MILLENNIUM MAMBO: 4K RESTORATION

November 17, 18 & 19, 2023
Millennium Mambo: 4K Restoration
Celebrating the life and art of the newly retired master filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien, we’re proud to present the recently restored Millennium Mambo at the Capitol Theater. A stylish and seductive submersion into the techno-scored neon nightlife of Taipei, Hou’s much-misunderstood marvel stars Shu Qi (The Assassin) as an aimless bar hostess drifting away from her blowhard boyfriend and towards Jack Kao’s suave, sensitive gangster. Structured as a flashback to the then-present from the then-future of 2011, it’s a transfixing trance-out of a movie, drenched in club lights, ecstatic endorphin-rush exhilaration, and a nagging undercurrent of ennui.
Dir: Hou Hsiao-hsien / 2001 / Taiwan / 119 min 

“The film has the chance to be experienced theatrically for the first time by many of its biggest admirers, where its hypnotic rhythms and neon world can be better appreciated.” – Ethan Vestby, The Film Stage

“We get far too few opportunities in the U.S. to see Hou’s gorgeous films on the big screen. If this one comes to your town, don’t pass it up.” – Robert Davis, Paste Magazine

SCREENING: FRI 11/17 7PM; SAT 11/18 4PM; SUN 11/19 4PM