Sean Gilman

A film critic in Tacoma, Washington. Bylines at The Criterion Collection, the Mubi Notebook, Frame.land, InReview Online, Seattle Screen Scene and more.

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Corey Yuen

So Close (Corey Yuen, 2002)

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Vincent Kok

Gorgeous (Vincent Kok, 1999)

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David Chung

It's a Drink! It's a Bomb! (David Chung, 1985)

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Chen Sicheng

Detective Chinatown 3 (Chen Sicheng, 2021)

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Moon Lee

A Serious Shock! Yes Madam! (Albert Lai, 1993)

Ronny Yu

Ronny Yu Capsule Reviews

The Phantom Lover (1995) - April 27, 2023 Leslie Cheung in a decorous Ronny Yu riff on Phantom of the Opera. Leslie’s character only seems to know one role, and it’s a musical version of Romeo and Juliet, albeit one where Juliet weirdly dies first. Kinda dull, but

Tricky Brains

Ronny Yu

Reviews: The Bride with White Hair (Ronny Yu, 1993) – June 25, 2014 Capsule Reviews: The Phantom Lover (1995) - April 27, 2023

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21st century Propaganda Films

The Battle at Lake Changjin (I & II) (Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark, & Dante Lam, 2021-22)

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Sammo Hung

Dragons Forever (Sammo Hung, 1988)

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Guan Hu

The Eight Hundred (Guan Hu, 2020)

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Max Lee Chiu-chun

Who Cares (Max Lee Chiu-chun, 1989)

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Wong Jing

Kung Fu Cult Master (Wong Jing, 1993)

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Stanley Siu Wing

The Avenging Quartet (Stanley Siu Wing, 1993)

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Cheng Er

Reviews: The Wasted Times (2016) – December 18, 2016 Hidden Blade (2023) – February 15, 2023)

The Enigmatic Cases

Mang Hoi

Review: The Tantana (1991) – March 10, 2023 Capsule Review: The Blonde Fury (1989) – July 26, 2020

Crippled Avengers

Stephen Shin

Reviews: Easy Money (1987) – March 14, 2023 Black Cat (1991) – February 1, 2023 Black Cat II: The Assassination of President Yeltsin (1992) – February 24, 2023

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Ohku Akiko

My Sweet Grappa Remedies (Ohku Akiko, 2019)

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Fruit Chan

Coffin Homes (Fruit Chan, 2021)

Crippled Avengers

Gordon Chan

Reviews: Fist of Legend (1994) – February 23, 2023 Capsule Reviews: Fight Back to School (1991) — April 15, 2019 Beast Cops (1998) — August 5, 2017 God of War (2017) — April 6, 2017 Lists: Gordon Chan Movies

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Chor Yuen

The Web of Death (Chor Yuen, 1976)

Introduction

A New Home

Welcome to the new home for The Chinese Cinema. This is a project that began life almost ten years ago, when I was so smitten with Sammo Hung that I started a deep dive into Hong Kong cinema called the "Summer of Sammo." That fall it morphed into

Ann Hui

Love After Love (Ann Hui, 2020)

Love After Love is director Ann Hui’s third adaptation of a story by Eileen Chang, following 1984’s Love in a Fallen City and 1997’s Eighteen Springs. I haven’t seen the latter, but Love in a Fallen City is one of my favorite of her films, a

Tony Lu Chun-ku

Angel Terminators 2 (Tony Lou Chun-ku & Chan Lau, 1993)

The only relation I can see between this and the first Angel Terminators film is that they both exist in a universe that follows all our normal laws of physics except for the fact that objects have a tendency to catch fire and explode whenever they impact other objects despite

It's a Drink, It's a Bomb

Frant Gwo

Reviews: The Wandering Earth (2019) — February 27, 2019 The Wandering Earth II (2023) — January 23, 2023

It's a Drink, It's a Bomb

Lo Wei

Reviews: The Big Boss (1971) – October 19, 2023 New Fist of Fury (1976) – November 1, 2023 Capsule Reviews: Brothers Five (1970) — December 3, 2010 The Shadow Whip (1971) — January 16, 2011 The Big Boss (1971) — June 28, 2013 Fist of Fury (1972) — May 2, 2014 List: Lo Wei Movies