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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [INCIDENTAL] “After the Credits Rolled: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and a Writer’s Awakening” by Larnchana Larkshitha Alahendra Ang Lee (director). Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 2000. 120 min. Few films can transport…
![[INCIDENTAL] “After the Credits Rolled: 𝐶𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑇𝑖𝑔𝑒𝑟, 𝐻𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝐷𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑛 and a Writer’s Awakening” by Larnchana Larkshitha Alahendra](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/Tiger-Dragon.png)
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[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “Shinya Tamada’s I Am What I Am: The Solitary Sprint Towards Self-Love” by Nicola Ulaan Wan Shinya Tamada (director). I Am What I Am (Sobakasu), 2022. 104 min. In Asian societies, romantic love is still frequently presented as…
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[ESSAY] “From Fife to the Fragrant Harbour: On Learning to Love Hong Kong English” by Stewart McKay Me at the pier in Stanley, 2012, the year I first arrived in Hong Kong I speak English. And I have an accent.…
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [ESSAY] “A Tale of Two Suzhou Rivers” by Bea Phi Lou Ye (director). Suzhou River, 2000. 79 min. Recently curated by Kogonada for the Metrograph in Manhattan, Lou Ye’s 2000 film…
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[INCIDENTAL] “The Hong Kong Signs Series” by Alex Przybyla Hate not life buoys and other small beginnings (Hong Kong Signs 一) THE LIFE BUOY IS TO BE USED FORRESCUE PURPOSES ONLY. DAMAGEOR THEFT OF THE LIFE BUOY WILLRESULT IN PROSECUTION……
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[INCIDENTAL] “Crafting the Hong Kong Signs Series” by Alex Przybyla Editor’s note: Click HERE to read/view Alex Przybyla’s “Hong Kong Signs Series”. To walk through Hong Kong is to walk through a world of signs. Directions, advertisements, warnings, reminders: Hong…
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “Love Yourself: Repetition and Return in Hong Sang-soo’s The Day She Returns” by Oliver Farry Hong Sang-soo (director). The Day She Returns, 2026. 84 min. The cinema of Hong…
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [ESSAY] “Sa Re Ga Māyā: The Speculative Life of Breath in Anaar Desai-Stephens’s Voicing Aspiration” by Tyran Grillo Anaar Desai-Stephens. Voicing Aspiration: Bollywood Songs and Dreamwork in Contemporary India. Wesleyan University…
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [ESSAY] “Hong Kong, Literature, Culture, History” by Jean-Claude Trutt, translated by Cyril Camus I must admit, however, that I never particularly liked the city. Editor’s note: An earlier version of this…
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[LITERARY ESSAY] “Navigating Endless Seas: Hong Kong” by Matt Reeck DREAMING THAT, while still alive, they’d been translated to the Islands of the Blest where time had happily stopped, as on an antique clock. The city is this island. 1…
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