The martial arts historical epic, "The Assassin," by Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien, was chosen as the best film of 2015 by a poll of international critics, compiled by the British Film ...

A figure in black glides wordlessly through the landscapes of “The Assassin.” It’s a young woman, wearing a long black coat and an unreadable expression. In her hand is a wicked-looking ...

Taiwan’s The Assassin, from this year’s Cannes Film Festival best director Hou Hsiao-Hsien, has been voted the top movie of 2015 in the British Film Institute’s poll of 168 critics for the ...

Film Review: ‘The Assassin’ Shu Qi plays the eponymous killer in this ravishingly beautiful foray into historical martial-arts territory from Taiwanese master Hou Hsiao-hsien.

Hou Hsiao-Hsien has built worldwide fame, but he's done so with realistic films about normal people. In The Assassin, he upends expectations (and genre conventions) with a medieval action tale.