Someone should write up a list of talented filmmakers who have yet to receive their due outside of the echo chambers of film criticism and cinephilia. Maybe that someone should be me. But I’ve got other things to write about, and besides, I already know that Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s name is at the top of that … Continue reading
“Hou Hsiao-Hsien made a wuxia film. That career choice makes logical sense in a vacuum: Hou is positively obsessed with history, and history, more so than fantasy, is wuxia’s bread and butter. But there’s little in Hou’s body of work aside from his preoccupation with the past to suggest an interest in swordplay. He’s made … Continue reading
A Constant Visual Feast 