Chungking Express

(Note: This review refers to the Blu-ray version of the DVD.)

Wong Kar-wai burst onto the international scene with this jazzy little 1994 cinematic improvisation on themes of love, loss, connection, and the craziness of emotion, a celebration of the urban flavor of one working-class suburb in the crowded island nation of Hong Kong that sways to its own beat. Criterion remastered the film for a DVD released in November. The Blu-ray features all the supplements along with a gorgeous transfer that preserves the slurred, skip-frame imagery of cinematographer Christopher Doyle in all its color-smeared glory.