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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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“Pridyider” (“The Fridge”) – 2013 New York Asian Film Festival Review
Angela K. HomPosted on July 9, 2013 | No CommentsIn “Pridyider” (“The Fridge”), a blood-thirsty appliance surpasses the human actors in interest and personality. -
“Cold War” – 2013 New York Asian Film Festival Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 9, 2013 | No CommentsIs “Cold War” in the same league as “Infernal Affairs,” “Ip Man” or “A Simple Life?” Or was it merely the best movie that Hong Kong had to offer last year? -
Johnnie To’s “Drug War” – 2013 New York Asian Film Festival Review
Angela K. HomPosted on July 4, 2013 | No CommentsProduced with the Mainland Chinese market and censors in mind, "Drug War" lacks the wild scenes that viewers of To's earlier work have come to expect. -
“Confession of Murder” – 2013 New York Asian Film Festival Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 2, 2013 | No Comments“Confession of Murder” jerks the viewer around as violently as some of the victims in the numerous car chase sequences that dot the film. -
Wang Jing’s “Feng Shui” – 2013 New York Asian Film Festival Review
Angela K. HomPosted on July 2, 2013 | No Comments"Feng Shui" examines family, class and gender in China in the 1990s, but it is ultimately a story about one hard-headed woman’s survival instinct. -
“Tales from the Dark Part 1” – 2013 New York Asian Film Festival Review
Angela K. HomPosted on July 1, 2013 | No CommentsSimon Yam, Lee Chi Ngai and Fruit Chan each direct one portion of "Tales from the Dark Part 1," an omnibus of three horror films with varying results. -
“The Animals” – 2013 New York Asian Film Festival Review
Angela K. HomPosted on July 1, 2013 | No CommentsSex, drugs and...techno? Such is life for the young elite of a Filipino town in director Gino M. Santos’ debut full-length film "The Animals." -
“City Hunter” – Jackie Chan Experience at Lincoln Center Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on June 16, 2013 | No Comments“City Hunter” is enormously entertaining silliness to the nth degree, yet chock-full of outrageous stunts performed by Chan in his prime. -
Jackie Chan charms New York, wins lifetime achievement award
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on June 15, 2013 | No CommentsWhen the recipient of the Star Asia Lifetime Achievement Award is someone who literally created a new genre of Hong Kong cinema, he must be feted with his own separate retrospective and series of appearances. -
Searching for Hong Kong cinema in Macau
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on May 29, 2013 | No CommentsWhat is a mere 40 miles between two administrative regions in China? Plenty, as it turns out from a cinematic standpoint.