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The Assassin

December 2020

  • This image released by Amazon Prime Video shows Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn, left, and Micheal Ward in “Lovers Rock.” (Parisa Taghizedeh/Amazon Prime Video via AP)

    Best culture 2020
    The 2020 Braddies go to … Peter Bradshaw's film picks of the year

    Alongside our countdown of the best films of 2020, our chief film critic selects his favourite movies, directors and performances of the year

November 2016

  • Anomalisa

    Top UK films 2016
    The 50 best films of 2016 in the UK: the full list

  • Guardian Best Movies of 2016 early selection

    Film blog
    The best films of 2016 so far

July 2016

  • 16th Shanghai International Film Festival - Opening Ceremony & Red Carpet<br>SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 15: Taiwanese director and actor Leon Dai arrives at the opening ceremony of the 16th Shanghai International Film Festival at Shanghai Culture Square on June 15, 2013 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)

    Taiwanese actor dropped from Chinese film after political outcry

    Leon Dai fired from romantic comedy No Other Love, despite shoot having already completed, due to ‘ambiguous’ stance on Taiwanese independence

January 2016

  • The Assassin. Film Still

    Mark Kermode's film of the week
    The Assassin review – martial arts to die for

  • Our Brand is in Crisis film still

    The Guardian Film Show audio
    The Guardian film show: The Big Short, The Assassin, Our Brand is Crisis and Attacking the Devil – Audio reviews

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    The Guardian film show
    The Guardian film show: The Big Short, The Assassin, Our Brand is Crisis and Attacking the Devil – video reviews

  • Qi Shu (Nie Yinniang) in The Assassin film still

    The Assassin review – captivatingly hypnotic, if impenetrable, wuxia tale

  • The Assassin - video review

  • The film quiz
    Killing it: match the assassin to the movie - quiz

  • Hou Hsaio-hsien: the director stripping cinema to its essence

  • The Assassin director: why I gave plot the chop

December 2015

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    The Assassin: an exclusive clip from Hou Hsiao-Hsien's martial arts epic

    Watch a clip of Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s martial arts epic, about a trained killer tasked with murdering the man she was once betrothed to
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