Ryan Swen/孫天行/Sun Tien-hsing
@swenryan.bsky.social
Freelance film critic, lafilmcritics.bsky.social member, list obsessive. Host of Catalyst and Witness, co-host of 24 hours don't make an ideology. USC JD, CAMS MA.
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The U.S. trailer for Lav Diaz's epic #Magellan has arrived ahead of a January release.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The U.S. trailer for Lav Diaz's epic #Magellan has arrived ahead of a January release.
Watch: thefilmstage.com/magellan-tra...
Watch: thefilmstage.com/magellan-tra...
TEMPTING HEART: Moves with astonishing fluidity between teenage romance and meta adult reminiscence/analysis without ever shortchanging the qualities of either; Chang’s ability to capture the necessity of both to this grand expression of ardor is so acute.
November 18, 2025 at 4:51 AM
TEMPTING HEART: Moves with astonishing fluidity between teenage romance and meta adult reminiscence/analysis without ever shortchanging the qualities of either; Chang’s ability to capture the necessity of both to this grand expression of ardor is so acute.
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guy who thinks marty supreme is back to the future 4
November 18, 2025 at 12:14 AM
guy who thinks marty supreme is back to the future 4
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whenever the sun sets at 4:45 pm i open a window, lean out and yell "WRONG" as loud as i can. that usually buys me another hour or two of sunlight
November 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
whenever the sun sets at 4:45 pm i open a window, lean out and yell "WRONG" as loud as i can. that usually buys me another hour or two of sunlight
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the ravens did not put shedeur sanders in a position to succeed. they failed him today
November 17, 2025 at 12:25 AM
the ravens did not put shedeur sanders in a position to succeed. they failed him today
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shedeur sanders’s dad is hall of famer deion sanders. like father, like son? only time will tell
November 16, 2025 at 11:08 PM
shedeur sanders’s dad is hall of famer deion sanders. like father, like son? only time will tell
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got a fun likely scorigami in bills-bucs. not only would 44-32 be scorigami, but just about any other score from this point would be
November 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
got a fun likely scorigami in bills-bucs. not only would 44-32 be scorigami, but just about any other score from this point would be
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adding a section to the atlanta falcons' wikipedia entry titled "Miracle 8-9 season (2024)"
November 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
adding a section to the atlanta falcons' wikipedia entry titled "Miracle 8-9 season (2024)"
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the silver lining about taking a tough loss in a college football game is that at least it was only a practice game. the actual football games don't start until tomorrow
November 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
the silver lining about taking a tough loss in a college football game is that at least it was only a practice game. the actual football games don't start until tomorrow
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they’re sounding the air raid sirens at the kibbie dome as dabo swinney and his boys keep putting a hat on a hat down in the swamp
November 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
they’re sounding the air raid sirens at the kibbie dome as dabo swinney and his boys keep putting a hat on a hat down in the swamp
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the last name of every sopranos character is sopranos. chris sopranos, adriana sopranos, furio sopranos, tony soprano sopranos, etc
November 15, 2025 at 1:35 AM
the last name of every sopranos character is sopranos. chris sopranos, adriana sopranos, furio sopranos, tony soprano sopranos, etc
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okay, that just about does it
November 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
okay, that just about does it
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i think the two greatest bands of all time are the isley brothers and talk talk. times like this i wish i was even 1% good at writing about music so i could offer a better defense of this than “c’mon they’re really good bands”
November 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
i think the two greatest bands of all time are the isley brothers and talk talk. times like this i wish i was even 1% good at writing about music so i could offer a better defense of this than “c’mon they’re really good bands”
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🏈 TB 32 - 44 BUF
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1095th unique final score in NFL history.
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1095th unique final score in NFL history.
November 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
🏈 TB 32 - 44 BUF
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1095th unique final score in NFL history.
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1095th unique final score in NFL history.
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Upcoming Criterion edition of Kurosawa Kiyoshi’s Cloud features an essay by me!
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Cloud
A gonzo revenge thriller, a darkly comic anticapitalist critique, and a dizzying plunge into the alienated abyss of the internet, Cloud is among the most audacious genre experiments to date from maste...
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November 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Upcoming Criterion edition of Kurosawa Kiyoshi’s Cloud features an essay by me!
www.criterion.com/films/34956-...
www.criterion.com/films/34956-...
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when you’re watching a kiyoshi kurosawa movie and he does the interior moving vehicle with the deliberately brechtian/anachronistic rear projection thing
a group of thunder basketball players are talking to a reporter .
