NYFF ’15: ‘The Assassin’ is much more than a martial arts film
The Assassin Written By Cheng Ah, T’ien-wen Chu, Hsiao-Hien Hou, Hai-Meng Hsieh and Xing Pei Directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou Taiwan/China/Hong Kong/France, 2015 It’s a tad misleading to define Hsiao-Hsien Hou’s The Assassin as a martial arts movie. Sure, there are moments of intense fighting by people who look like they’re trained in that form of …