Webster Film Series presents WONG KAR WAI: ASHES OF TIME REDUX IN 35MM, April 5 at 7PM
The Webster Film Series's Wong Kar Wai: The Complete Features continues with a special 35 mm screening of ASHES OF TIME REDUX, this Easter Sunday, April 5 at 7PM!
Arguably one of the most beautiful wuxia films ever made. Come experience the blistering whirlwind of romantic angst and flying swords in 35mm!
While we are at it, don't miss out on Wong Kar Wai's kung fu epic THE GRANDMASTER, screening on Tuesday, April 7, at 7PM.
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Title: Ashes of Time Redux For more info
Showtime: Easter Sunday, April 5, at 7PM
Box Office: Opens at 6 PM in front of the auditorium entrance
Location: Winifred Moore Auditorium, Webster Hall 1st floor, 470 E. Lockwood Ave., St. Louis, MO 63119.
Parking: Webster U. campus parking in front of Webster Hall (Lot B) and behind the building (Lot D) is free to patrons on nights we are showing movies!
Admission: $8 for general admission, $7 for seniors(60+), Webster alumni & students from other schools
Still from Ashes of Time Redux
(Wong Kar Wai, 1988, Hong Kong, 98 minutes)
After cutting his teeth as a screenwriter for television and movies, Wong Kar Wai made his debut as director with 1988’s As Tears Go By, a hit in its native Hong Kong (its box office there wouldn’t be surpassed by anything else Wong made until 2013’s The Grandmaster), and which went on to play the International Critics’ Week sidebar at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. With HK superstars Andy Lau (Infernal Affairs), Jacky Cheung (Bullet in the Head), and Wong favorite Maggie Cheung, then known mostly for arm-candy roles in Jackie Chan movies, in her first of five features with him. As Tears Go By stood as Wong’s only traditionally-scripted film for many years—with a plot noticeably influenced by Martin Scorsese’s Mean Streets—but to a sharp eye points in the direction of his future style. (Well, maybe not that Top Gun needle drop…)
In Cantonese with English subtitles.
Posted Apr 1, 2026, 8:14 PM UTC