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FilmPG-132013
The Grandmaster
Directed by Wong Kar-wai
The fall of China's last dynasty, a time of chaos, division and war, is the golden age of Chinese martial arts. Legendary kung fu master Ip Man, who will eventually train Bruce Lee, finds his peaceful life interrupted by vengeance. From TMDB
71 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews) · newest Oct 14, 2026 · last updated Oct 15, 2026 · How this works
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The Grandmaster is a 2013 action drama history film, directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Zhang Ziyi and Chang Chen.
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60 of 71 · most liked firstThe week has finally arrived! View the complete screening schedule below for our 13-film retrospective The Grandmaster: Tony Leung (taking place April 29-May 7), celebrating one of cinema’s most iconic actors. 🎟️: filmlinc.org/tony This series is sponsored by @criterion.bsky.social.
neutral · AI labelView post →Have you seen The Grandmaster? It's an ultra modern #wuxia film directed by the iconic Wong Kar Wai. I loved Tony Leung Chiu Wai's choreographed kungfu moves and the moody cinematography, an unmistakable WKW imprint. youtu.be/lqjRZM_5CSA?...
positive · AI labelView post →We're thrilled to announce The Grandmaster: Tony Leung, a 13-film retrospective (taking place April 29-May 7) celebrating one of cinema’s most iconic actors. View the full lineup and schedule: filmlinc.org/tony This series is sponsored by @criterion.bsky.social.
neutral · AI labelView post →🎟️ are now on sale to the general public for The Grandmaster: Tony Leung, a 13-film retrospective (taking place April 29-May 7) celebrating one of cinema’s most iconic actors. Tickets are going very fast! Act quickly: filmlinc.org/tony
neutral · AI labelView post →Watch the stunning trailer for our upcoming 13-film retrospective The Grandmaster: Tony Leung (taking place April 29-May 7). 🎟️ availability is nearing a complete sellout! Don't delay: filmlinc.org/tony This series is sponsored by @criterion.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →The Grandmaster (film) - Wikipedia share.google/c7ILZdUMfRv8...
neutral · AI labelView post →Guys, I've been drinking all afternoon because I'm finally on Christmas vacation, but I just watched The Grandmaster for the first time and I think it's the best movie I've ever seen. Me being drunk doesn't feel like an imported factor in this decision but it might be. Cool fucken movie though.
positive · AI labelView post →Also dope is how the Criterion Channel has The Grandmaster. What makes it so dope? ✅ the Ip Man subject matter ✅ Wong Kar-wai in total command of the movie ✅ that impossibly amazing cinematography ✅ Zhang Ziyi being Zhang Ziyi ✅ Tony ***BY GOD*** Leung
positive · AI labelView post →The Grandmaster [73] is free on PlutoTV: www.metacritic.com/movie/the-gr... #11pmspecial "There's never been anything like it — a seemingly endless flow of spectacular images in a story about Ip Man (Tony Leung), the legendary kung-fu master who trained Bruce Lee." - Joe Morgenstern, WSJ
neutral · AI labelView post →The hardcore Woo heads have begun filing in for an exceptionally rare 35mm 🎞️ screening of the five-hour classic RED CLIFF (2009)! The film is screening as part of our retrospective The Grandmaster: Tony Leung! Learn more at filmlinc.org/tony
neutral · AI labelView post →Seeing Chungking Express again tomorrow as part of "THE GRANDMASTER: TONY LEUNG" at @filmlinc.bsky.social Probably fifth or sixth time seeing it, second in a theater. It's such an odd film and so very oddly compelling. #wongkarwai #tonyleung 📽️
positive · AI labelView post →Lololol, I'm imagining the likes of Hegseth, Patel, Rubio, Noem & Co sitting uncomfortably through a long, non-optional attendance of an awful, terrible movie full of bullshit and lies, and then having to lie to the Grandmaster of Lies about how great it was. Reap what you sow, bitches!
neutral · AI labelView post →What am I watching next? 🗡️ finishing The Grandmaster (a movie I fell asleep in the middle of right before the woman got to be badass) 🐍 starting When Destiny Brings the Demon 😂 keep watching the two other shows I'm already in the middle of
neutral · AI labelView post →Before delving into the moves, the costume change is very much calling upon the clothing of choice of Bajiquan legend, "God of Spear" Li Shuwen, as well as Tony Leung Chiu-wai' Ip Man in The Grandmaster - a movie about kung fu mastery that features Li Shuwen's pupil, Liu YunQiao.
neutral · AI labelView post →My takeaway was that the sillier Marvel movies need silly or very operatic villains. Lee Pace as Ronan is fantastic. Hela and the Grandmaster were a really fun time. Bale came in with too much pathos and was too terrifying. A waste for what should’ve been a serious villain in a different movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Anyway I settled on a movie called The Grandmaster… Hopefully it’s good.
neutral · AI labelView post →Still playing catch up, my review is up for #whatif Iron Man crashed into the Grandmaster? This was a fun one. comicbookclog.com/2025/01/20/w...
