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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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Film Review: Lixin Fan’s “Last Train Home”
Christopher BournePosted on January 20, 2012 | No CommentsEvery winter in China, 130 million migrant workers make the trek home for Chinese New Year - startling images in Lixin Fan's documentary "Last Train Home." -
Review: Yang Joo-nam’s “Sweet Dream”
Christopher BournePosted on January 13, 2012 | No CommentsNot only a potent melodrama, but a valuable visual documentary record of Seoul in the 1930’s, "Sweet Dream" is a richly textured gem well worth seeking out. -
![Documentarian Frederick Wiseman’s latest film “Crazy Horse” – an examination of the famed “Crazy Horse” Paris cabaret, which showcases nude dancers performing elaborately choreographed and art-directed routines – can be […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/crazy-horse-115x115.jpg "Frederick Wiseman’s “Crazy Horse” – Documentary Review")
Frederick Wiseman’s “Crazy Horse” – Documentary Review
Christopher BournePosted on January 12, 2012 | No CommentsDocumentarian Frederick Wiseman’s latest film “Crazy Horse” – an examination of the famed “Crazy Horse” Paris cabaret, which showcases nude dancers performing elaborately choreographed and art-directed routines – can be […] -
![Taiwanese experimental and documentary filmmaker Lin Tay-jou’s 2005 film Bardo is a 70-minute triptych about the stages of life death, and rebirth. As Lin himself explains on the film’s website, the […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Bardo2-115x115.jpg "Review: Lin Tay-jou’s “Bardo”")
Review: Lin Tay-jou’s “Bardo”
Christopher BournePosted on January 6, 2012 | No CommentsTaiwanese experimental and documentary filmmaker Lin Tay-jou’s 2005 film Bardo is a 70-minute triptych about the stages of life death, and rebirth. As Lin himself explains on the film’s website, the […] -
Review: Chen Kuo-fu’s “The Personals”
Christopher BournePosted on December 30, 2011 | No CommentsIn Chen Kuo-fu's lightly comic and ultimately poignant film "The Personals," the city of Taipei is as much a character as the humans in the story. -
Best Films of 2011: United Red Army / Caterpillar
Christopher BournePosted on December 25, 2011 | No CommentsKoji Wakamatsu has most definitely not mellowed in old age. -
![Former South Dakota homesteader turned novelist Oscar Micheaux went into filmmaking almost on a whim, and became one of the most influential pioneers of the early decades of cinema. […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Exile-115x115.jpg "Review: Oscar Micheaux’s “The Exile”")
Review: Oscar Micheaux’s “The Exile”
Christopher BournePosted on December 23, 2011 | No CommentsFormer South Dakota homesteader turned novelist Oscar Micheaux went into filmmaking almost on a whim, and became one of the most influential pioneers of the early decades of cinema. […] -
![A near-classic work of cinematic and cultural alchemy, Munyurangabo is not only the stunning debut of a major talent, but also an expressively beautiful vessel where the voice and experiences […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Review: Lee Isaac Chung’s “Munyurangabo”")
Review: Lee Isaac Chung’s “Munyurangabo”
Christopher BournePosted on December 16, 2011 | No CommentsA near-classic work of cinematic and cultural alchemy, Munyurangabo is not only the stunning debut of a major talent, but also an expressively beautiful vessel where the voice and experiences […] -
Review: Shohei Imamura’s “Stolen Desire”
Christopher BournePosted on December 9, 2011 | No CommentsStolen Desire (1958), Imamura’s first feature film, and the first of three films he released in that year, is his delightful tribute to the “earthy” citizens of the Kawachi […] -
![If a film festival programmer asked “Hostel” director and “Inglourious Basterds” actor Eli Roth to choose a title for the program, he or she would probably expect a horror movie […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/eli-roth-115x115.jpg "Singafest brings out “Hostel” director Eli Roth’s love for Asian films")
Singafest brings out “Hostel” director Eli Roth’s love for Asian films
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on December 7, 2011 | No CommentsIf a film festival programmer asked “Hostel” director and “Inglourious Basterds” actor Eli Roth to choose a title for the program, he or she would probably expect a horror movie […]