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CANNES, France (AP) — “The Assassin” is a rare thing — a martial-arts movie in competition for prizes at Cannes. It’s hardly typical action fare. The film is by Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien, who ...

LOS ANGELES – Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien is considered one of the world's greatest among the cognoscenti of the international festival circuit, though he remains largely unknown even to ...

Wuxia, which is Chinese for “martial hero,” is a genre of Chinese cinema that deals in martial arts, sorcery and grand, heroic feats. Characters often defy gravity, flying through the air in precisely ...