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No Blood Relation (Naruse Mikio, 1934)

  • Sean Gilman

Sean Gilman

01 May 2025 • 13 min read
No Blood Relation (Naruse Mikio, 1934)

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Prisoner of War (Louis Mandylor, 2025)
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Amoeba (Tan Siyou, 2025)

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
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Linda Linda Linda (Yamashita Nobuhiro, 2005)

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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