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Photos: Comic Con Honolulu 2019
18 August 2019 2:57 AM | No CommentsThe annual event took place from Aug. 2-4 at the Hawaii Convention Center.
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PyeongChang 2018: Halfpipe winner Chloe Kim in a class of her own
16 August 2019 11:34 PM | No CommentsThe question was not whether Chloe Kim would win the women's snowboard halfpipe event at the 2018 Winter Olympics, but by how much.
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Minatogawa StateSide Town – Urasoe, Okinawa, Japan
29 June 2019 8:24 AM | No CommentsIn this former military housing complex, rusty U.S. Mail boxes teeter beside cool boutiques, and American vintage goods spill off the shelves next door to uniquely Okinawan culinary creations.
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Photos: Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawai’i 2019
26 June 2019 12:43 PM | No CommentsOn Memorial Day, some 7,000 lanterns floated along the Ala Moana Beach in a magnificent display to pay respects to the fallen and loved ones.
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Eifuku Shokudo (栄福食堂, “Tony Soba”) – Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan
22 June 2019 12:43 AM | 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.
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Sammo Hung gets candid at the 2019 Hong Kong International Film Festival
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on May 18, 2019 | No CommentsThis year's "Filmmaker in Focus," Sammo Hung took time out of his busy schedule to answer some questions. Topics ranged from the current state of the Hong Kong film industry to his past work. -
Film Review: Lee Lik-chi’s “The Lucky Guy” (行運一條龍)
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on January 27, 2019 | No CommentsStephen Chow fans who have not seen his 1998 film “The Lucky Guy” can rejoice: the movie will be re-issued on DVD and Blu-Ray in time for the Lunar New Year. -
Meniscus Magazine’s Top 10 articles of 2018
Meniscus MagazinePosted on January 2, 2019 | No CommentsThree reviews of Korean films made it to the list (proving the continued global influence of South Korean cinema) as well as three articles about food (proving that our readers are very hungry people). -
“Men on the Dragon” – 2018 New York Asian Film Festival Review
Alfonse ChiuPosted on July 12, 2018 | No CommentsFearing a round of layoffs, four mid-career telecom workers join the company’s dragon boat team in a bid to avoid the chop in “Men on the Dragon” (逆流大叔). -
Film Review: Johnnie To’s “Election”
Rex BaylonPosted on June 14, 2017 | No Comments"Election” takes the skeleton structure of a gangster flick to tell a very human tale about power and its corrupting effect. -
Johnnie To’s “Three” (三人行) – 2016 Fantasia Film Review
Christopher BournePosted on August 3, 2016 | No CommentsA return to his familiar milieu of cops and gangsters, "Three" continues To’s experiments in combining theatrical and cinematic space. -
Film Review: Stephen Chow’s “The Mermaid”
Christopher BournePosted on July 12, 2016 | No CommentsStephen Chow, the beloved Hong Kong auteur, now has a major jewel to add to his crown with his latest film, the manic ecological parable “The Mermaid.” -
Film: “Ten Years” (十年) a bleak depiction of Hong Kong’s future
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on June 25, 2016 | No CommentsEven if art did not imitate life, the fictional "Ten Years" is exquisitely shot and acted, focusing on what Hong Kong could look like in the year 2025. -
Wong Kar-wai’s “Chungking Express” – 2016 HKIFF Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on February 27, 2016 | No CommentsMore than two decades later, “Chungking Express” takes on an eerily prophetic tone, with elements on celluloid no longer existing in today's Hong Kong. -
Film Review: Wilson Yip’s “Ip Man 3”
Christopher BournePosted on January 26, 2016 | No CommentsDespite some unfortunate lapses of story and character, “Ip Man 3” still manages to ultimately succeed as satisfying entertainment for a number of reasons.
