Join us as we finally bring Wong Kar-Wai’s lovesick masterpiece (recently named the 4th best film of the 21st century by the New York Times) to Central Cinema as part of its 25th anniversary rerelease, followed by previously unavailable companion short IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE 2001.

IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (2000, 4K) | Hong Kong, 1962: Chow Mo-wan (Tony Leung Chiu-wai) and Su Li-zhen (Maggie Cheung Man-yuk) move into neighboring apartments on the same day. Their encounters are formal and polite—until a discovery about their spouses creates an intimate bond between them. At once delicately mannered and visually extravagant, Wong Kar Wai’s In the Mood for Love is a masterful evocation of romantic longing and fleeting moments. With its aching musical soundtrack and exquisitely abstract cinematography by Christopher Doyle and Mark Lee Ping-bin, this film has been a major stylistic influence on the past 25 years of cinema.

IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE 2001 (2001) | Initially conceived as one third of a triptych about food, IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE was expanded into a stand-alone feature that won immediate recognition as a contemporary classic. Another third — intended as the “dessert,” as Wong Kar Wai has put it — was, until now, only screened during his masterclass at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Now available in wide release for the first time, IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE 2001 demonstrates the director’s elegant ability to generate palpable atmosphere and striking characterizations on a miniature canvas—with IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE stars Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Maggie Cheung Man Yuk once again providing the sizzling chemistry—evoking the mystery of transient, unexpected connections in the modern city through his inimitable romantic touch.

“Shot through with spirals of cigarette smoke and blazing with the colors and geometry of ’60s textile design, In the Mood for Love is a feast for the eyes and succor for the soul, examining the secrets that join men and women, and that keep them apart.” – Philadelphia Inquirer

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