Hou Hsiao-hsien’s painterly tale of Tang dynasty intrigue is a magnificent blend of fleet-footed action dark magic and emotional realism Among this year’s most galling Oscar oversights is the absence ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Well Go USA Entertainment couldn’t wait for Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s martial arts pic The Assassin to hit Cannes. The distributor has ...

Director Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Best Director award winner for his film "The Assassin" (Nie yinniang), poses during a photocall after the closing ceremony of the 68th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, ...

What's ancient Chinese for "oh so beautiful but oh so dull"? Martial arts fable The Assassin swoops into UK cinemas on the back of sizeable praise – it was a hit on the festival circuit, with Hou ...