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By Hugo G (498) on 22 Oct 2015

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By Andy B (1,077) on 22 Oct 2015

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By Marc Mohan (821) for Oregonian (1,550) on 22 Oct 2015

Political machinations, emotional revelations, and a few well-choreographed fight scenes ensue, but Hou focuses less on the satisfactions of…

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By John Anderson (1,358) for Newsday (2,345) on 21 Oct 2015

Not for everyone, but gloriously cinematic, utterly absorbing…

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By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 21 Oct 2015

It's a beautifully directed film, no question, but also a glacially paced one, with performances that often give the impression that the cast…

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By Tiago C (170) on 20 Oct 2015

O épico ilustra a vida da filha de um general, levada aos dez anos por uma freira taoísta que a inicia no mundo das artes marciais, transformando-a…

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By Michael L (2,383) on 20 Oct 2015

Although the cinematography is lush and the locations grandiose, THE ASSASSIN establishes a steady pace that prefers stillness over action…

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By Hotfromcauldron (70) on 20 Oct 2015

Two NoDoz and a tab of LSD and you just might be able to keep your eyes open and watch the beautiful painting dry…

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By Sheldon C (73) on 20 Oct 2015

Although the cinematography is lush and the locations grandiose, THE ASSASSIN establishes a steady pace that prefers stillness over action…

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By Alonso Duralde (1,351) for TheWrap (3,203) on 19 Oct 2015

Hou’s brand of reserve might not be for all audiences, but arthouse admirers of cinematic stillness will find themselves enraptured by this…

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By Derek Smith (382) for Tiny Mix Tapes (64) on 19 Oct 2015

[The film's] uncanny ability to be meticulously precise in some aspects, yet distant and mysterious in others make it a unique achievement…

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By Josh Slater-Williams (157) for The Skinny (809) on 18 Oct 2015

Its intoxicating power coming from just how alien it feels. It takes you to the past, but it seems like another universe…

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By Brigitte D (3) on 18 Oct 2015

One of the most beautiful movies of the year…

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By John Esther (94) for UR Chicago Magazine (83) on 17 Oct 2015

Other than human nature, the film suggests there was nothing ugly to witness during this period in time…

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By Mark Olsen (451) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 15 Oct 2015

Combining Hou's patient, observant style with a historical martial arts tale, the film is a fascinating hybrid of craft, genre and story…

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By Peter Sobczynski (1,159) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 15 Oct 2015

Conventional and easy-to-follow narratives can be found anywhere, but very few of them occur in films that are as visually ravishing and formally…

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By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for AV Club (2,778) on 14 Oct 2015

Enigmatic and often mesmerizing, super-saturated with color, drawn like a still plain ripped by brief, unexpected gusts of wind—The Assassin…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 14 Oct 2015

I also know The Assassin to be so ravishingly lovely that tracking the plot is far less important than luxuriating in the images…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for New York Times (5,786) on 14 Oct 2015

The film is intriguing, but ultimately opaque, a lovely, inert object that offers, in the name of movie love, an escape from so much that is…

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By Jennifer Y (40) on 13 Oct 2015

Con una cinematografía que roza el arte poético, todo lo demás está ausente, olvidándose de compartir algo con el espectador…

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