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[ savoar fer ] Fall 2019 – Paris Fashion Week
15 May 2020 9:15 PM | No CommentsThe "Chapter 5: Reparation" collection from [ savoar fer ] featured a skilled usage of mixed materials.
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POW! WOW! Hawaii 2020: Beyond (beyond.graffiti)
24 April 2020 8:19 AM | No CommentsBeyond is one half of the Dutch artist duo, Karski & Beyond. They specialize in the types of murals featured at POW! WOW! Hawaii.
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POW! WOW! Hawaii 2020: Kim Sielbeck
19 April 2020 9:44 AM | No CommentsKim Sielbeck's mural, "Blue Tiger," is located in Honolulu at the corner of Cooke and Pohukaina Streets.
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POW! WOW! Hawaii 2020: Crisselle @crissellem
11 April 2020 10:34 PM | No CommentsCrisselle Mendiola is an illustrator based in Santa Ana, Calif.
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POW! WOW! Hawaii 2020: YOHEYY
05 April 2020 5:35 AM | No CommentsYOHEYY is a Japanese artist whose works have been featured in Bulgaria and the United States.
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Japan Archive
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“Memoirs of a Murderer” – 2017 Japan Cuts Film Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 3, 2017 | No Comments"Memoirs of a Murderer" - Yu Irie's adaptation of a 2012 South Korean film - is a grittier, grimier and grimmer version of its predecessor. -
Sabu’s “Mr. Long” – 2017 Tribeca Film Festival Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on June 10, 2017 | No CommentsIn "Mr. Long," a Japanese cult director has matured into the mainstream while retaining the signature storytelling traits of his past repertoire. -
Film Review: “Tatara Samurai” (たたら侍)
Rex BaylonPosted on June 1, 2017 | No CommentsYoshinari Nishikori’s "Tatara Samurai" skirts around the delights of a good gonzo violent chambara movie in favor of a meditative drama. -
Meniscus Magazine’s Top 10 articles of 2016
Meniscus MagazinePosted on January 8, 2017 | No CommentsAnother year, another Top 10: our look at the most-read articles in Meniscus Magazine for 2016! For the first time, a sports article tops our list. -
“Raise Your Arms and Twist – Documentary of NMB48” – 2016 HKIFF press conference
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on November 27, 2016 | No CommentsDirector Atsushi Funahashi, and NMB48 members Sayaka Yamamoto and Fuuko Yagara promoted "Raise Your Arms and Twist – Documentary of NMB48" in Hong Kong. -
Film Review: “Tamako in Moratorium”
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on August 13, 2016 | No CommentsYet another addition to the NEET character genre in Japanese film, Nobuhiro Yamashita's "Tamako in Moratorium" (もらとりあむタマ子) is an artsy work full of unrealized potential. -
Yoshihiro Nakamura’s “The Inerasable” – 2016 Fantasia Film Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 22, 2016 | No CommentsIn "The Inerasable," two-dimensional characters unpack a history of cursed real estate that does too little, too late to make the plot interesting. -
“The Projects” (“Danchi”) – 2016 Japan Cuts Film Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 17, 2016 | No CommentsAn elderly couple learns that the residents of a nondescript public housing complex are not what they seem in this offbeat gem directed and written by Junji Sakamoto. -
New York Asian Film Festival 2016: Creepy, Inside Men, Twisted Justice
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on June 20, 2016 | No CommentsAs the fifteenth edition of the New York Asian Festival descends on Manhattan, here is a look at three films that have already generated considerable buzz. -
Meniscus asks director Atsushi Funahashi about…NMB48
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on April 5, 2016 | No CommentsAn unlikely source asked Atsushi Funahashi to direct “Raise Your Arms and Twist – Documentary of NMB48,” which made its international premiere in Hong Kong.