neutral · AI labelView post →A friend texted to say “Don’t forget to take care of yourself too”. So I watched Wong Kar-Wai’s “The Grandmaster” because @mubi.bsky.social said it’s leaving in another day. And HOLY SHIT! It just blew my mind in ways I can’t even begin to express… just… wow!
positive · AI labelView post →THE GRANDMASTER (2013) - a Wong Kar Wai film I suspect I saw in a butchered edit. Didn’t really land for me, though it had some beautiful shots. A spectacle, but not of the adrenaline-pumping mega punch chop kick kind I signed up for.
negative · AI labelView post →It was indeed very, very good. But see also: 100 YARDS, THE GRANDMASTER, or THE HIDDEN BLADE (not a martial arts film, but has some action).
neutral · AI labelView post →This was a big hit when it came out in Hong Kong. Despite the international acclaim and success of his movies afterwards, WKW didn’t have a bigger movie until his movie THE GRANDMASTER, which is based on the story of…Ip Man. #CultShelf
neutral · AI labelView post →The one in the middle that is hard to read is Ip Man. I was tempted to put Wong Kar Wai's Ip Man movie The Grandmaster, but honestly it's just not the best one.
negative · AI labelView post →Oh, disappointing to hear about the filmmakers - and yes! Any recent recommendations? I think the most recent martial arts movie I'd seen before this was 'The Grandmaster' (PRC theatrical cut, apparently pretty different in the US release)
neutral · AI labelView post →I have my own 30 Day #Filmsky challenge! 30 Underseen Films That You Think More People Should See. A movie per day that you love and want others to see, no particular order, etc. 14/30 The Grandmaster (2013). Dir: Wong Kar-wai.
positive · AI labelView post →The Grandmaster is a deeply silly film that takes itself terribly seriously.
negative · AI labelView post →Share an ACTION movie title that begins with the letter “G” 🎥 G is for… ‘The Grandmaster’ 🖤 #moviesky #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →I want him to watch Attrition, a really bad but also very weird film co-starring Louis Fan. Yeah, Steven Seagal saw The Grandmaster and got inspired and wrote the script. (Warning: produced by Bey Logan, but you already crossed the line by watching Seagal films, so shouldn't matter)
neutral · AI labelView post →My fave Ip Man movie is The Grandmaster.
positive · AI labelView post →Possibly his most notorious example of chopping up a film, I think it’s The Grandmaster more than anything else that earned him the nickname Harvey Scissorfingers. Of course, this was later eclipsed by other nicknames.
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching Wong Kar Wai’s The Grandmaster (2013) on @criterionchannl.bsky.social — and no movie ever felt like it lost 22 minutes like this one. It’s a gorgeous fucking movie, but the editing makes it feel like a gorgeous fucking Mortal Kombat movie. I said it. Now where’s the 130-minute cut?
neutral · AI labelView post →I rated The Grandmaster (2013) 9/10 #IMDb Beautiful and hypnotic No wonder it was Oscar nominated for cinematography. Stunning visuals make this worth the watch alone. My first Wong Kar Wai film Tony Leung and Ziyi Zhang are phenomenal. #CritetionChannel #moviesky #movies
positive · AI labelView post →The Grandmaster (film) - Wikipedia share.google/c7ILZdUMfRv8...
neutral · AI labelView post →Today's games are: Guilty Gear +R, SF3 3S, Garou MotW, Tetris the Grandmaster 2, Soul Calibur, and SF The Movie twitch.tv/povertycast
neutral · AI labelView post →In all honesty, I feel a lot less bad about "The Grandmaster" being my guilty-pleasure Wong Kar Wai film now, because Ashes of Time is also an attempt at a kung fu movie and well.. it makes you appreciate that The Grandmaster is pretty much just better at it?
positive · AI labelView post →Question for accumulated Bluesky #kungfu nous: Which version of Wong Kar-wai’s very excellent film “The Grandmaster” has the dream-sequence ending where Ip Man and Gong Er spar through a swinging door? I saw this on a China Eastern flight from Shanghai to Beijing once… #grandmaster #wongkarwai
neutral · AI labelView post →The Grandmaster (2013, d. Kar Wai) Amazing, beautiful film that combines great action scenes with emotional love scenes as Tony Leung and Zhang Ziyi fall for each other despite that he’s happily married. 1/2
positive · AI labelView post →SO weird. I hope you’ve seen The Grandmaster, the Tony Leung Ip Man movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching Wong Kar Wai’s The Grandmaster. 1) every time I watch a martial arts movie I think “what if I gave it all up and just studied fighting? How many hobbies does a man need?” 2) Tony Leung Chiu-wai is so hot 3) I’m so glad we got Donnie Yen and Tony both as Ip Man
neutral · AI labelView post →THE GRANDMASTER is an absolutely beautiful film. If there are flaws, they lie only that it tries to be too ambitious in retelling a life's story (technically two, in places) in 108 minutes. Criterion friends, do gonwatch if you haven't already.
