Proctors Collaborative in Schenectady, New York hosts New York City-based Subway Cinema for the film screening series Flying Sword Heroes: Gravity-Defying Tales from Taiwan, from August 14 – 24, 2025. Founders of the annual New York Asian Film Festival held at Lincoln Center, Subway Cinema has been sponsoring Asian film premieres and retrospectives since 1999.

The series marks the group’s first event outside of the five boroughs. It also marks the biggest U.S. retrospective of Taiwanese wuxia (sword fighting hero) movies ever seen outside of any major American city.

Every screening in the Flying Sword Heroes series is free of charge and tickets can be reserved online or at the Box Office.

Schedule

The Assassin (2015)
7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025
7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22, 2025
Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien
Cast: Shu Qi, Chang Chen, Zhou Yun

A Touch of Zen (1971)
7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15, 2025
2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025
Director: King Hu
Cast: Hsu Feng, Shih Chun, Pai Ying, Tien Peng, Tsao Chien, Roy Chiao, Sammo Hung

The Valiant Ones (1975)
2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025
Director: King Hu
Cast: Roy Chiao, Hsu Feng, Sammo Hung, Han Ying-chieh

The Swordsman of All Swordsmen (1968) Digital Restoration
4:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025
7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025
Director: Joseph Kuo
Cast: Tien Peng, Polly Shang-kuan, Chiang Nan

Dragon Inn (1967)
7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025
2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025
Director: King Hu
Cast: Polly Shang-kuan, Shih Chun, Pai Ying, Hsu Feng, Tsao Chien

The Fate of Lee Khan (1973)
2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025
Director: King Hu
Cast: Tien Feng, Hsu Feng, Roy Chiao, Pai Ying, Han Ying-chieh, Angela Mao

Reign of Assassins (2010)
4:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025
Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025
Director: Su Chao-bin, John Woo
Cast: Michelle Yeoh, Jung Woo-sung, Leon Dai

A City Called Dragon (1970)
7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19
Director: Larry Tu Chong-hsun
Cast: Hsu Feng, Shih Chun

The Grand Passion (1970)
7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025
Director: Yang Shih-ching
Cast: Polly Shang-kuan, Pai Ying, Tsao Chien, Shih Chun

The Ghost Hill (1971)
7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025
Director: Ting Shan-hsi
Cast: Tien Peng, Polly Shang-kuan, Han Hsaing-chin, David Tang Wei