We review King of Wuxia, the definitive documentary about the life and career of director King Hu, who defined the wuxia movie as we know it, which launches the 10th Old School Kung Fu Fest in New York City.
On May 17, 1997, Wong Kar-wai's Happy Together premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Released in Hong Kong cinemas right before the handover from Britain to China, the film charts the demise of the relationship of a gay couple who have relocated from Hong Kong to Argentina. More straightforward than the films that had made his name, Happy Together benefited.