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November 29

Art After Hours | 5:30pm
Form and Space: Leon Polk Smith
In Smith's paintings, negative space was as important as positive space. He deemphasized the subject and attempted to make the surrounding space equally interesting.

Fred Films | 7pm
As Tears Go By (Wong gok kar moon) (Hong Kong/1988/dir. by Wong Kar-wai) 102 minutes
Often compared to Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets , Wong's debut added a new sophistication to the Hong Kong gangster film. Wah (Andy Lau) is a low-level gangster who has to watch out for the hot-headed, younger Fly (Jacky Cheung). Wah's life changes when he falls for a distant cousin Ngor (Maggie Cheung). Although quite different in style from his later, and better-known, films such as Chungking Express (1994) and In the Mood for Love (2004), As Tears Go By established Wong as one of Hong Kong cinema's major talents.

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