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Scenes of City Life and Street Angel (Yuan Muzhi, 1935 and 1937)

  • Sean Gilman

Sean Gilman

13 Jun 2025 • 11 min read
Scenes of City Life and Street Angel (Yuan Muzhi, 1935 and 1937)

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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
10 Sep 2025 4 min read
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
Dongji Rescue (Guan Hu & Fei Zhenxiang, 2025)
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Dongji Rescue (Guan Hu & Fei Zhenxiang, 2025)

22 Aug 2025 6 min read
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