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Sean Gilman
@theendofcinema.bsky.social
I live in Tacoma and I write about movies.

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I write about movies, mostly ones from China and elsewhere around East Asia. It's almost all at my site, thechinesecinema.com.
The Chinese Cinema
Films from Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, and Beyond
thechinesecinema.com
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my 1949 zine is available NOW! ships in 2-5 days. please consider buying one if you haven't already! a labor of love & a needed way of making a little extra $ so any support is greatly appreciated!
🔊the Top Ten By Year: 1949 Film Zine available NOW for pre-order🔊

📗20 pages of original collage work & writing on the films of 1949. writing on over 25 works, dozens more referenced. support this diy labor of love, curation, and curiosity📗

ships in 2-3 weeks
www.etsy.com/listing/4435...
February 4, 2026 at 3:33 PM
inRO's third IFFRR dispatch has got two reviews by me, on the Vietnamese films Tunnels: Sun in the Dark, a war film from the Viet Cong perspective, and Fish Fists and Ambergris, a very fun and old school martial arts comedy.

inreviewonline.com/2026/02/05/i...
IFFR 2026 — Dispatch 3: Nightmare's Advice, Tycoon, Phra Ruang: Rise of the Empire | In Review Online
A dispatch of new film reviews from IFFR 2026, from film review site In Review Online.
inreviewonline.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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four gas pumps, weld county garage, rt. 85, greeley, colorado, 1980
February 5, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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“Don't Worry Baby (new stereo mix)” The Beach Boys — Summer Love Songs (2009)
February 5, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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ELLA MCCAY (2025)
Streaming Now
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#EllaMcCay
February 5, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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February 5, 2026 at 2:41 AM
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“Killing in the Name” Rage Against the Machine — …From Los Angeles, California (1999)
February 5, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Watching Baby Assassins
February 5, 2026 at 1:31 AM
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“Atomic Dog” George Clinton — Computer Games (1982)
February 5, 2026 at 1:24 AM
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I will introduce a RARE 35mm screening of the Bob Dylan/Larry Charles film MASKED AND ANONYMOUS on 35mm at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social on March 3, then sign and sell copies of my book BOB DYLAN AS FILMMAKER in the lounge afterwards. Chicago Dylanheads come thru! musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
Masked and Anonymous
In a fictional America caught up in a civil war that is tearing the nation apart, a benefit concert is being organized. A traveling troubadour named Jack Fate is sprung from jail by his scheming forme...
musicboxtheatre.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:15 AM
The best Dylan record is surely the album that’s going to win this bracket.
February 5, 2026 at 12:28 AM
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“Then I saw two huge eyes. It was the Old Dark Frog. He was standing near me.”
February 4, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Baby Assassins number one is a big surprise but well-deserved.
What do Peter Weir's MASTER & COMMANDER, Kasi Lemmons' TALK TO ME, Roman Coppola's CQ, and Amy Heckerling's I COULD NEVER BE YOUR WOMAN have in common? They're all on my list of the 50 Most Underappreciated Movies of the 21st Century (so far). The full list is here: time.com/collections/...
The 50 Most Underappreciated Movies of the 21st Century
From 'Idlewild' and 'Bright Star' to 'The Magic Flute' and more, these are TIME's most underappreciated movies of the 21st Century
time.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:08 PM
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“Protection” Massive Attack — Protection (1995)
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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Taiwanese film producer Wu Tun has passed way. A major producer of Hong Kong-Taiwan co-productions and the films of Chu Yen-ping in the '90s, Wu was also a notorious gangster, the Bamboo Union's chief enforcer who perpetrated the infamous 1984 murder of Taiwanese author Chiang Nan on American soil.
竹聯幫總護法吳敦過世...享壽77歲 「江南案」三大殺手全逝世 | 聯合新聞網
竹聯幫前總護法、影視製作人吳敦3日辭世,享壽77歲,家屬發布訃聞指出,吳敦在2月3日上午6時30分壽終正寢,告別式預計在...
udn.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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“Losing My Edge” LCD Soundsystem — LCD Soundsystem (2005)
February 4, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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Everyone dumb.
February 4, 2026 at 3:47 AM
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“Talk About the Passion” R.E.M. — Eponymous (1988)
February 3, 2026 at 11:19 PM
I wonder who wrote that InRO quote…
February 3, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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when your public moment of vulnerability undergoes memetic semantic degradation
February 3, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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“Cult of Personality” Living Colour — Vivid (1988)
February 3, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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“Bastards of Young” The Replacements — Tim (1993)
February 3, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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February 3, 2026 at 2:10 PM