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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She Shoots Straight

Queen's High (Chris Lee Kin-sang, 1991)

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She Shoots Straight

In the Line of Duty VII (Cheng Siu-keung, 1991)

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Ng Yuen-fai

Warriors of Future (Ng Yuen-fai, 2022)

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She Shoots Straight

In the Line of Duty VI: Forbidden Arsenal (Cheng Siu-keung and Yuen Jun-man, 1991)

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Edward Yang

A Confucian Confusion (Edward Yang, 1994)

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She Shoots Straight

In the Line of Duty V: Middle Man (Cha Chuen-yee, 1990)

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Hong Sangsoo

Walk Up (Hong Sangsoo, 2022)

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Obayashi Nobuhiko

House (Obayashi Nobuhiko, 1977)

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A Better Tomorrow

Wolf Pack and Baby Assassins (Michael Chiang, 2022 and Sakamoto Yugo, 2021)

The 36th Chamber

Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (Various, 2020)

It’s hard to imagine how long I’ve been talking about the film that would eventually become Septet: The Story of Hong Kong. The first time I tweeted about it appears to have been August of 2017, although that tweet is phrased as a reminder, which means I must

King Hu

The King of Wuxia (Lin Jing-jie, 2022)

Joining the ever-expanding pantheon of great Chinese filmmakers given the full-length documentary treatment is King Hu, the man behind many of the most accomplished and influential action films of all-time. But while Johnnie To, Ann Hui, Hou Hsiao-hsien, and Jia Zhangke are still very much alive and working, and thus

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Johnnie To

The Running Out of Time Series (Johnnie To, 1999 and 2001)

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Qiu Jiongjiong

A New Old Play (Qiu Jiongjiong, 2021)

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Cindy Chow

Lethal Panther 2 (Cindy Chow, 1993)

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Yuen Woo-ping

The Tiger Cage Trilogy (Yuen Woo-ping, 1988-1991)

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Godfrey Ho

Lethal Panther (Godfrey Ho, 1991)

Fallen Angels

Xie Jin

Reviews: Woman Basketball Player No. 5 (1957) – July 6, 2023 Red Detachment of Women (1961) – August 12, 2023

Devils on the Doorstep

Sakamoto Yugo

Reviews: A Janitor (2021) – June 15, 2023 Baby Assassins (2021) – October 6, 2022 Yellow Dragon's Village (2021) – June 15, 2023 Baby Assassins 2 Babies (2023) – November 8, 2023 Baby Assassins: Nice Days (2024) – July 18, 2024 List: Sakamoto Yugo Movies

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Strange Tales

2022 Spring/Summer Festival Compilation

Devils on the Doorstep

Jeong Ga-young Capsule Reviews

Capsule Reviews: Hit the Night (2017) – June 29, 2018 Hit the Night is an ultra-low budget comedy about a director who has an idea for a movie she wants to make. As research, she interviews a slightly older man about love, sex, and relationships (not necessarily in that order). Slowly

The Untold Stories

Godfrey Ho

Reviews: Lethal Panther (1991) – August 16, 2022 Capsule Reviews: Princess Madam (1989) — March 23, 2021

A Better Tomorrow

Chan Tze-woon

Reviews: Yellowing (2016) – October 5, 2016 Blue Island (2022) – January 29, 2022

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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)