"In the Mood for Love" turns 25 this year, so I dug back into my archives for this tribute to the Hong Kong art house favorite, which will be screening at through Sept. 4.

"In the Mood for Love" has only grown more intoxicating with age. Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-wai has been whipping up heady romantic cocktails for decades. He compares his films to jam sessions, improvised on the spot.

"I'm the bandleader. I just keep everything in tune," Wong told me back in 2000 for an story I did.

Wong starts with just an idea and writes dialogue on the set as he shoots. Sometimes he leaves a scene completely free of dialogue.

"But he's just constantly suggesting to the audience what's going on between them," actress Maggie Cheung said. "And it leaves a lot of space for the audience to imagine t

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