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Recent Posts
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- Another gold medal, another world record for Mondo Duplantis
- In what turns out to be Son’s Tottenham farewell tour, Spurs beat Arsenal in Hong Kong
- “A Samurai in Time” – 2025 Japan Cuts Film Review
- Takashi Murakami was everywhere at Art Basel Hong Kong 2025
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Film Archive
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“Karma Calling” Review – 2009 Asian American International Film Festival
Eric HungPosted on August 6, 2009 | No Comments"Karma Calling" is an uplifting comedy about the struggling Raj family, a group of five Indian-Americans who live in northern New Jersey. -
“Fruit Fly” Review – 2009 Asian American International Film Festival
Eric HungPosted on August 1, 2009 | No CommentsWhile the plot of "Fruit Fly" focuses on main character Bethesda's "coming of age," it is not clear what she has really learned. -
![For many ethnomusicologists and human rights activists, Ngawang Choephel has been a household name for more than a decade. In 1995, the Tibetan exile – who graduated from the Tibetan […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/tibet-in-song-115x115.jpg "“Tibet in Song” Review – 2009 Asian American International Film Festival")
“Tibet in Song” Review – 2009 Asian American International Film Festival
Eric HungPosted on August 1, 2009 | No CommentsFor many ethnomusicologists and human rights activists, Ngawang Choephel has been a household name for more than a decade. In 1995, the Tibetan exile – who graduated from the Tibetan […] -
![In “Breathless”’ pre-credits opener, a man punches and kicks a screaming woman out on the street in front of a handful of shocked observers, who nevertheless do not attempt to […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/breathless-115x115.jpg "“Breathless” Review – 2009 New York Asian Film Festival")
“Breathless” Review – 2009 New York Asian Film Festival
Christopher BournePosted on July 9, 2009 | No CommentsIn “Breathless”’ pre-credits opener, a man punches and kicks a screaming woman out on the street in front of a handful of shocked observers, who nevertheless do not attempt to […] -
Tak Sakaguchi and Isao Karasawa mock fight! – 2009 New York Asian Film Festival
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on June 30, 2009 | No CommentsTak Sakaguchi (坂口拓) and Isao Karasawa engaged in a friendly duel before the June 29, 2009 screening of "Be A Man! Samurai School" at the New York Asian Film Festival. -
![A Japanese action movie starring Takeshi Kaneshiro alone would prompt a number of women to run to the theaters, no matter what the quality of the film. “K-20: Legend of […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/takako-takeshi-115x115.jpg "“K-20: Legend of the Mask” Review – 2009 New York Asian Film Festival")
“K-20: Legend of the Mask” Review – 2009 New York Asian Film Festival
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on June 23, 2009 | No CommentsA Japanese action movie starring Takeshi Kaneshiro alone would prompt a number of women to run to the theaters, no matter what the quality of the film. “K-20: Legend of […] -
![Day after day all I see are dead people. And so the dead appear to me as serene, even beautiful. By contrast, the despicableness of the living began to irk […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/Departures-115x115.jpg "Yojiro Takita’s “Departures” – 2009 Tribeca Film Festival Review")
Yojiro Takita’s “Departures” – 2009 Tribeca Film Festival Review
Christopher BournePosted on June 14, 2009 | No CommentsDay after day all I see are dead people. And so the dead appear to me as serene, even beautiful. By contrast, the despicableness of the living began to irk […] -
![What kind of person would make a short film about bowel movements? NYU Tisch School of the Arts student and screenwriter Bryan Gaynor did just that, having suffered issues with […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "“Asshole” – 2009 Gen Art Film Festival Review")
“Asshole” – 2009 Gen Art Film Festival Review
Pei ChienPosted on May 6, 2009 | No CommentsWhat kind of person would make a short film about bowel movements? NYU Tisch School of the Arts student and screenwriter Bryan Gaynor did just that, having suffered issues with […] -
![Much of the independent film world has now become a frightening landscape of “Juno” clones, and Matt Aselton’s film “Gigantic” (co-scripted by Aselton and Adam Nagata) is proof of this. […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/still1-115x115.jpg "Matt Aselton’s “Gigantic” – 2009 Gen Art Film Festival Review")
Matt Aselton’s “Gigantic” – 2009 Gen Art Film Festival Review
Christopher BournePosted on May 5, 2009 | No CommentsMuch of the independent film world has now become a frightening landscape of “Juno” clones, and Matt Aselton’s film “Gigantic” (co-scripted by Aselton and Adam Nagata) is proof of this. […] -
“Kobe Doin’ Work” – 2009 Tribeca Film Festival Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on May 2, 2009 | No CommentsSpike Lee's documentary on Kobe Bryant brings the perceived glamour of pro basketball down to a workmanlike science, nearly to the point of monotony.