The Flickering Myth Review discusses money, money, money and Robert De Niro pleasuring himself with Zac Efron… Scott J. Davis and Rohan Morbey are back to review the week’s biggest releases Under the microscope this week are Adam McKay’s The Big Short, starring Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt; 2015 Cannes award-winner […]
Flickering Myth’s Big, Fat Movie Checklist of 2016
Now that 2015 is over, there are plenty of ‘Best Of’ lists pronouncing the movies you should have seen already. Hell, even we did it at Flickering Myth. But by the end of the year, it’s too late. You suddenly have 50+ films you missed out on to catch up with. Where were the ‘Best Ofs’ as […]
Movie Review – The Assassin (2015)
The Assassin, 2015. Directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien. Starring Qi Shu, Chen Chang, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Shao-Huai Chang and Yun Zhou. SYNOPSIS: An assassin accepts a dangerous mission to kill a political leader in seventh-century China. Almost immediately, as the first shots in stark black and white open on-screen, it’s not a stretch to say that The […]
The Assassin tops Sight & Sound’s 2015 movie poll
With less than five weeks to go to the end of the year, cinephiles have been furiously working on their ‘Best of 2015’ lists. Prestigious film magazine Sight & Sound has asked 168 critics around the world to submit their favourite picks to compile its own rankings. The result: The Assassin claims the top spot with […]
29th Leeds International Film Festival Review – The Assassin (2015)
The Assassin, 2015. Directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou. Starring Qi Shu, Chen Chang and Satoshi Tsumabuki. SYNOPSIS: An assassin in 7th century China accepts a mission to kill a political leader. Arthouse martial arts is a problematic concept. On the one hand, ‘arthouse’ suggests serious, high-minded fare; on the other, ‘martial arts’ conjures up thoughts of […]
29th Leeds International Film Festival Review – The Assassin (2015)
The Assassin, 2015. Directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou. Starring Qi Shu, Chen Chang and Satoshi Tsumabuki. SYNOPSIS: An assassin in 7th century China accepts a mission to kill a political leader. The Assassin is not the film you’re expecting it to be. In that way, many will be disappointed. It’s not Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and […]
New poster and trailer for Hou Hsiao-hsien’s award-winning The Assassin
A new poster and trailer have debuted for The Assassin, the acclaimed Taiwanese film that won Hou Hsiao-hsien the Best Director prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival… 9th Century China: 10-year-old general’s daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged […]