What it is: In the Mood for Love, a 2000 romantic drama directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Maggie Cheung.
Where it is: Available on the Criterion Channel and for rental on most major platforms; 4K restoration prints still screen at repertory cinemas.
Why it matters: Shot in Hong Kong in the early 1960s, the film follows two neighbours who suspect their spouses are having an affair and slowly, deliberately refuse to become one themselves. Christopher Doyle and Mark Lee Ping-bin's cinematography turned narrow corridors, noodle stalls, and Cheung's cheongsams into one of the most visually cited films of the century. It premiered at Cannes, where Tony Leung won Best Actor.
