‘Chungking Express’ To ‘Charulata’: Films That Portrayed Masculinity Without Toxicity
Hong Kong director, Wong Kar-Wai’s fourth film, Chunking Express (1994) brought him to the attention of Western audiences. Set in the infamous Chunking Mansions, a crowded 17-floor residential and shopping complex in Kowloon, the film introduced cinephiles to Wong’s universe of love-lorn romantics obsessing over the possibilities of what might have been.