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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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Arvin Chen’s “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?” – 2013 HKIFF Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on March 21, 2013 | No CommentsIn his latest, Chen surpasses his 2010 debut ("Au Revoir Taipei") with a growing maturity in his filmmaking. The movie makes its Asian premiere at the Hong Kong International Film Festival. -
On the red carpet: Andy Lau (劉德華) – 2013 Asian Film Awards
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on March 20, 2013 | No CommentsHong Kong actor Andy Lau (劉德華) served as the Jury President of the 7th Asian Film Awards. Before the ceremony, he answered questions on the red carpet. -
In Ryoo Seung-wan’s “The Berlin File,” the Cold War lives on
Christopher BournePosted on February 15, 2013 | No CommentsThe latest film from the action maestro imagines the formerly divided city of Berlin as the setting of complicated machinations between North and South Korea. -
Acting, dialogue sink “Wall Street” knockoff “$upercapitalist”
Angela K. HomPosted on January 5, 2013 | No Comments“$upercapitalist” high-handedly takes banker clichés and bashes the audience over the head with them in almost every scene, making this morality tale of family versus greed a sometimes tedious movie to watch. -
“A Leading Man” puts an Asian male center stage
Jim HigginsPosted on December 24, 2012 | No CommentsMeniscus Magazine was on the set of “A Leading Man,” a film written and directed by Steven J. Kung. We visited the shoot in L.A. and talked to Kung, producer Justin Bell and actor Jack Yang. -
Red carpet: Masami Nagasawa – “Love Strikes!” U.S. premiere
Wade-Hahn ChanPosted on December 15, 2012 | No CommentsMasami Nagasawa won the Rising Star Asia Award at the New York Asian Film Festival, which co-presented the U.S. premiere of "Love Strikes!" with Japan Cuts. -
A cinematic comeback for “Miami Connection”
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on November 28, 2012 | No CommentsWhat do you get when you make a movie featuring motorcycling ninjas in Florida? Meniscus Magazine talks to Grandmaster Y.K. Kim and Joe Diamand of the 1987 film "Miami Connection." -
2012 San Diego Asian Film Festival Awards Gala highlights new and old
Jim HigginsPosted on November 10, 2012 | No CommentsGuests included George Takei; Jamie Chung (“Sucker Punch”); Lynn Chen (“Saving Face”); and Chung Chang-wha, the Korean director behind some of Shaw Brothers’ most memorable hits. -
George Takei talks race, Broadway at 2012 SDAFF
Jim HigginsPosted on November 6, 2012 | No CommentsGeorge Takei talked about the run of his musical drama “Allegiance,” which focused on the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. -
“Mourning” – 2012 San Diego Asian Film Festival Review
Christopher BournePosted on November 5, 2012 | No CommentsThe remarkably accomplished debut feature by Iranian filmmaker Morteza Farshbaf is a beautifully shot and perceptively written film that is as much about the interplay between the cinematic materials that went into its creation as it is about the narrative itself.