Chungking Express

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Chungking Express, A Colbert Christmas, Hancock, more

Made on the fly while Wong Kar-wai was finishing Ashes of Time, Chungking Express remains the director’s giddiest and most irresistible movie.

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Wall-E, Tropic Thunder, Encounters at the End of the World, more

BY Adam Nayman

As a one-robot show, the first 40 minutes of WALL-E are charming enough.

The Sopranos, Roman Holiday, Sunset Boulevard + Sabrina, more

BY Jason Anderson

At one point during his lively conversations with cast members and collaborators over two dinners filmed for this massive boxed set, Sopranos don David Chase shares his favourite story about ...

A Christmas Story, Get Smart, Kung Fu Panda, more

BY Adam Nayman

The late Bob Clark prided himself on having contributed seminal films to two disreputable genres (Black Christmas for slasher movies, Porky’s for the teen sex comedy). His much-beloved A Christmas ...

Brand Upon the Brain + My Dinner With Jimi, more

Brand Upon the Brain + My Dinner With Jimi (Filmswelike) Local film and vid distributor Filmswelike keep on keeping on with two new releases, most notably the Canadian edition of Guy Maddin’s Brand Upon the Brain!, recently issued stateside by Criterion.

The Flight of the Red Balloon, The Strangers, The Incredible Hulk, more

There’s a breeziness to Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s latest that led some to dismiss it as a trifle, but this homage to Albert Lamorisse’s beloved 1956 short The Red Balloon — starring Juliette Binoche in an uncharacteristically unhinged turn as a Parisian puppeteer ...

CSNY, The Mother of Tears, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, more

The age-old conflict of punks vs hippies will be stoked once again as these two music docs hit the shelves.

30 Rock: Season 2, The Happening, The Simpsons, more

The digs at NBC are toothless and some of the more overly self-reflexive gags stick in the craw, but this is still probably the funniest show on network television.

Iron Man, Taxi to the Dark Side, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, more

The anticipation that preceded the summer’s first big superhero flick was memorably parodied in an Onion News Network segment with the tagline: “Wildly Popular ‘Iron Man’ Trailer To Be Adapted Into Full-Length Film.”

The Unforeseen, The Foot Fist Way, Pathology, more

One of the least-seen of the recent spate of North American eco-screeds, The Unforeseen is almost certainly the best of the lot.

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