Travel Archive
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Hong Kong’s Golden Harvest tribute: Nostalgia through film, footage
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on May 5, 2013 | No CommentsFor the next generation of film fans, the Hong Kong Film Archive’s efforts in keeping Golden Harvest's films alive should serve as a required reminder of an important era in cinema history. -
Retracing ’60s and ’70s Cambodian cinema, one building at a time
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on April 17, 2013 | No CommentsInspired by Davy Chou's documentary "Golden Slumbers," the author set out in search of Phnom Penh theaters from the golden age of Cambodian film. -
Our top 2012 video: North Korean girl wows on xylophone and drums
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on January 5, 2013 | No CommentsVideo footage of a percussionist in Pyongyang, appearing to be no older than six, captured the attention of many of our readers, including a bogus television network and Bob Bryar of My Chemical Romance. -
Pizza Brain: Food, memorabilia and culture in Philadelphia
Scott MillerPosted on December 31, 2012 | No CommentsIn the Fishtown neighborhood, four friends have made the dream of a pizza museum a reality. -
Battling crowds, assumptions, hunger: Ramen at New York’s Ippudo
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on December 16, 2010 | No CommentsAlthough the subject of this long-delayed second column was to focus on an education of ramen in the dish’s motherland, a recent bout of cold weather and the calendar have... -
From the Land of Cheesesteaks, the joints that reign supreme
Scott MillerPosted on July 4, 2010 | No CommentsPhiladelphia is a city of great eating! Not only does it have more pizza places than anywhere in the country, it lays claim to many food inventions, including strombolis and... -
World Cup turns South Africa into one global party
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 4, 2010 | No CommentsTo the outside world, South Africa still projects imagery from the apartheid era, signifying political unrest in a dangerous, newly uncertain nation. To visitors, the young democracy optimistically casts one... -
London Fashion Week: There’s a scene, but it’s actually about the clothes
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 3, 2009 | No CommentsDuring Meniscus’ debut coverage of London Fashion Week, a British Fashion Council market researcher asked me to provide some thoughts about my experience. He wanted to know whether I had... -
SXSWXF (South by Southwest by Food): A Glutton’s Guide to Austin
Wade-Hahn ChanPosted on March 22, 2009 | No CommentsThe motto of the average Austinite is “Keep Austin Weird,” but there’s nothing strange about Austin’s chow. -
A guide to the Pusan International Film Festival (and Busan, South Korea)
Christopher BournePosted on November 21, 2008 | No CommentsThe Korean film industry has been in some turmoil lately, with the audience for local films shrinking and overseas markets becoming ever less receptive, especially such formerly reliable ones as...
