The Grandmaster (Hong kar-Wai, 2013): Prince Charles Cinema, 8.30pm
This is the UK premiere of the extended cut of this film which then gets a number of screening at the Prince Charles Cinema. You can find the full details here.
The Times review:
Wong Kar-wei’s The Grandmaster is one of the more exquisite martial arts movies around, as the Hong Kong auteur behind the lyrical In the Mood for Love takes
on the legend of Ip Man, the 1930s wing chun master, played by Tony
Leung. China’s history unrolls in the background as Ip Man’s fortunes
fail in the Second World War. Perhaps the most beautiful — and violent —
scene in the film is a long, balletic, multistorey fight between Ip Man
and the female mistress of the craft Gong Er (the elegant Zhang Ziyi),
filled with the ache of impossible attraction. French
cinematographer Philippe Le Sourd provides a deliciously noir take on
many scenes, particularly the opening moments where Ip Man, in a trilby,
takes on a town full of assassins in
black, gloopy rain.
Kate Muir
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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