positive · AI labelView post →Sunday Viewing (Part 2): THE GRANDMASTER (2013) #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →The Grandmaster has Ziyi Zhang, Tony Leung, and Baguazhang (my favorite) vs Hsing-I. Such a gorgeous film, but please do not watch The Grandmaster if you are in the throes of a seasonal depression, because Wong Kar-wai will destroy what remains of your heart
positive · AI labelView post →Ok. Last movie from his filmography I have access to. Time for Wong Kar-wai’s take on the story of Ip Man. Now watching: The Grandmaster
neutral · AI labelView post →Dec 18: Snowflake ❄️ #Bales2022FilmChallenge #FilmMastodon 📽️ 🎬 @bales1181 #TheGrandMaster (2013) The story of martial-arts master Ip Man, the man who mentored #BruceLee. A majestic fight in the snow-swept landscapes of Northeast #China at a train station with #ZiyiZhang
neutral · AI labelView post →To elaborate: technically, "The Grandmaster" is of course impressive. But the film frustrated me and got me feeling WKW had wasted so much time, money, acting talent, etc. So much so that I have stopped looking forward to new works by him. As well as feel no compulsion to rewatch the film.
negative · AI labelView post →Watched (rewatched?) The Grandmaster for what feels like the first time and the fight choreography is still mind-blowing. I still can't get over how elegant and regal Zhang Ziyi was as Gong Er. Such a great martial arts film.
positive · AI labelView post →Watched The Grandmaster the other night. It's a Kung Fu movie but since it's directed by Wong Kar-wai the first 1/3 is set in a 1930s brothel just so he could show 1000 elaborate dresses.
neutral · AI labelView post →TONIGHT is our one-night-only show of what is currently Wong Kar Wai's newest feature film, 2013's Ip Man tale THE GRANDMASTER, playing at 7:00pm! Starring Tony Leung and Zhang Ziyi. No trailers, but Film Series director Pete Timmermann will do a quick intro of five minutes or less.
neutral · AI labelView post →I do think I need to rewatch The Grandmaster, though. I, um, definitely fell asleep a few times (because I am a tired baby all the time right now). I kept going back to rewatch the bits I fell asleep for, but it probably ruined the flow. A cool movie to watch after seeing Ip Man a few months ago.
neutral · AI labelView post →Zhang Ziyi on ‘Crouching Tiger,’ ‘The Grandmaster’ and Twenty Years of Making Impossible Roles at Asian Film Awards Masterclass https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://variety.com/2026/film/news/zhang-ziyi-crouching-tiger-the-grandmaster-1236689250/
neutral · AI labelView post →I think I watched Wong Kar-wai's last film The Grandmaster on the plane without realizing he directed it and just thought, "That was entertaining"..........
positive · AI labelView post →#bestfilminlondontoday Feb 20 at capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com. 'Finally see Wong Kar Wai’s THE GRANDMASTER (2013) 130-minute cut for the first time on the big screen in the UK. This is one we’ve wanted @princecharlescinema.com for years' capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/01/capi...
neutral · AI labelView post →Still have yet to see The Grandmaster, need to see if that movie has what feels like this show's biggest innovation on the Wong formula which is letting the bald guy have aura
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie #45 of 2026: Ip Man 2: Legend Of The Grandmaster (2010)
neutral · AI labelView post →Today is Zhang Ziyi’s 47th birthday. Zhang’s movie credits include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Rush Hour 2 her first American film, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Grandmaster, and Godzilla: King of the Monsters. #ZhangZiyi #CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon #RushHour2
neutral · AI labelView post →#bestfilminlondontoday Feb 20 at capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com. 'Finally see Wong Kar Wai’s THE GRANDMASTER (2013) 130-minute cut for the first time on the big screen in the UK. This is one we’ve wanted @princecharlescinema.com for years' capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/01/capi...
neutral · AI labelView post →The (movie) The Grandmaster 1080p (iTunes)(US) $4.99 (Foreign) (iMDB) 7.0 Cast: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Zhang Ziyi, Shenyang Xiao, Yuen Woo-Ping, Chang Chen, Benshan Zhao
neutral · AI labelView post →and that was that for Wong Kar-Wai September. i didn’t watch his last film The Grandmaster but i was just too tired and didn’t feel like a kung fu movie at all.
neutral · AI labelView post →🎬 The Top 4 Action Movies Released on August 30! What's your fave? 1. Crime Story 2. The Grandmaster 3. Killerman 4. American Ninja Check out all 47 movies released on this day at https://todayinmovies.com #TodayInMovies #Movies #Film #Action
neutral · AI labelView post →🔥🔥🔥 (Though if you like the Ip Man story, I have to also recommend THE GRANDMASTER, which is just a beautiful film.)
positive · AI labelView post →The (movie) IP Man 2: Legend of the Grandmaster (4K) is available today on (iTunes)(US) for $4.99 Cast: Donnie Yen, Xiaoming Huang, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Lynn Xiong, Kent Cheng, Darren Shahlavi Genre: (Action) Trailer & Reviews : www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ip_man_2_l...
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