Category: Edward Allen
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π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Fang Li (director), The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru, 2023. 123 min. The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru is a documentary film recounting the torpedoing of the Japanese cargo…
![[REVIEW] “Crying in the Cinema, Chinese Style: Fang Li’s πβπ πππππππ ππ π‘βπ πΏππ πππ ππππ’” by Edward Allen](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/fang-li-director-the-sinking-of-the-lisbon-maru.webp?w=680)
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πRETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπRETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS β Shao Yihui (director), Her Story ε₯½δΈθ₯Ώ, 2024. 123 min. β Ling Jia (director), YOLO ηθΎ£ζ»η«, 2024. 130 min. Decades after Chairman Mao declared that βwomen hold up half…
![[EXCLUSIVE] “π»ππ ππ‘πππ¦, πππΏπ, and the Alternative Family in Chinese Cinema” by Edward Allen](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/the-alternative-family-in-chinese-cinema.png?w=1024)
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Artwork by Raimonda I suppose youβve seen obituaries shared on WeChat. People post them thoughtlessly, almost as if itβs routine. It feels strange, doesnβt it, that a life concludes in such a trivial manner? I used to find it unsettling,…
![[EXCLUSIVEβFICTION] “A Social Post” by Edward Allen](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/a-social-post-by-edward-allen_illustration-by-raimonda-1.jpg?w=1024)
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