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Category: 2021 Films

[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “Transcendence and Redemption—Umi Ishihara’s 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑅𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒” by Marsha McDonald

📁 RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS📁 RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Umi Ishihara (director), Gravity and Radiance, 2021. 30 min. Images featured in this piece courtesy of the director. Gravity and Radiance, a 2021 experimental documentary by the London-based Japanese…

Jan 16, 2025
[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “Seeking Freedom in the Midst of Sexual Fetishes and Voyeurism: Wong Ping’s 𝑆𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑙𝑦” by Octavia Chen

📁 RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS📁 RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Wong Ping (director), Sorry for the Late Reply, 2021. 15 min. “If you’ve ever stepped into the supernatural world during a hike, or have gotten lost in…

Apr 17, 2024
[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “One Foot in the Past, One Foot in the Future: Hayao and Goro Miyazaki’s 𝐹𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑈𝑝 𝑂𝑛 𝑃𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝐻𝑖𝑙𝑙” by Jeremiah Dutch

📁 RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS📁 RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Goro Miyazaki (director), Hayao Miyazaki (co-writer), From Up on Poppy Hill, 2011. 91 min. Yokohama is somewhat in the shadow of neighbouring Tokyo but it’s the second-largest city in…

Feb 28, 2024
[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “𝑊𝑜𝑙𝑓 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛 as a Statement on Parenthood and Modern Japan” by Jeremiah Dutch

📁 RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS📁 RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Mamoru Hosada (director), Wolf Children, 2012. 117 min. A story about a single mother trying to bring up two half-Japanese children on her own might naturally be of interest…

Jul 22, 2023
[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “Michihito Fujii on Netflix” by Paul French

📁 RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS📁 RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS ❀ Michihito Fujii (director), The Journalist, 2019. 113 min.❀ Michihito Fujii (director), A Family, 2021. 136 min.❀ Michihito Fujii (director), Village, 2023. 120 min. In these days of ever fewer choices…

Jul 4, 2023