Mark Tan
@monkeytong760.bsky.social
Lead film editor of Full Circle Cinema and the 69th person to log HOMEWARD (ripoff of ONWARD) on Letterboxd. I'll let you decide which is the more important one.
A lot of weird decisions at this year’s Oscars - the James Bond tribute, when to do clips and when not to do clips, not actually following through with the Lithgow frown for overlong speeches - but the awards themselves turned out rather well.
March 3, 2025 at 5:50 AM
A lot of weird decisions at this year’s Oscars - the James Bond tribute, when to do clips and when not to do clips, not actually following through with the Lithgow frown for overlong speeches - but the awards themselves turned out rather well.
Never been through a theater experience in which someone in the audience has a seizure and stroke and leading the theater to completely pause the movie, you can file that under “things that will scar me for life”.
February 16, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Never been through a theater experience in which someone in the audience has a seizure and stroke and leading the theater to completely pause the movie, you can file that under “things that will scar me for life”.
I'M STILL HERE is a few drafts away from figuring out its own ending, but the way it creates tragedy from the absence of moments to process pain does give it serious heft. Never thought I would see stoicism take the form of persistent smiles, but Fernanda Torres sure found a way.
February 9, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I'M STILL HERE is a few drafts away from figuring out its own ending, but the way it creates tragedy from the absence of moments to process pain does give it serious heft. Never thought I would see stoicism take the form of persistent smiles, but Fernanda Torres sure found a way.
now that I've seen all the Best Picture nominees for this year, time to rank em:
The Great Ones:
DUNE PART TWO
THE SUBSTANCE
ANORA
The Good Ones:
THE BRUTALIST
I'M STILL HERE
WICKED
The Decents:
CONCLAVE
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
The Mids:
NICKEL BOYS
EMILIA PÉREZ
The Great Ones:
DUNE PART TWO
THE SUBSTANCE
ANORA
The Good Ones:
THE BRUTALIST
I'M STILL HERE
WICKED
The Decents:
CONCLAVE
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
The Mids:
NICKEL BOYS
EMILIA PÉREZ
February 9, 2025 at 3:36 AM
now that I've seen all the Best Picture nominees for this year, time to rank em:
The Great Ones:
DUNE PART TWO
THE SUBSTANCE
ANORA
The Good Ones:
THE BRUTALIST
I'M STILL HERE
WICKED
The Decents:
CONCLAVE
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
The Mids:
NICKEL BOYS
EMILIA PÉREZ
The Great Ones:
DUNE PART TWO
THE SUBSTANCE
ANORA
The Good Ones:
THE BRUTALIST
I'M STILL HERE
WICKED
The Decents:
CONCLAVE
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
The Mids:
NICKEL BOYS
EMILIA PÉREZ
so has the 1978 SUPERMAN movie always felt like three movies rolled into one?
February 1, 2025 at 6:38 AM
so has the 1978 SUPERMAN movie always felt like three movies rolled into one?
Not going to back down on my love for TRAP, sorry haters…
And yes, even I’m baffled as to why I bothered watching the RYAN’S WORLD movie
And yes, even I’m baffled as to why I bothered watching the RYAN’S WORLD movie
January 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Not going to back down on my love for TRAP, sorry haters…
And yes, even I’m baffled as to why I bothered watching the RYAN’S WORLD movie
And yes, even I’m baffled as to why I bothered watching the RYAN’S WORLD movie
As someone who found A COMPLETE UNKNOWN most engaging when it was focused on Joan Baez, I am delighted that Monica Barbaro got some Oscar love
January 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
As someone who found A COMPLETE UNKNOWN most engaging when it was focused on Joan Baez, I am delighted that Monica Barbaro got some Oscar love
with all due respect to EMILIA PÉREZ, the real winners of the Oscar nominations are the Brazilians
January 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
with all due respect to EMILIA PÉREZ, the real winners of the Oscar nominations are the Brazilians
Time to put THE BRUTALIST, I'M STILL HERE and NICKEL BOYS at the top of my watchlist...
