An art film and a martial-arts film, an action movie and an inaction movie, Hou Hsiao-hsien’s “The Assassin” is a thrilling cinematic paradox — a picture that, by rights, shouldn’t even exist. From ...

Shu Qi plays the eponymous killer in this ravishingly beautiful foray into historical martial-arts territory from Taiwanese master Hou Hsiao-hsien. Freely reimagined from a story written by the Tang ...

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Well Go USA Entertainment couldn’t wait for Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s martial arts pic The Assassin to hit Cannes. The distributor has just acquired North American rights to the Chinese competition film that ...

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 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The typical Hollywood hit man, although detached and emotionless, almost invariably encounters someone to slay for personal reasons. Director Hou Hsiao-hsien ...

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 typical Hollywood hit man, though detached and emotionless, almost invariably encounters someone to slay for personal reasons. Director Hou Hsiao-hsien flips that setup in “The Assassin,” and not ...

Shu Qi plays a mysterious female assassin whose heart gets in the way in Hou Hsiao-Hsien's first martial arts film. By THR Staff In his first directing effort since the 2007 Juliette Binoche vehicle ...