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In what turns out to be Son’s Tottenham farewell tour, Spurs beat Arsenal in Hong Kong
05 August 2025 4:59 AM | No CommentsSon Heung-min leaves Tottenham Hotspur having made 333 appearances for the club over 10 seasons.
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“A Samurai in Time” – 2025 Japan Cuts Film Review
16 July 2025 12:42 PM | No CommentsTime travel is a well-worn trope, but there is a reason that the low-budget “A Samurai in Time” managed to win Best Film honors at the Japan Academy Film Prize.
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Takashi Murakami was everywhere at Art Basel Hong Kong 2025
29 June 2025 11:58 AM | No CommentsThe Japanese artist, both in physical presence and in spirit, seamlessly crossed over to the worlds of art, fashion, sports and even food.
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Paris 2024: Gymnastics – U.S. women victorious in “Redemption Tour”
29 June 2025 2:46 AM | No CommentsThere should have been no doubt: the U.S. women were the favorites to win the Olympic gold. And yet there was, stemming from what happened in Tokyo.
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Paris 2024: U.S. women hang on to win eighth straight Olympic basketball gold
23 June 2025 11:54 AM | No CommentsThe U.S. women's team held off France, 67-66, at Bercy Arena.
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Film Archive
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“Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf’s” – 2013 MIFF Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on August 8, 2013 | No CommentsNon-fashion insiders may find the documentary equivalent to getting lost in the massive fashion empire that is Bergdorf Goodman. -
“Red Obsession” – 2013 Melbourne International Film Festival Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on August 6, 2013 | No CommentsAn ode to the wine of Bordeaux gradually becomes a true tale of consumer greed, market chaos and a turning point in the brewing industry in "Red Obsession." -
“Documentary of AKB48: Show Must Go On” – 2013 Japan Cuts Review
Angela K. HomPosted on August 6, 2013 | No CommentsThe documentary is an agonizingly detailed look at a year’s worth of events for the all-girl supergroup. -
E.L. Katz’s “Cheap Thrills” – 2013 Fantasia International Film Festival Review
Christopher BournePosted on August 4, 2013 | No Comments"Cheap Thrills," E. L. Katz’s queasily comic, often jaw-droppingly brutal debut feature, has a title that is both perfectly descriptive and cruelly ironic. -
“Dragon Girls” – 2013 Melbourne International Film Festival Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on August 4, 2013 | No Comments"Dragon Girls" shows a backbreaking perspective of martial arts tradition and its quizzical place in China as the rest of the country modernizes around it. -
DPRK Film: “Centre Forward” – 2013 MIFF Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 28, 2013 | No Comments"Centre Forward," an entertaining North Korean film about football, screens as part of a DPRK showcase at the 2013 Melbourne International Film Festival. -
Junichi Inoue’s “A Woman and War” – 2013 Japan Cuts Film Review
Angela K. HomPosted on July 22, 2013 | No CommentsBrutally frank in its portrayal of rape, “A Woman and War” follows three people as they attempt to deal with the consequences of World War II on Japan. -
Hideki Takeuchi’s “Thermae Romae” – 2013 Japan Cuts Film Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 14, 2013 | No Comments"Thermae Romae," based on a manga that sees an insecure man from ancient Rome revive his sagging career as a public bath designer, carries a lot of heart. -
Mika Ninagawa’s “Helter Skelter” – 2013 Japan Cuts Film Review
Angela K. HomPosted on July 13, 2013 | No CommentsAfter a five-year hiatus, Erika Sawajiri returns to a lead role that perhaps reflects her own personal troubles with fame in "Helter Skelter." -
Hideo Nakata’s “The Complex” – 2013 NY Asian Film Festival Review
Angela K. HomPosted on July 12, 2013 | No Comments"The Ring" director Hideo Nakata takes familiar elements from his J-horror films and throws them back into the mix in “The Complex.” However, the end product is neither here nor there.