Category: Jonathan Chan
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π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Permutations (detail), 1976. Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (South Korean, 1951β1982). Black and white, 16 mm film on video, silent; 10 min. Collection of the University of California, Berkeley Art…
![[EXCLUSIVE] “On Memory” by Jonathan Chan](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/permutations-detail-1976.-theresa-hak-kyung-cha-south-korean-1951e280931982.jpg?w=904)
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π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Mouly Surya (director), Something Old, New, Borrowed and Blue, 2019. 4 min. Mouly Suryaβs short film Something Old, New, Borrowed and Blue joins a slate of films that seek…
![[REVIEW] βRich Complexity: Mouly Suryaβs πππππ‘βπππ πππ, πππ€, π΅πππππ€ππ πππ π΅ππ’πβ by Jonathan Chan](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/images-original.png?w=1024)
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π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Bong Joon-Ho (director), Parasite, 2019. 132 min.Jordan Peele (director), Us, 2019, 116 min. The sociologist Teo You Yenn has argued that attention to inequality contains two questions: βfirst, what…
![[REVIEW] “Tragedies of Inequality: Bong Joon-hoβs πππππ ππ‘π and Jordan PeeleβsΒ ππ ” by Jonathan Chan](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/us.png?w=749)
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π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Anthony Chen (director), Breaking the Ice, 2023. 97 min. Arresting visuals, an immersive soundtrack, and interesting ideas do not ultimately make for a narratively tight film. To me, the largest…
![[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “The Liminality of Being: Anthony Chen’s πβπ π΅πππππππ πΌππ” by Jonathan Chan](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/breaking-the-ice_cha-banner.png?w=1024)
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