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Festival de Cannes: Deadly Shu Qi in Hou Hsiao-hsien’s Masterful ‘The Assassin’ (2015)

This writer’s first encounter with the Taiwanese-Hong Kong actress, Shu Qi, was in the late 1990s. One of the few occasions a certain sibling, a…

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Festival de Cannes 72 Countdown: Cìkè Niè Yǐnniáng / The Assassin, 2015

We excitedly countdown to the 72nd Festival de Cannes with a different prize winning film each day. Cìkè Niè Yǐnniáng / The Assassin, 2015 Prix…

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