Category: Mario Rustan
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θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [ESSAY] “Singing in Hiragana: On The Chronicles of Japan” by Mario Rustan All entries in Chaon The Chronicles of Japan Matthieu Felt (translator). The Chronicles of JapanβVolume I: Age of the…
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θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] βChungking Dreaminβ: A Review of Giorgio Biancorossoβs Remixing Wong Kar-waiβ by Mario Rustan ClickΒ HERE to readΒ all entries inΒ ChaonΒ Remixing Wong Kar-wai. Giorgio Biancorosso. Remixing Wong Kar-wai: Music, Bricolage, and the Aesthetics…
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θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [ESSAY] βThe Three Teachings in Action: Wayne Wongβs Martial Arts Ecologyβ by Mario Rustan Wayne Wong. Martial Arts Ecology: Aesthetics, Philosophy and Cinematic Mediation, Edinburgh University Press, 2026. 304 pgs. After…
![[ESSAY] βThe Three Teachings in Action: Wayne Wongβs ππππ‘πππ π΄ππ‘π πΈππππππ¦β by Mario Rustan](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/wayne-wong.-martial-arts-ecology-aesthetics-philosophy-and-cinematic-mediation-edinburgh-university-press.jpg?w=750)
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θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] βJesusβ Pub Tales: Derek Currieβs When ‘Jesus’ Came to Hong Kongβ by Mario Rustan Derek Currie, When βJesusβ Came to Hong Kong: The Remarkable Story of the First European Football…
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θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] βThe Almost Everything CardβRob Nobleβs Octopus: The Pioneering Story of the World’s First Contactless Payment Cardβ by Mario Rustan Rob Noble, Octopus: The Pioneering Story of the Worldβs First Contactless…
![[REVIEW] βThe Almost Everything CardβRob Nobleβs πππ‘πππ’π : πβπ ππππππππππ ππ‘πππ¦ ππ π‘βπ πππππβπ πΉπππ π‘ πΆπππ‘πππ‘πππ π πππ¦ππππ‘ πΆπππβ by Mario Rustan](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/octopus-the-pioneering-story-of-the-worlds-first-contactless-payment-card-1.jpg?w=896)
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θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Two Japanese Men and a Record PlayerβHaruki Murakamiβs Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa” by Mario Rustan All entries in Cha on Absolutely on Music. Haruki Murakami (author), Jay Rubin (translator), Absolutely…
![[REVIEW] “Two Japanese Men and a Record PlayerβHaruki Murakamiβs π΄ππ πππ’π‘πππ¦ ππ ππ’π ππ: πΆπππ£πππ ππ‘ππππ π€ππ‘β πππππ ππ§ππ€π” by Mario Rustan](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/absolutely-on-music-conversations-with-seiji-ozawa-alfred-a.-knopf-2016.jpg?w=751)
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θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] βDress Up for Indonesia: Benjamin Hegartyβs The Made-Up Stateβ by Mario Rustan Benjamin Hegarty, The Made-Up State: Technology, Trans Femininity, and Citizenship in Indonesia, Cornell University Press, 2022. 198 pgs.…
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θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Itβs Only Love: Kelly H. Chongβs Love Across Borders” by Mario Rustan Kelly H. Chong, Love Across Borders: Asian Americans, Race, and the Politics of Intermarriage and Family-Making, Routledge, 2021,…
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θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] βThe Makan RepublicβNicole Taruleviczβs Eating Her Curries and Kway: A Cultural History of Food in Singaporeβ by Mario Rustan Nicole Tarulevicz, Eating Her Curries and Kway: A Cultural History of…
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θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Master in Its Own House: On Thomas Barkerβs Indonesian Cinema After the New Order” by Mario Rustan Thomas Barker, Indonesian Cinema After the New Order: Going Mainstream, Hong Kong University…
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θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Esprit of the City: Yiu-Wai Chuβs Hong Kong Pop Culture in the 1980s” by Mario Rustan Yiu-Wai Chu, Hong Kong Pop Culture in the 1980s: A Decade of Splendour, Asian…
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θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Stardom Before Netflix: On East Asian Film Stars” by Mario Rustan Leung Wing-Fai and Andy Willis (editors), East Asian Film Stars, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. 236 pages. Youβre a Cantonese researcher…
![[REVIEW] “Stardom Before Netflix: On πΈππ π‘ π΄π πππ πΉπππ ππ‘πππ ” by Mario Rustan](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/east-asian-film-stars.jpg?w=946)
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θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS[ [REVIEW] βExtreme Asia: On Exploiting East Asian Cinemas” by Mario Rustan Ken Provencher and Mike Dillon (editors), Exploiting East Asian Cinemas: Genre, Circulation, Reception, Bloomsbury, 2018. 234 pgs. In the early…
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{Written by Mario Rustan, this review is part of Issue 43 (April 2019) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Hong Kong Noir 1688βPatrick H. Hase’s Forgotten Heroes:…
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