January 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Time to put THE BRUTALIST, I'M STILL HERE and NICKEL BOYS at the top of my watchlist...
So locked into my 2024 catch up that I already got a ticket to see SING SING tomorrow…
January 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
So locked into my 2024 catch up that I already got a ticket to see SING SING tomorrow…
Happy to find that the CGI ape gimmick in BETTER MAN is merely a Trojan Horse for the real gimmick of literalizing self-hatred to the most extreme degree. Though I will admit the latter works wonders partly due to the former.
Either way, they successfully make the music biopic feel fresh again!
Either way, they successfully make the music biopic feel fresh again!
January 16, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Happy to find that the CGI ape gimmick in BETTER MAN is merely a Trojan Horse for the real gimmick of literalizing self-hatred to the most extreme degree. Though I will admit the latter works wonders partly due to the former.
Either way, they successfully make the music biopic feel fresh again!
Either way, they successfully make the music biopic feel fresh again!
time for Georgie Porgie to make a Muppet movie
January 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
time for Georgie Porgie to make a Muppet movie
Ended 2024 with one of my most pleasant movie surprises, and started 2025 with the following:
Dusting off one of my Criterion Blu-rays
Disliking a much-acclaimed 2024 release
Watching a much-beloved movie for the first time
Dusting off one of my Criterion Blu-rays
Disliking a much-acclaimed 2024 release
Watching a much-beloved movie for the first time
January 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Ended 2024 with one of my most pleasant movie surprises, and started 2025 with the following:
Dusting off one of my Criterion Blu-rays
Disliking a much-acclaimed 2024 release
Watching a much-beloved movie for the first time
Dusting off one of my Criterion Blu-rays
Disliking a much-acclaimed 2024 release
Watching a much-beloved movie for the first time
GODDAMN DID I GO OUT OF MY WAY TO START ON THE WRONG FOOT
January 1, 2025 at 6:47 AM
GODDAMN DID I GO OUT OF MY WAY TO START ON THE WRONG FOOT
Films that will no doubt make my 2024 top 10 come Oscar time:
HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS
DUNE: PART TWO
THE SUBSTANCE
Films that will most likely make the top 10:
ANORA
LOVE LIES BLEEDING
NOSFERATU
PROBLEMISTA
Films that might make the top 10:
CHALLENGERS
CIVIL WAR
LOOK BACK
THELMA
TRAP
HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS
DUNE: PART TWO
THE SUBSTANCE
Films that will most likely make the top 10:
ANORA
LOVE LIES BLEEDING
NOSFERATU
PROBLEMISTA
Films that might make the top 10:
CHALLENGERS
CIVIL WAR
LOOK BACK
THELMA
TRAP
December 31, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Films that will no doubt make my 2024 top 10 come Oscar time:
HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS
DUNE: PART TWO
THE SUBSTANCE
Films that will most likely make the top 10:
ANORA
LOVE LIES BLEEDING
NOSFERATU
PROBLEMISTA
Films that might make the top 10:
CHALLENGERS
CIVIL WAR
LOOK BACK
THELMA
TRAP
HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS
DUNE: PART TWO
THE SUBSTANCE
Films that will most likely make the top 10:
ANORA
LOVE LIES BLEEDING
NOSFERATU
PROBLEMISTA
Films that might make the top 10:
CHALLENGERS
CIVIL WAR
LOOK BACK
THELMA
TRAP
I'd love to share my top 10 films of 2024, but I feel like I need to catch up with these films before locking the list:
ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT
THE BEAST
THE BRUTALIST
A DIFFERENT MAN
FLOW
GLADIATOR II
HERETIC
NICKEL BOYS
QUEER
A REAL PAIN
RED ROOMS
THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG
SING SING
ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT
THE BEAST
THE BRUTALIST
A DIFFERENT MAN
FLOW
GLADIATOR II
HERETIC
NICKEL BOYS
QUEER
A REAL PAIN
RED ROOMS
THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG
SING SING
December 31, 2024 at 4:48 PM
I'd love to share my top 10 films of 2024, but I feel like I need to catch up with these films before locking the list:
ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT
THE BEAST
THE BRUTALIST
A DIFFERENT MAN
FLOW
GLADIATOR II
HERETIC
NICKEL BOYS