ALT: a group of thunder basketball players are talking to a reporter .
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November 16, 2025 at 2:03 AM
when you’re watching a kiyoshi kurosawa movie and he does the interior moving vehicle with the deliberately brechtian/anachronistic rear projection thing
The Pope meeting:
Wang Bing
Bertrand Bonello
Albert Serra
Gaspar Noé (handing him a Blu-ray others have identified as VORTEX)
Wang Bing
Bertrand Bonello
Albert Serra
Gaspar Noé (handing him a Blu-ray others have identified as VORTEX)
November 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The Pope meeting:
Wang Bing
Bertrand Bonello
Albert Serra
Gaspar Noé (handing him a Blu-ray others have identified as VORTEX)
Wang Bing
Bertrand Bonello
Albert Serra
Gaspar Noé (handing him a Blu-ray others have identified as VORTEX)
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Pope Leo calls for Criterion box sets of Hou Hsiao-hsien’s Taiwan and Urban Youth trilogies. “The faithful need to see The Puppetmaster in its proper aspect ratio,” the pontiff declared, “and Good Men, Good Women needs a restoration to take its rightful place as one of the great films of the 90s.”
November 16, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Pope Leo calls for Criterion box sets of Hou Hsiao-hsien’s Taiwan and Urban Youth trilogies. “The faithful need to see The Puppetmaster in its proper aspect ratio,” the pontiff declared, “and Good Men, Good Women needs a restoration to take its rightful place as one of the great films of the 90s.”
Was very taken with the pairing of Kevin Jerome Everson eclipse films last month; “When the Sun Is Eaten (Chi’bal K’iin)” and its soundtrack especially captured the feeling of sudden, suspended awe that I felt when I saw one in 2017, only magnified in successive iterations.
November 15, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Was very taken with the pairing of Kevin Jerome Everson eclipse films last month; “When the Sun Is Eaten (Chi’bal K’iin)” and its soundtrack especially captured the feeling of sudden, suspended awe that I felt when I saw one in 2017, only magnified in successive iterations.
JAY KELLY: Undeniably sentimental and overly enamored with the extravagant wealth on display, but at its core is an often cutting examination of the trappings of fame; Baumbach refuses to give his hero a truly easy way out of this often funny yet dispiriting trip.
November 15, 2025 at 4:50 AM
JAY KELLY: Undeniably sentimental and overly enamored with the extravagant wealth on display, but at its core is an often cutting examination of the trappings of fame; Baumbach refuses to give his hero a truly easy way out of this often funny yet dispiriting trip.
BITTER MONEY: Wang’s direct engagement with relatively few, often desperate character threads still manages to suggest an overarching portrait of this community, where work is only the jumping off point for many other interpersonal concerns; disquieting in the right ways.
November 15, 2025 at 4:40 AM
BITTER MONEY: Wang’s direct engagement with relatively few, often desperate character threads still manages to suggest an overarching portrait of this community, where work is only the jumping off point for many other interpersonal concerns; disquieting in the right ways.
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New for subscribers only, a look at A Gilded Game, Herman Yau's version of a Mainland Chinese Wall Street, with Andy Lau, Ni Ni, and Kent Cheng.
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A Gilded Game (Herman Yau, 2025)
Herman Yau takes on the financial services industry.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
New for subscribers only, a look at A Gilded Game, Herman Yau's version of a Mainland Chinese Wall Street, with Andy Lau, Ni Ni, and Kent Cheng.
www.thechinesecinema.com/a-gilded-gam...
www.thechinesecinema.com/a-gilded-gam...
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[11 simultaneous notifications] We’re sorry. The data-harvesting software associated with some Bluetooth thing you connected that you didn’t know about because we didn’t tell you about it failed to install. Please go to our weird site.
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
[11 simultaneous notifications] We’re sorry. The data-harvesting software associated with some Bluetooth thing you connected that you didn’t know about because we didn’t tell you about it failed to install. Please go to our weird site.
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as much as i disagree with his politics, i do think the next james bond should be adam carolla. interested in hearing everyone else's thoughts though
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
as much as i disagree with his politics, i do think the next james bond should be adam carolla. interested in hearing everyone else's thoughts though
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This is the future liberals want, an outrageously hot woman with blue hair that can either kick your ass or put a bullet in it
November 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This is the future liberals want, an outrageously hot woman with blue hair that can either kick your ass or put a bullet in it