My Blueberry Nights

Legendary filmmaker Wong Kar-Wai directs Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Rachel Weisz, and Norah Jones in his first English-language feature film -- a romantic road movie detailing the cross-country journey of a woman who sets off across the United States in hopes of mending her broken heart. Elizabeth ...more

My Blueberry Nights looks inarguably gorgeous. Images of the milky remnants of vanilla ice cream seeping in between ripened—you guessed it—blueberries, electric lights shining from an elevated train, and psychedelic neon green hues on a printed dress virtually burst from the screen. To anyone familiar with the vivid palette with which Wong Kar-Wai paints his films, the grand scope of these visual fireworks should come as no surprise. Unfortunately the movie's haphazard content doesn't match its ...more

Fans of vocalist Norah Jones who feel curious to glimpse the star's capacity for feature drama may walk away from screens with more questions than they had going in, after checking out this English-language directorial debut by famed Chinese director Wong Kar-Wai, which hits U.S. video store shelves on July 1st. An arty, hyper-stylized ensemble piece, My Blueberry Nights features Jones in lead billing, and Kar-Wai and co-scripter Lawrence Block build the narrative trajectory on the ...more