Sean Gilman

“Common People” Pulp — Different Class (2006)

The Return of Contemporary Chinese (Streaming Cinema) and The Revenge of the Raquel Report Another deep-dive into the world of straight-to-streaming Mainland genre film, with films from Qin Pengfei, Chris Huo, and Raquel.

New for subscribers only: I spent a week watching iQIYI movies again. Films by Chris Huo, Qin Pengfei, and of course, Raquel.

Pizza Man
Amery, WI

Markwayne is actually a noble title, and is the Oklahoma equivalent to "Marquis," and may be passed on at the same time your father gives you his car dealership

I know of them, but I haven’t watched yet. They seem like my kind of movie though.

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“Jet” Paul McCartney & Wings — Band on the Run (1973)

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Wuxia Wisdom: Blades of the Guardians (2026) Savoring the first feature in eight years from martial arts master Yuen Woo-ping

Over at OLD NEW I wrote about the best film of 2026 so far, Yuen Woo-ping's Blades of the Guardians: oldnew.substack.com/p/wuxia-wisd...

“Dear Prudence” Siouxsie and the Banshees — Hyæna (1984)

A montage of black and white midcentury advertisement art including: a skull wearing a crown, a little girl praying, a woman putting a finger to her lips and making a thoughtful expression with a ? next to her head, and another woman making a very frowny face while holding in front of her a mask of her own face making a very manic expression. A speech bubble coming from the little girl contains mismatched typography reading, ‘Maybe it will happen today’. This is all on a toned paper background and make to look crumpled and worn.

“I'll Be Your Mirror” The Velvet Underground — Selections from The Velvet Underground: Peel Slowly and See (1995)

for World Book Day

This was a good one

Both of my grandfathers were chemists for a mining company in Northern Idaho.

The Return of Contemporary Chinese (Streaming Cinema) and The Revenge of the Raquel Report Another deep-dive into the world of straight-to-streaming Mainland genre film, with films from Qin Pengfei, Chris Huo, and Raquel.

New for subscribers only: I spent a week watching iQIYI movies again. Films by Chris Huo, Qin Pengfei, and of course, Raquel.

[From Wikipedia] Catbus (Japanese: ねこバス, Hepburn: Nekobasu) is a fictional character in the Studio Ghibli film My Neighbor Totoro, directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It is a large, grinning, twelve-legged cat with a large bushy tail and a hollow body that serves as a bus, with windows and seats covered with fur. Here we see Catbus with a manic expression on their face as they zoom out of the sky and across the landscape leaving behind a Catbus-colored (tan and brown striped) streaking trail of jagged letters reading ‘Maybe it will happen today’.

It's all a mystery

Great song

TONIGHT!

hightower motel, lordsburg, new mexico, 1979

hightower motel, lordsburg, new mexico, 1979

The Best Album of 2001 Tournament Seed Ballot Hello! Welcome to the Best Album of 2001 Tournament Seeding Ballot! The results of this ballot will directly determine the seeds in the tournament -- the album with the most votes will be seed #1, the...

Hey folks! The following is the official thread of the 128 albums entered into the Best Album of 2001 tournament, which should start Monday, March 23rd. Seed voting begins now as well, and ends Sunday night. forms.gle/NTQVY9yP93cD...

“Casimir Pulaski Day” Sufjan Stevens — Illinois (2005)

It’s simply the correct answer

Watch Angel's Egg | HBO Max Watch Angel's Egg on HBO Max. Plans start at $10.99/month. In an underwater city, a young girl takes care of a large egg she holds carefully in her arms. A boy with a gun arrives in search of a bird h...

Mamoru Oshii’s landmark 1985 anime film, Angel’s Egg, is streaming on HBO. www.hbomax.com/movies/angel...

Longing for a Naruse remake starring the Baby Assassins

Not my Pride & Prejudice.

SCREAM 7 made $97 million domestically this past weekend. Meanwhile, the Chinese racing comedy PEGASUS 3 has now made almost $650 million since it opened on the 17th. One American outlet yawns, in a perfect rage-bait headline, that "you've never heard" of the last two movies. Why do u think that is?

1. Anatomy of a Murder 2. Rio Bravo 3. North by Northwest 4. Hiroshima mon amour 5. Window Water Baby Moving 6. Sleeping Beauty 7. Pickpocket 8. The 400 Blows 9. Jazz on a Summer’s Day 10. Some Like It Hot 11. The World of Apu 12. Ride Lonesome 13. The Indian Epic 14. Imitation of Life 15. Floating Weeds 16. Donald in Mathmagic Land 17. Hercules Unchained 18. The Horse Soldiers 19. Good Morning 20. Cat’s Cradle

Happy with my top 20

I contributed an essay for this Blu-ray. One of my favorite films of the decade.