222. Fa yeung nin wah (In the Mood for Love) - Chinese New Year/Valentine's Day 2021 (#239)

Summary: Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guests Stacy Grouden and Luke Dunne, The 250 is a fortnightly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. This time, a Valentine’s and Chinese New Year treat. Wong Kar-Wai’s In the Mood for Love. Sixties Hong Kong is in a state of transition. Lives overlap in the densely populated city, as the Chan and Chow families move into the same building. Over time, Mrs. Chan and Mr. Chow come to suspect that their spouses are having an illicit affair. This act of betrayal draws the two strangers closer to one another, even if neither seems entirely sure where this intersection will take them. At time of recording, it was ranked the 239th best movie of all time on the Internet Movie Database.