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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Strange Tales

The Best of the Martial Arts Films (Sandra Weintraub, 1990)

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Corey Yuen

Righting Wrongs (Corey Yuen, 1986)

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Wai Ka-fai

Detective vs. Sleuths (Wai Ka-fai, 2022)

Strange Tales

Notes Towards a Voting Guide for Chinese Language Film in the 2022 Sight & Sound Poll

It’s Sight & Sound Poll season, that time once a decade when the venerable British film magazine polls critics and filmmakers from around the world to create a list of the Great Films of All-Time. Last time around, the poll made headlines when Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo replaced longtime

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Hong Sangsoo

The Novelist's Film (Hong Sangsoo, 2022)

Matsui Daigo

Just Remembering (Matsui Daigo, 2021)

Matsui Daigo’s Just Remembering features two characters who love Jim Jarmsuch’s Night on Earth. At least, they love the first section and specifically, Winona Ryder’s cab driver who wants to be a mechanic and not a movie star. It also features Nagase Masatoshi, who starred in Jarmusch’

Choi Jaehoon

The Killer (Choi Jaehoon, 2022)

Last night I picked up and started reading the first Jack Reacher book. I saw the first Tom Cruise movie years ago, and liked it well enough, and really enjoyed the Amazon series that premiered on Amazon earlier this year. My edition of the book includes an introduction by author

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Lê Van Kiêt

The Princess (Le-Van Kiet, 2022)

Devils on the Doorstep

Lê Văn Kiệt

Reviews: Furie (2019) – March 13, 2019 The Princess (2022) – July 5, 2022

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Yuen Woo-ping

The Tai Chi Master (Yuen Woo-ping, 1993)

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Corey Yuen

My Father is a Hero (Corey Yuen, 1995)

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Tsui Hark

The Master (Tsui Hark, 1992)

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Lau Kar-leung

The Tiger on the Beat Series (Lau Kar-leung, 1988 & 1990)

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Corey Yuen

Hero (Corey Yuen, 1997)

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Sammo Hung

The Millionaires' Express (Sammo Hung, 1986)

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Ching Siu-tung

Monkey Kung Fu (John Law Ma, 1979)

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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

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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)