Wong Kar-Wai

Streaming: the world of Wong Kar-wai at the ICA

An intoxicating feast awaits as the ICA and BFI join forces in a retrospective of the Hong Kong auteur’s work, complete with seven new 4K restorations

Guy Lodge

30, Jan, 2021 @8:00 AM

Wig walls, Derek Jacobi layering and Boy scout vibes: style lessons we're streaming

Films and TV shows are inspiring our lockdown wardrobes – whether it’s a masterclass in avoiding loungewear from Wong Kar-Wai or defiant dressing from Schitt’s Creek

Priya Elan, Hannah Marriott, Leah Harper, Ellie Violet Bramley, Helen Seamons, Melanie Wilkinson, Jo Jones , Peter Bevan and Lanre Bakare

27, Apr, 2020 @5:00 AM

Casablanca to Starship Troopers: the movie breakups that hit our writers hardest

With the release of Noah Baumbach’s crushing divorce saga Marriage Story, Guardian writers have reminisced over their most memorable big screen breakups

Gretchen Smail , Peter Bradshaw, Charles Bramesco, André Wheeler , Benjamin Lee, Adrian Horton, Pamela Hutchinson, Andrew Pulver, Guy Lodge, Jordan Hoffman and Catherine Shoard

07, Nov, 2019 @6:00 AM

The 100 best films of the 21st century

Gangsters, superheroes, schoolkids, lovers, slaves, peasants, techies, Tenenbaums and freefalling astronauts – they’re all here in our countdown of cinema’s best movies since 2000

Peter Bradshaw, Cath Clarke, Andrew Pulver and Catherine Shoard

13, Sep, 2019 @5:00 AM

From Hidden to In the Mood for Love: why the 2000s are my favourite film decade | Peter Bradshaw

Featuring Coen brothers masterpieces and an astonishing run by Michael Haneke, this was the decade in which film rediscovered its history – and explored its future – thanks to digital technology

Peter Bradshaw

26, Mar, 2018 @5:00 AM

Alexa Chung on her new collection: ‘I deliberately went quite weird’

As her fashion label launches, Alexa Chung recreates the looks of her favourite style icons

Interview: Jess Cartner-Morley Styling: Melanie Wilkinson

03, Jun, 2017 @9:00 AM

Wong Kar-Wai to return with Gucci murder movie

The Hong Kong director is to follow The Grandmaster with story of the plot to kill fashion boss Maurizio Gucci

Catherine Shoard

17, Nov, 2016 @3:32 PM

Wong Kar-wai gets his own online Chinese series

The celebrated auteur behind In the Mood for Love and The Grandmaster is behind a costly new online show

Nigel M Smith

02, Jun, 2016 @5:38 PM

Met's China: Through the Looking Glass show presents a fantasy of the far east

Ahead of its annual gala, the Met’s Costume Institute risks accusations of cultural appropriation to explore how ideas of China have inspired fashion, art and film

Amanda Holpuch

04, May, 2015 @6:56 PM

The 88 movies we're most excited about in 2015

Think 2014 was a good year for film? Think again. This year is shaping up to be one of the classics. Here’s what’s on our radar

Guardian Film

06, Jan, 2015 @3:23 PM

The Grandmaster review – thrilling but often incoherent martial arts epic

Wong Kar-wai is back on safer ground with this action-packed adventure, but it only soars when he focuses on the female lead, writes Mark Kermode

Mark Kermode, Observer film critic

07, Dec, 2014 @9:00 AM

The Grandmaster – Wong Kar-wai pulls his punches

Wong Kar-wai’s strained story about Bruce Lee’s trainer lacks the emotional power of his best work, says Peter Bradshaw

Peter Bradshaw

04, Dec, 2014 @11:30 PM

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