Frank Yan

Programmer @Cine_Cina; Distributor @CrescendoHouse; Writer/Album Producer @SoundtrackMag; Freelance writer on film, TV, and music

[Frank Yan @Frank__Yan]

This Saturday, I’m introducing a screening of the newly restored RAISE THE RED LANTERN at Film Forum. This early Zhang Yimou classic had long been out of circulation so I’m really glad the audience can finally experience its gorgeous cinematography and Gong Li’s breathtaking performance on the big screen again. Tickets on sale now and you can get an exclusive discount using code CINECINA: https://t.co/MhtMi7vps0

[Frank Yan @Frank__Yan]

If there’s any justice in this world, Shō Miyake should have been as big a name as Hamaguchi

[graham @middlemanchette]

NYC: Don't miss one of the best films of the year with the director in person @Metrograph this Saturday!! https://t.co/cTCVQsJNFZ

[alex lei @alexL_E_I]

it’s Visconti’s 120th birthday today. don’t forget to do the “Visconti 120” challenge to honor the legendary Italian filmmaker

[Frank Yan @Frank__Yan]

@alexL_E_I Dolan hive rises!

[Frank Yan @Frank__Yan]

@alexL_E_I Not thick enough!

[Frank Yan @Frank__Yan]

Sounds like a film recently mentioned by a musician

[Subway Cinema @subwaycinema]

The next SUNDAYS ON FIRE Mystery 35mm Hong Kong classic is one week away on November 8th @nitehawkcinema!

It’s a classic from the pinnacle of the Golden Age of Action that never quite gets its due. Tickets still available!

https://t.co/0OE8yFShBr

[Bill Ryan @faceuh8]

And Shyamalan's bad films are better than Waititi's good films.

[Frank Yan @Frank__Yan]

Sure, what could go wrong

[Dexerto @Dexerto]

A movie theater is planning to hypnotize people into forgetting their favorite movies so they can watch them again for the first time

Fans will be shown The Matrix, Se7en, La La Land, or Interstellar after undergoing hypnosis

[Frank Yan @Frank__Yan]

@yuanyi_z And Taiwan was on the brink of having their own nuclear weapons only to be stopped by the US in the last minute

[Frank Yan @Frank__Yan]

Favorite first viewings of October:

Man of Marble (1977, Andrzej Wajda)
Fist of Legend (1994, Gordon Chan)
The Boy Friend (1971, Ken Russell)
Socrates (1970, Roberto Rossellini)

[Frank Yan @Frank__Yan]

@nyttypos

[Frank Yan @Frank__Yan]

Way too many recent breakouts for an "all time" list while true masters like Mario Bava, Terence Fisher, Richard Feischer, Takashi Shimizu, Kaneto Shindo, Kuei Chih Hung, and Herman Yau are missing. Also, if Kubrick can be included for only one horror, where's Charles Laughton?

[IndieWire @IndieWire]

IndieWire’s 50 Best Horror Directors of All Time
https://t.co/KX2hFrE1eb

[Frank Yan @Frank__Yan]

And I guess they don't count Kaiju films as horror?

[Frank Yan @Frank__Yan]

So you’re gonna make screwball comedies right? Right?

[Jordan Harmon @JordanHarmon]

We just made a promise no Hollywood studio has ever made. No sex or nudity on screen, no F-word, and no misuse of God's name in Angel originals. And 3 million Guild members get a veto on everything before it ever lands on Angel.

Parents shouldn't have to sift through a dozen movies to find one they can watch. That's why we made the Angel Promise. https://t.co/NdKCY2cisr

[Frank Yan @Frank__Yan]

@redrummarts @alexL_E_I

[Frank Yan @Frank__Yan]

@CarrieCnh12 No

[Frank Yan @Frank__Yan]

More film festivals in China got canceled: both Beijing Queer Film Festival and Wuhan bǎilin Film Festival are forced to shutdown days before their openings without any explanation

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Machines are tools, not persons. Today, some propose granting these systems rights, or even legal personhood. Such an approach risks obscuring human responsibility and leaving those who suffer harm to confront a faceless entity.

[Frank Yan @Frank__Yan]

This is the second year in a row the Wuhan bǎilin Film Festival got shut down

[Frank Yan @Frank__Yan]

After a very successful first weekend, the government has shut the festival down