Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
Bond. James Bond. Those three words are so powerful, they scared off all other contenders at the weekend box office. The 22nd adventure in the James Bond franchise, "Quantum of Solace," delivers some strong action sequences and Daniel Craig's brooding performance at 007. It's not as good as "Casino Royale," the last Bond movie, in part because it ties itself too closely to the previous chapter
Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
'Ashes of Time Redux' {4stars} Like an Akira Kurosawa film processed through a kaleidoscope, Ashes of Time (1994) was Wong Kar-wai's third film, by which time it was clear that he was going to pass off hallucinations as motion pictures. ''Ashes'' was the Hong Kong director's audacious attempt to re-imagine the martial-arts epic. (R - 93 minutes) V.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 01/11/2008
Select DVDs for the holidays, including “Sounder,” “Irma Vep” and “Magnificent Obsession.”
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
The reinvention that is Ashes of Time Redux proudly presents itself as a paradox: a martial arts movie by Wong Kar-wai, the action-averse Hong Kong auteur. The kicks are more to the head and heart than to the body.
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
In Hollywood, directors used to earn their stripes by tackling that archetypal American genre, the Western. In China and Japan, martial-arts epics fill that bill.
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 26/10/2008
'Basically, it's like you have a car, and you have to dismantle the car, but then it takes five years to reassemble," says Wong Kar Wai, who, in fact, is not talking about a car. He is discussing his 1994 release, the swirling martial arts reverie Ashes of Time.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 16/10/2008
RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Drama. Starring Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Ka Fai and Jacky Cheung. Directed by Wong Kar Wai. (Not rated. 93 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) Elliptical, sweeping, lovely and thoroughly confusing, "Ashes of Time Redux" is not a film to...
WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Free subscription) | 12/10/2008
Brigitte Lin Ching-Hsia as the Defeat-Seeking Swordsman (Swordsperson') in Ashes of Time (original and redux) (picture from Ashes of Time Redux 's Sony Classics website) As was promised earlier this week , I'm calling attention and linking to the reports -- not one but two! -- that sbk now has her pictures, thoughts and comments about Ashes of Time Redux and being in the audience for the Q&A involving...
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Six months after he went all gooey over America in My Blueberry Nights, Wong Kar-Wai returns packing a re-tooled cut of
New York Post (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
WONG Kar-wai, the Hong Kong cult filmmaker famous for his lust for perfection, has taken a martial-arts thriller he released in 1994, tinkered around with this and that, and released it as "Ashes of Time Redux." It has an all-star Asian cast -...
A.V. Club (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
A re-edit of Wong Kar-wai???s martial arts film doesn'??t make any more sense than it did the first time, but it sure is pretty.
Shooting Down Pictures (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
ASHES OF TIME REDUX director Wong Kar-Wai, cinematographer Christopher Doyle and actress Brigitte Lin at the 46th New York Film Festival, October 4, 2008, answering questions from Scott Foundas and audience. Visit filmlinc.com for more from the New York Film Festival. Part One Part Two Part Three
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
On the eve of the unveiling of a breathtakingly restored new version of his little-seen martial arts epic "Ashes of Time," Hong Kong's most enigmatic and talented director, Wong Kar Wai, talks to Jeff Yang about the death and rebirth of Hong Kong cinema -...
WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Brigitte Lin Ching-Hsia and that stare in Ashes of Time More than five years ago, I left the USA for what may well be the last time. Although I did have some great experiences there and made some very good friends there, have to say that I was happy to leave the country and do not find myself often wishing that I were (back) there. This past weekend, though... Ironically, it was because of something...
eugonline (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Wong Kar Wai's re-envisioned "Ashes of Time" is one of the most beautiful films I've seen in quite some time. As an example, watch the faces of the film's leads -- Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung, Leslie Cheung -- which are often used like a scrim. Faint shadows from an adjacent spinning birdcage or the reflections of nearby running water...
