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Sean Gilman

@theendofcinema.bsky.social

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I live in Tacoma and I write about movies. thechinesecinema.com

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Sean Gilman @theendofcinema.bsky.social · Nov 8

Welcome new followers!

I write about movies, mostly ones from China and elsewhere around East Asia. It's almost all at my site, thechinesecinema.com.

The Chinese Cinema

Films from Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, and Beyond

thechinesecinema.com

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Jacson A. Bevens @jacsonbevens.bsky.social · 2h

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Dennis B. Hooper @dennisbhooper.bsky.social · 1d

June, 1993. I exhale loudly and pat my brow. The desert is punishingly hot but we’ve had a magnificent expedition so far. Specimens we never could have imagined, and the best possible team. Yet nothing makes me happier than the chance to share my work with my son. He’s struggling a bit at school, being bullied over his weight and so forth, and trying out a new, more combative personality. It’s not totally working, if I’m being honest, but I’m glad he’s asserting himself. In any case, science requires confidence, and Dr. Grant, our team leader, will make a marvelous role model. But wait, what’s this? I look over and see Dr. Grant giving some personal attention to my son! And he appears to be showing him a dinosaur claw! Incredible! I can already tell that this is going to be one of the best weeks of my son’s life

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 3h

Thinking about him today

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Sean Gilman @theendofcinema.bsky.social · 3h

Great Movie on The Channel

[UNOFFICIAL] Now Playing on Criterion 24/7 @upnextcriterion.bsky.social · 3h

Now playing (09:05 AM PST):
"Liz and the Blue Bird" (2018)
By Naoko Yamada
Runtime: 91 min.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14h

in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa

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Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 3h

If I wrote it today I would have much more about all the internal Goldwater campaign discussions about what to do with all the terrifying fascists and lunatics flocking to him. I feel like I only photocopied like every 5th anguished memo on it, back in the day.

www.amazon.com/Before-Storm...

Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus

Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus [Perlstein, Rick] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus

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Sean Gilman @theendofcinema.bsky.social · 4h

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OnePerfectHEADshot @headexposure.bsky.social · 23h

Did you know that Hong Kong stunt performers got the idea to use cardboard boxes to break falls from... the French?! 😳 I did not.

Page 131 from Lauren Steimer's EXPERTS IN ACTION, explaining that Hong Kong stunties got the idea to use cardboard boxes to break falls from the French production UP TO HIS EARS.

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violet luminescence @violetluminescence.bsky.social · 13h

History of the Seattle Mariners Part 7: MIGHT AS WELL WIN THE WHOLE FUCKING THING.

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juan barquin @woahitsjuanito.bsky.social · 1d

All five essays of the Reverse Shot mini-symposium on Hideo Kojima, his career, and his themes, have officially made it up. I encourage you to read through them if you ever want a journey through his work told by five unique writers.

reverseshot.org/series/12/to...

Reverse Shot's Touching the Screen home page, highlighting two articles.

On the left: Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding 1 & 2, by Dan Schindel
On the right: Hideo Kojima's P.T. & Metal Gear Solid V by Esther Rosenfield

Reverse Shot screenshot of an article header.
Hideo Kojima: Metal Gear Solid 3 & 4
By Juan Barquin
Us and Them, Over and Over Again

Reverse Shot screenshot of an article header.
Hideo Kojima: Metal Gear Solid 1 & 2
By Forrest Cardamenis
Play's the Thing

Reverse Shot screenshot of an article header.
Hideo Kojima: Metal Gear & Snatcher
By Cole Kronman
Setting Out

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MLB (Bot) @mlbbot.bsky.social · 13h

FOR HUMPY! 😭

The Mariner Moose lifts Humpy the Salmon up in celebration after Humpy won the Salmon Run for the first time ever. Mariners fans can be seen going wild in the background.

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Chad Perman @chadperman.bsky.social · 13h

What it looked like when POLANCO GOT A BASES LOADED HIT AND THE MARINERS WON THE ALDS IN THE 15TH INNING

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 13h

Simultaneously too amped and too exhausted to sleep. Mariners baseball is like its own little neurological condition.

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Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 13h

the vibes are off the charts

Joe Boomgard-Zagrodnik @joeboomzag.bsky.social · 13h

You can’t script it. The Mariners are willed to victory by Humpy the fish finally winning his first race in the middle of the 15th inning. The crowd chants “Humpy Humpy” as the trident crosses off the ALDS win.

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Kenny Johnson @itsnotallluck.bsky.social · 13h

Humpy the hero after the game!

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Sean Gilman @theendofcinema.bsky.social · 13h

Omg I missed this. No wonder they won!

Circling Seattle Sports @circlingseasports.bsky.social · 14h

Oh my god… Humpy just earned a win in the Mariners Salmon Run.

#TridentsUp #SeizeTheMoment #Postseason

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Ben @bcas98.bsky.social · 13h

Mariners avoided a heartbreaking loss?

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Brian Schmid @schmanthonyp.bsky.social · 13h

I love baseball because it’s like 90% anticipation, all of it is rising action, things are always About To Happen, it’s this marvelous tourniquet of a sport and that makes for great cinema

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 13h

The sheer joy of sports BlueSky right now is making me smile. This is what social media is supposed to be.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 13h

*taps sign*

Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 16h

might as well go win the whole fuckin thing

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 13h

mariners fans are my favorite bunch of fans of any team in any sport. i watched the bottom half of the last seven innings standing up in my living room. thanks for letting me hitch a ride