Tag: Tony Leung

  • Past Lives review – a must-see story of lost loves, childhood crushes and changing identities

    Past Lives review – a must-see story of lost loves, childhood crushes and changing identities

    Celine Song’s feature debut about two people whose lives intertwine again after years apart is delicate and sophisticated, but also simple and directThis heart-meltingly romantic and sad movie from Korean-Canadian dramatist and filmmaker Celine Song left me wrung out and empty and weirdly euphoric, as if I’d lived through an 18-month affair in the course…

  • John Woo’s Hard Boiled Is Gay

    John Woo’s Hard Boiled Is Gay

    (Welcome to Movies Are Gay, a Pride Month series where we explore the intentional, or accidental, ways Lgbtqia+ themes, characters, and creatives have shaped cinema.)I try not to be one of those people that operate as if any instance of two men showing care and compassion for one another is inherently homoerotic because it’s that…