy young woman who becomes erotically fixated on the bright colors and flashing lights of a Tilt-a-Whirl at the theme park where she works late nights on the cleaning crew. Director Zoé Wittock’s Sundance hit has drawn critical acclaim around the world for its intuitive handling of an unusual love story. Also available: British comedy greats Rob Brydon and Tamsin Greig co-star in the comedy “Days of the Bagno...

As Tears Go By (1988) © Courtesy of Janus Films Wong’s debut feature is his most generic, an 80s Hong Kong crime film cut from the template established by directors such as Ringo Lam and John Woo. But his signature touches shine through in the doomed love story between Ah Ngor (Maggie Cheung) and Wah (Andy Lau), particularly in a moment involving the film’s biggest needle drop. That would be Sandy Lam’s Cantopop cover of Giorgio Moroder and Berlin’s original song for Top Gun (1986), ‘Take My Breath Away’. Wong wrings genuine emotion out of the overwrought ball...

Ian Wang , February 16th, 2021 13:41 The centrepiece of Wong Kar-wai's melancholy drama Happy Together is a raw depiction of gay romance, but it speaks to the filmmaker's wider fascination with Hong Kong migrant cinema, finds Ian Wang Wong Kar-wai’s films are always crossing borders. Though his films have become staples of modern cinema for their lush, hypnotic evocations of Hong Kong, they also spend a surprising amount of time exploring the world beyond the city limits. His characters fly out to Singapore, Cambodia, the Philippines. Some find a new life in America; some decide to come bac...

ACMI has just reopened again, so what can we expect from its $40 million revamp? 'The Story of the Moving Image' - image by Adam Gibson Words by Gabriela Caeli Sumampow The museum is more mind-blowing than ever. Introducing a media preservation lab and exciting exhibitions, some perks of ACMI’s new look include contemporary cafes and bars, revitalised shops, as well as a staircase connecting the building and its new relaxation spaces. ACMI celebrates its reopening with an Open Weekend – debuting their newest centrepiece exhibition, a world-first piece of technology set to reinv...

Prepare for sensory overload: tomorrow the BFI delivers an online retrospective of the films of Wong Kar-Wai, who has supervised new 4K versions of five of the films on offer (bfi.org.uk). Born in