SERIES
February 24-26 at the Trylon
Born in Hong Kong and named after John Wayne (his father’s favorite movie star), Wang blazed a trail for Chinese American filmmakers by creating idiosyncratic works outside the studio system. A genre chameleon who jumped from comedy to drama to mystery to erotica and everything in between, he forged a unique brand of low-key filmic poetry.
(1982, DCP, 76m, English and Cantonese w/English subtitles) dir Wayne Wang w/Wood Moy, Marc Hayashi, Laureen Chew. Considered the first Asian-American feature to gain both wide distribution and critical acclaim, this singular comedy-drama-noir follows two San Francisco cabbies’ search for the title character, who has robbed them of $4,000. As a complex image of Chan…
Screenings: February 24 7:00, February 25 9:15, February 26 3:00
(1995, DCP, 112m) dir Wayne Wang w/Harvey Keitel, William Hurt, Harold Parrineau. This undervalued highlight of 1990s indie cinema, written by Paul Auster, boasts a remarkable ensemble cast that also features Forest Whitaker, Giancarlo Esposito, and Stockard Channing. Their lives intersect at a Brooklyn smoke shop, where they share in one another’s joys and miseries…
Screenings: February 24 8:45, February 25 7:00, February 26 4:45