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May at the Trylon
Few film stars have shone as brightly as Maggie Cheung. Fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, French, and English, she was the toast of both the art-house world and Hong Kong pop cinema during her two-decade film career.
(2000, 35mm, 98m, Cantonese w/English subtitles) dir Wong Kar Wai w/Tony Leung. Hong Kong, 1962: Chow Mo-wan (Leung) and Su Li-zhen (Cheung) move into adjacent apartments on the same day, then discover their spouses are having an affair. Deliriously beautiful and filled with a powerful sense of longing, In the Mood is a nearly perfect […]
Showings: May. 7 7:30, May. 8 7:00, 9:00, May. 9 7:00, 9:00
(1993, DCP, 88m, Cantonese w/English subtitles) dir Johnnie To w/Michelle Yeoh, Anita Mui, Damian Lau. When police can’t solve the kidnapping of multiple heirs to the throne, they call in three women with incredible powers and dark pasts. Playing like a comic book kung fu mystery, To’s film is a wonder of outlandish imagination—and stunt […]
Showings: May. 14 7:30, May. 15 7:00, 9:00, May. 16 7:00, 9:00
(1996, 35mm, 99m, French w/English subtitles) dir Olivier Assayas w/Jean-Pierre Léaud, Natalie Richard. Cheung plays a fictional version of herself cast as the lead in a remake of the 1915 film Les vampires. Both a sentimental ode to cinema’s past and a gentle jab at the excesses of the French New Wave, Vep is an […]
Showings: May. 21 7:30, May. 22 7:00, 9:00, May. 23 7:00, 9:00
(1989, DCP, 114m, Cantonese w/English subtitles) dir Clarence Fok w/Biao Yuen, Wah Yuen. Before Encino Man and Demolition Man, there was The Iceman Cometh. Ming Dynasty royal guard Fong-Sau Ching (Biao Yuen) tracks down rapist/serial murderer Fung San (Wah Yuen) in the mountains. Both become frozen during their struggle. When they thaw out, in modern-day […]
Showings: May. 28 8:00, May. 29 7:00, 9:15, May. 30 7:00, 9:15