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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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“Crossroads: One Two Jaga” – 2018 Udine Far East Film Festival Review
Alfonse ChiuPosted on June 22, 2018 | No CommentsThe latest by Malaysian screen veteran Namron is an interesting, though occasionally uneven, take on culpability, civil discontent, and the plights of those trying to survive in a broken system. -
“Steel Rain” – 2018 Udine Far East Film Festival Review
Alfonse ChiuPosted on June 22, 2018 | No CommentsIn "Steel Rain," an almost pre-apocalyptic buddy cop thriller, North-South camaraderie save the day in an obvious paean to Korean fraternity and a reunified state. -
“Tremble All You Want” – 2018 Hong Kong Film Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on May 6, 2018 | No Comments"Tremble All You Want" (勝手にふるえてろ) is one of the more refreshing films on the triumphs and travails of young adulthood to come out of Japan in recent years. -
Red carpet: Jamie Foxx – 2018 Tribeca Film Festival
Yanek ChePosted on April 24, 2018 | No CommentsJamie Foxx was the main subject at a Tribeca Talks: Storytellers panel dedicated to the actor, comedian and musician in New York on Apr. 23. -
“Amiko” – 2018 Hong Kong International Film Festival Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on March 28, 2018 | No CommentsFollowing Amiko through her angst-driven journey to get over her so-called lost love is equivalent to a Japanese adolescent's realization of a Taylor Swift music video. -
Film Review: Dmitrii Kalashnikov’s “The Road Movie”
Christopher BournePosted on January 20, 2018 | No CommentsAn edited compilation of dashboard camera footage shot all around Russia, “The Road Movie” affords viewers a way of peering into the country's collective psyche. -
Hong Sang-soo’s “Claire’s Camera” – 2017 San Diego Asian Film Review
Christopher BournePosted on November 22, 2017 | No CommentsShot on the fly in nine days, "Claire's Camera" is a subtly non-linear narrative, and a charming roundelay of chance encounters and romantic complications. -
“Abacus: Small Enough to Jail” – 2017 DOC NYC Film Review
Christopher BournePosted on November 15, 2017 | No Comments“Abacus: Small Enough to Jail” focuses on the only bank – a small community bank in New York’s Chinatown – that was indicted after the 2008 crisis. -
2017 Capitolfest: Fay Wray, short films and much more
Paul KazeePosted on August 27, 2017 | No CommentsFay Wray was the featured star at this year's Capitolfest. Audiences were delighted to learn that her daughter would be the festival's very special guest. -
“The Villainess” (악녀) – 2017 BiFan Film Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 17, 2017 | No CommentsKim Ok-bin sinks her teeth - or rather, her knife - into an exhausting lead role of a female killing machine who occasionally shows emotional cracks.