My  video essay on The Hour of the Star will be screening Sunday night at 9PM at the New York Asian American International Film Festival, as part of the program “I Heart WKW” (funny, as I was dumping on WKW to a colleague just the other day):

 ”If imitation is the highest form of flattery, then these films are pure adoration. All they’re missing are the doe-eyed popstars, which are as much Wong Kar-Wai’s cinematic signature as his visually saturated films about unrequited love. In the mix are nods to other influential films and filmmakers, such as MOMMY DEAREST and the Coen brothers. LONG DISTANCE, PASSAGE, SHOOTING DOWN PICTURES #902 (43): HOUR OF THE STAR, HULAHOOP SOUNDINGS, RICH TRADITIONS, MY BROTHER’S KEEPER, and THE POSTCARD.”

To buy tix: http://www.asiancinevision.org/festival.html