Top 5 Wuxia Films
The Chinese movie genre “wuxia”, meaning “martial or chivalrous hero”, has been getting a lot of attention as of late. I recently reviewed the 2015 festival film darling The Assassin, the famous Taiwanese director Hsiao-Hsien Hou’s fabulous take on the genre. And…
Review| The Assassin
The wuxia genre has long been an important part of Chinese culture. While traditionally associated with literature, telling the adventures of martial artists in ancient China (the word “wuxia” means “martial hero”), like many forms of story-telling they have made…