The Village Voice: The Art of Killing: Hou Hsiao-hsien’s ‘The Assassin’ Is a Film of Rare Beauty
Hou Hsiao-hsien’s The Assassin is the Taiwanese director’s first foray into the martial-arts genre. It may also be his most resplendent film yet: Watching it is like floating along on a sumptuous gold ...
The Art of Killing: Hou Hsiao-hsien’s ‘The Assassin’ Is a Film of Rare Beauty
Acclaimed director has credits including “A City of Sadness,” “Flowers of Shanghai,” “Millennium Mambo” and “The Assassin.” The immediate family of leading Taiwanese film director Hou Hsiao-hsien said ...
At the Friday press conference for the BIFF Gala Presentation “The Assassin,” Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien explained how his film is different from other martial art films made in China. “Many ...
CANNES, France (AP) — “The Assassin” is a rare thing — a martial-arts movie in competition for prizes at Cannes. It’s hardly typical action fare. The film is by Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien, who ...
The star of Hou Hsiao-Hsien's 'Millennium Mambo' and 'The Assassin' gets behind the camera for the first time in a portrait of family violence set in 1980s Taiwan. By Jordan Mintzer Outside her home ...
TAIPEI - Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien scooped top honors at this year’s Golden Horse film awards in Taipei Saturday, with his “Assassin” winning five gongs, building on his success at Cannes ...
It’s no small praise to say that “The Assassin” could be the best film ever made by Hou Hsiao-hsien, who, in turn, is considered one of the world’s finest living film directors. Hou recently visited ...
Free, 10-film series aims to showcase the best of high-flying, high-drama wuxia cinema for upstate N.Y. movie fans. Shu Qi as Nie Yinniang in director Hsiao-Hsien Hou's "The Assassin," released in ...