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- A member of the Online Film Critics Society, Christopher Bourne is a senior reporter for Meniscus Magazine. He is a writer and incurable cinephile living in New York City.
![Jose Padilha creates a devastating and depressing observation of hunger in Brazilian cities and outskirts in the documentary “Garapa.” Leaving behind his usual tales of the Rio favelas in “Bus […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/garapa-still-115x115.jpg "Jose Padilha’s “Garapa” – 2009 Tribeca Film Festival Review")
![The title of Leslie Cockburn’s nothing-if-not-timely documentary “American Casino” says it all, an apt description of the world created by the reckless Wall Street financiers who have brought the U.S. […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/american-casino-still-115x115.jpg "Leslie Cockburn’s “American Casino” – Documentary Review")
![John Cassavetes, Jacques Demy and mumblecore aesthetics mix awkwardly together in Damien Chazelle’s “Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench.” Set in Boston, the black-and-white 16-millimeter semi-musical revolves around titular […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/guy-madeline-still-115x115.jpg "“Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench” – 2009 Tribeca Film Festival Review")
![New York-based designer Thuy Diep was born to be a part of the fashion business, as her mother and father ran a tailoring school and bespoke clothing shop in Vietnam. […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/thuy1-115x115.jpg "Thuy Fall 2009 – New York Fashion Week")
![At first blush, Derick Martini’s autobiographical debut “Lymelife” (co-scripted with his brother Steven, who also provided the original score), the opening-night film of the 2009 Gen Art Film Festival, would […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/Lymelife-115x115.jpg "Derick Martini’s “Lymelife” – 2009 Gen Art Film Festival Review")
![The opening day of the Fall 2009 collections at Bryant Park saw the latest show by young designer Charlotte Ronson, which played to an extremely packed house. It should be […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/Charlotte-Ronson_FW09DLR_19-115x115.jpg "Charlotte Ronson Fall 2009 – New York Fashion Week")
![The 2008 Pusan International Film Festival revisited two of Kim Ki-young’s films as part of its “Archeology of Korean Cinema” retrospective. One of these was Kim’s undoubtedly most famous work, […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/housemaid-115x115.jpg "Kim Ki-young’s “The Housemaid” ( 하녀 ) – 2008 Pusan International Film Festival Review")
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