“Partners should never get emotionally involved” narrates Wong Chi Ming (Leon Lai), a hitman, as he stands behind his agent (Michelle Reis) whom we see in a close-up, grainy, opening tilt shot with ...

Wong Kar-Wai’s Fallen Angels is a happily bifurcated film, not just in story, but sometimes within the same shot. Even when a violent bar fight erupts behind a character contemplating their life, they ...