When it was announced that acclaimed filmmaker Wong Kar-wai was going back to restore all of his films in 4K, people were ecstatic. This is a director that has released some of the very best films of the past several decades, including what some consider a couple of the best films of all time. But really, what excited people most about the announcement was the inevitability of a box set release. Well, welcome to the “World of Wong Kar-wai.”

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Criterion just announced a 7-disc box set containing remastered versions of Wong Kar-wai’s films such as “As Tears Go By,” “Days of Being Wild,” “Chungking Express,” “Fallen Angels,” “Happy Together,” “In the Mood for Love,” and “2046.” Many of these films are currently available to stream or purchase in other releases, but what Criterion has up its sleeve is far more special than just a typical release.

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Despite what many people, and the digital edition of the new generation of consoles would want you to believe, it’s a great time to be a fan of physical media. Even more so than director’s cuts brought upon by relentless fan campaigns, 4K restorations are allowing filmmakers to tweak their films in more meaningful ways than adding CGI rocks in the foreground in the special edition of “Star Wars.” The latest filmmaker to take advantage of these restorations is Wong Kar-Wai.

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To many, the works of Wong Kar-wai are some of the best the film medium has ever seen. For example, “In the Mood for Love” is often considered one of the best films of all-time, showing just how masterful Wong is at creating heart-wrenching drama and beautiful sensuality. And now, in honor of that film’s 20th anniversary, Janus Films is releasing a number of Wong’s features, newly restored, around the U.S.

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Our smorgasbord of 1990s nostalgia, two weeks of Top 10 lists for every year in the decade, is beginning to reach its end, but we pick up today with 1997. It was the year of the start of the second Clinton term, the first cloned animal with Dolly the sheep, the arrival of the Hale-Bopp comet (and the resulting suicide of the Heaven’s Gate cult), the murder of Gianni Versace, and the election of Tony Blair in the UK.

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After countless rumors of release dates, delays, and social media teases, this past weekend, Frank Ocean floored the music world by dropping two albums — Endless and Blonde — along with a massive magazine titled, “Boys Don’t Cry.” He ended the four year drought since 2012’s Channel Orange is a huge way, and in the process, gave his fans no shortage of material to wade through.

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64 years ago today, a one-of-a-kind film artist was born. Christopher Doyle, originally from Australia but wholeheartedly belonging to his adoptive Asian culture of Hong Kong and Taiwan, is one of the greatest living cinematographers working today. He’s also the first DP to come to mind if you’re ever thinking about having a drink with one, a plaudit he’d probably hold in higher regard than any praise of cinematic artistry laid on him.

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