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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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![“Carnage,” the latest from Roman Polanski, which opens this year’s New York Film Festival, may be as slight as its running time (a mere 80 minutes), but it is well […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/still-115x115.jpg "Roman Polanski’s “Carnage” – 2011 New York Film Festival Review")
Roman Polanski’s “Carnage” – 2011 New York Film Festival Review
Christopher BournePosted on September 30, 2011 | No Comments“Carnage,” the latest from Roman Polanski, which opens this year’s New York Film Festival, may be as slight as its running time (a mere 80 minutes), but it is well […] -
Review: Thospol Siriwiwat and Piraphan Laoyont’s “Sick Nurses”
Christopher BournePosted on September 30, 2011 | No CommentsThe Thai horror film "Sick Nurses" is a series of murderous set pieces executed with an impressive flair for luridly-colored visuals and sharp editing. -
Singafest 2011: Interview with “Savasana” director Gerry Curtis
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on September 28, 2011 | No CommentsThe 18-minute “Savasana” was directed and written by Gerry Curtis, who left a successful career in sales and marketing behind to pursue filmmaking. -
![After their Cormac McCarthy adaptation No Country for Old Men, and its attendant raft of rapturous critical notices and multiple Oscars, the Coen Brothers returned to high farcical mode with […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Burn-After-Reading-115x115.jpg "Review: Joel and Ethan Coen’s “Burn After Reading”")
Review: Joel and Ethan Coen’s “Burn After Reading”
Christopher BournePosted on September 23, 2011 | No CommentsAfter their Cormac McCarthy adaptation No Country for Old Men, and its attendant raft of rapturous critical notices and multiple Oscars, the Coen Brothers returned to high farcical mode with […] -
![Repast (1951), Mikio Naruse’s first adaptation of the work of celebrated Japanese novelist Fumiko Hayashi, is one of his very finest films, a deceptively simple examination of a troubled marriage, told […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Repast-2-115x115.png "Review: Mikio Naruse’s “Repast”")
Review: Mikio Naruse’s “Repast”
Christopher BournePosted on September 16, 2011 | No CommentsRepast (1951), Mikio Naruse’s first adaptation of the work of celebrated Japanese novelist Fumiko Hayashi, is one of his very finest films, a deceptively simple examination of a troubled marriage, told […] -
![Bruno Dumont’s 2006 film, Flanders, a return to form after his failed US-set experiment, Twentynine Palms, returned Dumont to his familiar milieu of raw sex and violence told with […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Review: Bruno Dumont’s “Flanders”")
Review: Bruno Dumont’s “Flanders”
Christopher BournePosted on September 9, 2011 | No CommentsBruno Dumont’s 2006 film, Flanders, a return to form after his failed US-set experiment, Twentynine Palms, returned Dumont to his familiar milieu of raw sex and violence told with […] -
Review: Herman Yau’s “Whispers and Moans”
Christopher BournePosted on September 2, 2011 | No CommentsDespite its title, Herman Yau’s "Whispers and Moans" is an un-romanticized depiction of the lives of several prostitutes who work out of a hostess club. -
![Yelling to the Sky, actress-turned-director Victoria Mahoney’s debut feature, immediately sets up what we’re in for in its very first scene, that of its protagonist Sweetness (Zoe Kravitz) being beaten […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/tumblr_lqisrzFPHD1qlaxkn-115x115.jpg "Review: Victoria Mahoney’s “Yelling to the Sky”")
Review: Victoria Mahoney’s “Yelling to the Sky”
Christopher BournePosted on August 26, 2011 | No CommentsYelling to the Sky, actress-turned-director Victoria Mahoney’s debut feature, immediately sets up what we’re in for in its very first scene, that of its protagonist Sweetness (Zoe Kravitz) being beaten […] -
![The opening moments of Scorsese’s first feature (1967) encapsulate the iconography/obsessions that would inform the rest of his career. Over sharp booming sounds that reverberate like the hand of God, […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Knocking-at-My-Door-115x115.jpg "Review: Martin Scorsese’s “Who’s That Knocking at My Door”")
Review: Martin Scorsese’s “Who’s That Knocking at My Door”
Christopher BournePosted on August 26, 2011 | No CommentsThe opening moments of Scorsese’s first feature (1967) encapsulate the iconography/obsessions that would inform the rest of his career. Over sharp booming sounds that reverberate like the hand of God, […] -
![In an early scene in Secret Sunshine, a pharmacist is attempting to persuade Shin-ae (Jeon Do-yeon), a widowed piano teacher who has come to the town of Miryang with her […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/secret-sunshine-poster-115x115.jpg "Film Review: Lee Chang-dong’s “Secret Sunshine”")
Film Review: Lee Chang-dong’s “Secret Sunshine”
Christopher BournePosted on August 24, 2011 | No CommentsIn an early scene in Secret Sunshine, a pharmacist is attempting to persuade Shin-ae (Jeon Do-yeon), a widowed piano teacher who has come to the town of Miryang with her […]