Category: Korean films
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θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ 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…
![[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “Love Yourself: Repetition and Return in Hong Sang-soo’s πβπ π·ππ¦ πβπ π
ππ‘π’πππ ” by Oliver Farry](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/The-Day-She-Returns.png)
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θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Acknowledging the One-Inch Line of Subtitles: On Dal Yong Jin’s Understanding the Korean Wave” by Sahar Othmani Dal Yong Jin. Understanding the Korean Wave: Transnational Korean Pop Culture and Digital…
![[REVIEW] “Acknowledging the One-Inch Line of Subtitles: On Dal Yong Jin’s ππππππ π‘ππππππ π‘βπ πΎπππππ πππ£π” by Sahar Othmani](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/acknowledging-the-one-inch-line-of-subtitles-on-dal-yong-jins-understanding-the-korean-wave.png)
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θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS Editor’s note: Ai-Ting Chung’s essay βToxic Humidifiers and Atmospheric Thinking in Air Murderβ examines Air Murder (2022), directed by Jo Yong-sun, as an ecocinema work grounded in real-life tragedy: South Koreaβs…
![[ESSAY] βToxic Humidifiers andΒ Atmospheric Thinking in π΄ππ ππ’ππππβ by Ai-Ting Chung](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/air-murder-korea.jpg)
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TIFF 2025 β 10. The Archivistβs Film: A Conversation on Kunsang Kyirongβs 100 Sunsetβ 9. She Was Screaming into Silence: A Conversation on Cai Shangjunβs The Sun Rises On Us Allβ 8. You Don’t Belong to Anyone: A Conversation on…
![[TIFF 2025] βThe Paper Boy: On Park Chan-wookβs ππ ππ‘βππ πΆβππππβ by Nirris Nagendrarajah](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/https-tiff.netfilmsno-other-choice.jpg)
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[ESSAY] βPseudo-Resistance and Ethical Beauty: A Critique of South Korean and Japanese Cinematic Aestheticsβ by Zheng Wang In the narrative context of East Asian visual media, both South Korean and Japanese films and television series excel at exposing the darker…
![[ESSAY] βPseudo-Resistance and Ethical Beauty: A Critique of South Korean and Japanese Cinematic Aestheticsβ by Zheng Wang](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/8331752405576_.pic_.png)
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π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπRETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Kim Ki-duk (director), The Isle, 2000. 90 min. Some films are like waves that gently lap against the shores of our memories; others, however, jolt us by revealing…
![[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] βπβπ πΌπ ππ at 25: Kim Ki Dukβs Blooming Poem on the Island of Solitudeβ by G.A.Β Gowtham](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/f_1_the_isle_01c5e5da4c.jpeg)
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π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Bong Joon-ho (director), Mickey 17, 2025. 137 min. Header image Β© bartos. Bong Joon-hoβs Mickey 17 is at once an existential tragedy and a darkly comic spectacleβa sci-fi epic…
![[REVIEW] “Dying for a Living: Bong Joon-ho’s ππππππ¦ 17 and the Horror of Being Replaceable” by Ananya Singh](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/c2a9marclafon-mickey17-rectangle.jpg)
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![Protected: [REVIEW] βViolence, Guilt and the Weight of Inaction in As You Stood in Lee Jung-rimβs π΄π πππ’ ππ‘πππ π΅π¦β by DorinaΒ Tataran](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/lee-jung-rim-director-as-you-stood-by-2025.-tv-mini-series.-60-min.jpg)
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θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] βA Queer Shape of Smell: Kangyu Garam’s Lucky, Apartment” by Soo Ryon Yoon Kangyu Garam (director), Lucky, Apartment, 2024. 96 min. This review may contain spoilers. What would hate…
![[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] βA Queer Shape of Smell: Kangyu Garam’s πΏπ’πππ¦, π΄ππππ‘ππππ‘” by Soo Ryon Yoon](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/lucky-apartment.jpg)
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θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] βJust that Little Bit Different: Hong Sang-sooβs In Waterβ by Oliver Farry ClickΒ HERE to readΒ all entries inΒ ChaΒ onΒ Hong Sang-soo. Hong Sang-soo (director), In Water, 2023. 61 min. Of the 31…
![[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] βJust that Little Bit Different: Hong Sang-sooβs πΌπ πππ‘ππβ by Oliver Farry](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/in-water_hong-sang-soo.jpg)
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θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “A Domain of Sickness: Lee Sol-hui’s Greenhouse” by Oliver Farry Lee Sol-hui (director), Greenhouse, 2022. 100 min. Lee Sol-huiβs film Greenhouse is a domain of sickness. There is illness…
![[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “A Domain of Sickness: Lee Sol-hui’s πΊππππβππ’π π” by Oliver Farry](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/greenhouse-2022-film-still.png)
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θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “Cultural Orphanage: Davy Chou’s Return to Seoul” by Oliver Farry Davy Chou (director), Return to Seoul, 2022. 119 min. Thereβs an ambiguity inherent in the title of Davy Chouβs…
![[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “Cultural Orphanage: Davy Chou’s π
ππ‘π’ππ π‘π ππππ’π” by Oliver Farry](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/return-to-seoul3.webp)