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May Kamaka wins the Miss Chinatown Hawaii 2026 Pageant
09 October 2025 12:52 PM | No CommentsKamaka will now represent the neighborhood at the Miss Hawaii state pageant.
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M+ host of Guo Pei’s first major fashion exhibition in East Asia
07 October 2025 6:25 AM | No CommentsThe haute couture designer celebrated her first major solo fashion exhibition, continuing to build on the fame of her yellow gown worn by Rihanna at the 2015 Met Gala.
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Photos: G-STAR “Anatomic Denim” F/W 2025 collection & Denim Gorilla
05 October 2025 12:38 AM | No CommentsFor its "Anatomic Denim" collection, G-STAR came up with three products: a visual campaign, three denim product lines, and an art gorilla sculpture.
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MLB: Dodgers 7, Reds 0 (Aug. 25, 2025) – Shohei tutors Teoscar?
03 October 2025 1:20 AM | No CommentsBased on the video and photos...was Shohei giving Teoscar some pointers on how to play right field?
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MLB: Dodgers 7, Reds 0 (Aug. 25, 2025) – V of BTS throws opening pitch
01 October 2025 11:56 AM | No CommentsOne can be forgiven for wondering why the atmosphere at Dodger Stadium resembled a BTS concert instead of a home game against the Cincinnati Reds.
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Film Archive
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![“We live in an age without masterpieces.” So laments Lee Jong-sae (Ahn Sung-ki), the stand-up comedian and aspiring film director who is the central figure of Gagman (1988), the debut […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Review: Lee Myung-se’s “Gagman”")
Review: Lee Myung-se’s “Gagman”
Christopher BournePosted on December 2, 2011 | No Comments“We live in an age without masterpieces.” So laments Lee Jong-sae (Ahn Sung-ki), the stand-up comedian and aspiring film director who is the central figure of Gagman (1988), the debut […] -
2011 African Diaspora International Film Festival Review Round-up
Christopher BournePosted on November 26, 2011 | No CommentsThe 19th edition screens in New York from November 25 through December 13, 2011. -
Review: Shohei Imamura’s “A Man Vanishes”
Christopher BournePosted on November 25, 2011 | No CommentsA mystery without a solution, A Man Vanishes (1967) is a fascinating study of the eminently collapsible boundary between reality and artifice. More precisely, it suggests that what we […] -
Review: Jia Zhang-ke’s “Still Life”
Christopher BournePosted on November 18, 2011 | No CommentsMemory of what is rapidly being lost is one of the many eloquent themes in "Still Life." The loss of the past is what links the two non-converging stories. -
![Tan Chui Mui’s remarkable debut feature Love Conquers All (2006) is a beautiful, unsettling, baffling, and subtly surreal work that confirms the considerable talent to be found in contemporary Malaysian cinema. […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Love-Conquers-All-2-115x115.jpg "Review: Tan Chui Mui’s “Love Conquers All”")
Review: Tan Chui Mui’s “Love Conquers All”
Christopher BournePosted on November 11, 2011 | No CommentsTan Chui Mui’s remarkable debut feature Love Conquers All (2006) is a beautiful, unsettling, baffling, and subtly surreal work that confirms the considerable talent to be found in contemporary Malaysian cinema. […] -
![One of the best, and certainly most visually impressive, cinematic depictions of the Korean War, Spring in My Hometown (1998) takes a very different approach from other films on this subject. […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Spring-in-My-Hometown-1-115x115.jpg "Review: Lee Kwang-mo’s “Spring in My Hometown”")
Review: Lee Kwang-mo’s “Spring in My Hometown”
Christopher BournePosted on November 4, 2011 | No CommentsOne of the best, and certainly most visually impressive, cinematic depictions of the Korean War, Spring in My Hometown (1998) takes a very different approach from other films on this subject. […] -
Review: Risa Morimoto’s “Wings of Defeat”
Christopher BournePosted on October 28, 2011 | No Comments"Wings of Defeat" sheds valuable light on one of the most notorious yet least understood aspects of World War II, the Japanese pilots known as kamikaze. -
![At the 1999 Cannes Film Festival, L’Humanité, along with the top prizewinner, Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne’s Rosetta, was one of The Little French Films That Could, coming from seemingly […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/LHumanite-1-115x115.jpg "Review: Bruno Dumont’s “L’Humanité”")
Review: Bruno Dumont’s “L’Humanité”
Christopher BournePosted on October 21, 2011 | No CommentsAt the 1999 Cannes Film Festival, L’Humanité, along with the top prizewinner, Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne’s Rosetta, was one of The Little French Films That Could, coming from seemingly […] -
![Shin Sang-ok’s 1960 feature A Romantic Papa was the first production from his newly established company, Shin Films. Shin had already established himself as one of the most […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Romantic+Papa+001_0001-115x115.jpg "Review: Shin Sang-ok’s “A Romantic Papa”")
Review: Shin Sang-ok’s “A Romantic Papa”
Christopher BournePosted on October 14, 2011 | No CommentsShin Sang-ok’s 1960 feature A Romantic Papa was the first production from his newly established company, Shin Films. Shin had already established himself as one of the most […] -
Film Review: Buichi Saito’s “Plains Wanderer”
Christopher BournePosted on October 7, 2011 | No CommentsBuichi Saito’s 1960 feature "Plains Wanderer" is a sterling example of the “Eastern Western” genre, a popular staple of Nikkatsu action films.