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Plus: Vittorio De Sica's 'Shoeshine,' Edward Yang's 'A Confucian Confusion' and 'Mahjong,' Zeinabu irene Davis's 's 'Compensation,' and Alice Wu's 'Saving Face.'

The first thing that strikes you in The Assassin is the quiet. Hou Hsiao-Hsien's ruminative tone-poem, about a Tang Dynasty sell-sword tasked with killing kin, is a remarkably hushed affair. Be it dialogue, sound-effects or music, at no point does...

In a recent interview, Chinese actress Zhang Zi Yi, currently back in the limelight with the release of her new martial arts epic, The Grandmaster, has confirmed that cameras are finally ready to start rolling on John Woo's much-delayed period...