The more “international” body of tastemaker critics have anointed Todd Haynes’ Carol, Hou Hsaio-Hsien’s The Assassin, George Miller’s Mad Max, Sean Baker’s Tangerine and Bruno Dumont’s Li’l Quinquin as the better film items for 2015 and top vote getters with the most noms for 2016 Ics Awards. Winners of the 13th Ics Awards will be announced on February 21, 2016. Here are the noms and all the categories.
Picture
• 45 Years
• Arabian Nights
• The Assassin
• Carol
• Clouds of Sils Maria
• The Duke of Burgundy
• Inside Out
• Li’l Quinquin
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
• Tangerine
Director
• Sean Baker – Tangerine
• Bruno Dumont – Li’l Quinquin
• Todd Haynes – Carol
• Hou Hsaio-Hsien – The Assassin
• George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
Film Not In The English Language
• Amour Fou
• Arabian Nights
• The Assassin
• Hard to Be a God
• Jauja
• La Sapienza
• Li’l Quinquin
• Phoenix
• A...
Picture
• 45 Years
• Arabian Nights
• The Assassin
• Carol
• Clouds of Sils Maria
• The Duke of Burgundy
• Inside Out
• Li’l Quinquin
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
• Tangerine
Director
• Sean Baker – Tangerine
• Bruno Dumont – Li’l Quinquin
• Todd Haynes – Carol
• Hou Hsaio-Hsien – The Assassin
• George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
Film Not In The English Language
• Amour Fou
• Arabian Nights
• The Assassin
• Hard to Be a God
• Jauja
• La Sapienza
• Li’l Quinquin
• Phoenix
• A...
- 2/8/2016
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Stars: Qi Shu, Chen Chang, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Shao-Huai Chang, Nikki Hsin-Ying Hsieh, Ethan Juan, Zhen Yu Lei, Fang Mei, Dahong Ni, Jacques Picoux, Fang-yi Sheu, Chun Shih, Mei Yong, Yun Zhou | Written by Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Hai-Meng Hsieh, Cheng Ah | Directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou
“That man poisoned his father, he killed his own brother. His guilt condemns him.”
The Assassin, Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s painterly spell of a film, tells the tale of a too-merciful assassin tasked by her tutor with her own cousin’s murder. Nie Yinniang, portrayed with aching affect by Shu Qui, is a woman consummately skilled at an art the practice of which has broken her heart. She kills with balletic precision, opening the film with the understated murder of a corrupt government official as he rides in the countryside with his retinue. Even in the act of killing she projects a sense of listless melancholy, and...
“That man poisoned his father, he killed his own brother. His guilt condemns him.”
The Assassin, Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s painterly spell of a film, tells the tale of a too-merciful assassin tasked by her tutor with her own cousin’s murder. Nie Yinniang, portrayed with aching affect by Shu Qui, is a woman consummately skilled at an art the practice of which has broken her heart. She kills with balletic precision, opening the film with the understated murder of a corrupt government official as he rides in the countryside with his retinue. Even in the act of killing she projects a sense of listless melancholy, and...
- 12/24/2015
- by Gretchen Felker-Martin
- Nerdly
The Assassin
Written by Zhong Acheng, T’ien-wen Chu, Hou Hsiao-Hsien Hai-Meng Hsieh
Directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Taiwan/China/Hong Kong, 2015
Those coming to The Assassin, the new wuxia from Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien (winner of the Best Director prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival), expecting an all-out action martial arts fest are in for a bit of a rude surprise. There certainly is action, and it carries considerable weight in the story. But rather than glorify the violence, the weight serves to magnify its importance and emphasize its effect upon those involved.
Hou’s lofty intentions are clear from the stunning prologue, in which gorgeous black and white photography introduces the ninth century Tang Dynasty setting. It also introduces Nie Yinniang (a superb Shu Qi), a woman who gets kidnapped at ten years old by nun Jiaxin (Sheu Fang-yi) and trained to be a brutal murderer,...
Written by Zhong Acheng, T’ien-wen Chu, Hou Hsiao-Hsien Hai-Meng Hsieh
Directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Taiwan/China/Hong Kong, 2015
Those coming to The Assassin, the new wuxia from Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien (winner of the Best Director prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival), expecting an all-out action martial arts fest are in for a bit of a rude surprise. There certainly is action, and it carries considerable weight in the story. But rather than glorify the violence, the weight serves to magnify its importance and emphasize its effect upon those involved.
Hou’s lofty intentions are clear from the stunning prologue, in which gorgeous black and white photography introduces the ninth century Tang Dynasty setting. It also introduces Nie Yinniang (a superb Shu Qi), a woman who gets kidnapped at ten years old by nun Jiaxin (Sheu Fang-yi) and trained to be a brutal murderer,...
- 10/13/2015
- by Max Bledstein
- SoundOnSight
The Assassin
Written By Cheng Ah, T’ien-wen Chu, Hsiao-Hien Hou, Hai-Meng Hsieh and Xing Pei
Directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou
Taiwan/China/Hong Kong/France, 2015
It’s a tad misleading to define Hsiao-Hsien Hou’s The Assassin as a martial arts movie. Sure, there are moments of intense fighting by people who look like they’re trained in that form of combat, but they are truly moments. Cinema is rife with martial arts films that insist on obscenely elaborate fight scenes that are thrilling at the time but ultimately aren’t as memorable as they’re meant to be. Hou decides to go a slightly different route with the genre. Instead of giving the fight scenes the attention, he wants the audience to watch everything else.
Set in in China during the Tang Dynasty era, the film focuses on Nie Yinniang, a young woman returning to her hometown after years of banishment.
Written By Cheng Ah, T’ien-wen Chu, Hsiao-Hien Hou, Hai-Meng Hsieh and Xing Pei
Directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou
Taiwan/China/Hong Kong/France, 2015
It’s a tad misleading to define Hsiao-Hsien Hou’s The Assassin as a martial arts movie. Sure, there are moments of intense fighting by people who look like they’re trained in that form of combat, but they are truly moments. Cinema is rife with martial arts films that insist on obscenely elaborate fight scenes that are thrilling at the time but ultimately aren’t as memorable as they’re meant to be. Hou decides to go a slightly different route with the genre. Instead of giving the fight scenes the attention, he wants the audience to watch everything else.
Set in in China during the Tang Dynasty era, the film focuses on Nie Yinniang, a young woman returning to her hometown after years of banishment.
- 10/13/2015
- by Sarah Pearce Lord
- SoundOnSight
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