QUEER
A REAL PAIN
RED ROOMS
THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG
SING SING
ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT
THE BEAST
THE BRUTALIST
A DIFFERENT MAN
FLOW
GLADIATOR II
HERETIC
NICKEL BOYS
QUEER
A REAL PAIN
RED ROOMS
THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG
SING SING
Can't say I watched that many older movies in 2024, but here are my top four favorite first-time watches:
1. BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (1992)
2. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (2004)
3. MAD MAX 2 (1981)
4. AFTER HOURS (1985)
1. BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (1992)
2. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (2004)
3. MAD MAX 2 (1981)
4. AFTER HOURS (1985)
December 31, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Can't say I watched that many older movies in 2024, but here are my top four favorite first-time watches:
1. BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (1992)
2. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (2004)
3. MAD MAX 2 (1981)
4. AFTER HOURS (1985)
1. BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (1992)
2. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (2004)
3. MAD MAX 2 (1981)
4. AFTER HOURS (1985)
I don’t expect my 2024 cramming session to let up until that Oscars ceremony…
December 27, 2024 at 4:08 PM
I don’t expect my 2024 cramming session to let up until that Oscars ceremony…
Lily-Rose Depp is so captivating in NOSFERATU that my willingness to forgive her for being in YOGA HOSERS is now above 0%
December 26, 2024 at 6:33 AM
Lily-Rose Depp is so captivating in NOSFERATU that my willingness to forgive her for being in YOGA HOSERS is now above 0%
Had the same reaction to Eggers’ NOSFERATU as I did with Gerwig’s BARBIE: script is less polished than anything else they’ve done, but their handling of tone and big-scale visuals is so good that it doesn’t feel like their lowpoint as a filmmaker
December 26, 2024 at 6:29 AM
Had the same reaction to Eggers’ NOSFERATU as I did with Gerwig’s BARBIE: script is less polished than anything else they’ve done, but their handling of tone and big-scale visuals is so good that it doesn’t feel like their lowpoint as a filmmaker
I admire how much JUROR #2 refuses to be subtle. In this tale of uncertainty in the face of alleged facts, one of the attorneys is literally named Faith!
December 24, 2024 at 4:29 PM
I admire how much JUROR #2 refuses to be subtle. In this tale of uncertainty in the face of alleged facts, one of the attorneys is literally named Faith!
talking about the movies here…
SONIC 2 is pretty good as a cartoonish ensemble movie and SONIC 3 is shockingly good as a revenge tale, but both are severely held back by jokes that are unamusing and go on for wayyyyyy too long
SONIC 2 is pretty good as a cartoonish ensemble movie and SONIC 3 is shockingly good as a revenge tale, but both are severely held back by jokes that are unamusing and go on for wayyyyyy too long
December 20, 2024 at 6:07 AM
talking about the movies here…
SONIC 2 is pretty good as a cartoonish ensemble movie and SONIC 3 is shockingly good as a revenge tale, but both are severely held back by jokes that are unamusing and go on for wayyyyyy too long
SONIC 2 is pretty good as a cartoonish ensemble movie and SONIC 3 is shockingly good as a revenge tale, but both are severely held back by jokes that are unamusing and go on for wayyyyyy too long
between most of the MCU movies and WICKED having flat and gray color palettes, I’m starting to think these things are being color graded with the mindset that most people will be watching them at home with the contrasty Standard/Vivid picture modes
November 27, 2024 at 11:47 PM
between most of the MCU movies and WICKED having flat and gray color palettes, I’m starting to think these things are being color graded with the mindset that most people will be watching them at home with the contrasty Standard/Vivid picture modes
the custom Universal logo at the start of WICKED PART 1 slaps so hard that I was going to like the whole movie even if it sucked (which it didn’t)
November 26, 2024 at 9:29 AM
the custom Universal logo at the start of WICKED PART 1 slaps so hard that I was going to like the whole movie even if it sucked (which it didn’t)