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- Photos: MAISON YOSHIKI PARIS – Milan Fashion Week Fall 2024
15 March 2024 11:16 AM | No CommentsPhotos from the debut MAISON YOSHIKI PARIS runway show in Milan.
Read More - Photos: Sun Below – New York Fashion Week Fall 2024
09 March 2024 5:45 AM | No CommentsPhotos from the Sun Zone capsule showing at the Asia Fashion Collection Fall 2024 runway event in New York.
Read More - Photos: YAXIN ZONE – New York Fashion Week Fall 2024
09 March 2024 3:49 AM | No CommentsPhotos from the YAXIN ZONE capsule showing at the Asia Fashion Collection Fall 2024 runway event in New York.
Read More - Photos: MIARI SHIGETA – New York Fashion Week Fall 2024
08 March 2024 7:55 AM | No CommentsPhotos from the MIARI SHIGETA capsule showing at the Asia Fashion Collection Fall 2024 runway event in New York.
Read More - “One Second Ahead, One Second Behind” – 2023 Busan Film Review
07 March 2024 9:45 PM | No CommentsWith a sprinkling of sentiment and science fiction, it is a joy to witness how all the pieces fit together in this adaptation of the 2020 Taiwanese film "My Missing Valentine."
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“One Second Ahead, One Second Behind” – 2023 Busan Film Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on March 7, 2024 | No CommentsWith a sprinkling of sentiment and science fiction, it is a joy to witness how all the pieces fit together in this adaptation of the 2020 Taiwanese film "My Missing Valentine." -
Yudai Yamaguchi’s “ONE-PERCENTER” – 2023 BIFAN Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 2, 2023 | No CommentsA longtime Yamaguchi collaborator, Tak Sakaguchi brings his no-frills, gimmick eschewing fighting style to the director’s first feature film in six years. -
Busan 2022: Hirokazu Kore-eda “Broker” Q&A and Open Talk photos
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on February 18, 2023 | No CommentsDirector Hirokazu Kore-eda (송강호) appeared at the Oct. 7 screening of “Broker” as well as an "Open Talk" session the next day in Busan. -
“Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy” – 2021 Tokyo FILMeX Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on September 5, 2022 | No CommentsThe literal Japanese-to-English translation Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s unfortunately named anthology is the more appropriate title of a sharp unapologetic work navigating the twists and turns of life. -
Anna Yamamoto’s “MEDAMA ~eyeball~” – 2022 Short Shorts Film Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 1, 2022 | No CommentsAn eyeball's surreal journey turns into a statement on the circle of life in this animated short film. -
Winners of the 15th Asian Film Awards
Meniscus MagazinePosted on October 8, 2021 | No CommentsKiyoshi Kurosawa's "Wife of a Spy" took home three honors, while South Korean actor Lee Byung-hun won the Excellence in Asian Cinema Award. -
“Farewell Song” (さよならくちびる) – 2019 SDAFF Review
Wade-Hahn ChanPosted on November 11, 2019 | No Comments"Farewell Song" is an ode to a lifestyle that few people have the courage to attempt, and fewer still have the strength and luck to find success in. -
Busan 2019: Hirokazu Kore-eda discusses “The Truth”
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 14, 2019 | No CommentsHirokazu Kore-eda’s latest work, “The Truth,” made its Asian Premiere in Busan and is his first film made outside of his native country. -
Nanako Hirose’s “book-paper-scissors” – 2019 Busan Film Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 6, 2019 | No CommentsDirected and shot over a period of three years, the documentary examines book designer Nobuyoshi Kikuchi’s meticulous process across seven chapters. -
Eifuku Shokudo (栄福食堂, “Tony Soba”) – Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on June 22, 2019 | No CommentsTony Soba serves some of the cheapest bowls of Yaeyama soba one can find in Okinawa, and doubles as an unabashed shrine to a forgotten actor.