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Tricky Brains

Derek Tsang

Sean Gilman

19 Mar 2020

Reviews:

Soulmate (2016) — June 4, 2013
Better Days (2019) — August 2, 2015

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Amoeba (Tan Siyou, 2025)

Director Tan Siyou’s debut film Amoeba makes a fitting companion to Yamashita Nobuhiro’s Linda Linda Linda, which I wrote about in this space a week ago. Both films concern the coming of age of young high school aged women who filter their varied teen experiences through the media

10 Sep 2025 4 min read

Linda Linda Linda (Yamashita Nobuhiro, 2005)

Yesterday was the first day of school for my kids, which I would suggest should be a national holiday for stay-at-home parents, but then, there wouldn’t be school on a national holiday and that would defeat the purpose. I celebrated in the usual way: watching Linda Linda Linda, a

04 Sep 2025 7 min read

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Dongji Rescue (Guan Hu & Fei Zhenxiang, 2025)

22 Aug 2025 6 min read

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