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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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Paris 2024: Oh Sang-uk wins South Korea’s first Olympic men’s individual fencing sabre gold
22 June 2025 10:11 AM | No CommentsFor all their accolades in the team sabre event, South Korea individual results were here and there. That changed in Paris.
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Paris 2024: Amid upheaval, South Korea defends Olympic men’s fencing team sabre title
22 June 2025 7:56 AM | No CommentsIn a sport born in France and traditionally dominated by Europeans, Team Korea has worked their way to the top of the men’s sabre fencing world.
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Philippines Archive
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Milo Sogueco’s “Mariquina” – 2014 Busan Film Review
Rex BaylonPosted on October 12, 2014 | No Comments"Mariquina" asks what price the viewer is willing to pay for modern comforts and convenience, because as the film shows, nothing in this world is free. -
“Transit” – 2014 Asian American International Film Festival Review
Christopher BournePosted on July 24, 2014 | No Comments"Transit," a beautifully affecting debut feature by Hannah Espia, sensitively deals with the plight of Filipino migrant workers in Israel. -
“Pridyider” (“The Fridge”) – 2013 New York Asian Film Festival Review
Angela K. HomPosted on July 9, 2013 | No CommentsIn “Pridyider” (“The Fridge”), a blood-thirsty appliance surpasses the human actors in interest and personality. -
“The Animals” – 2013 New York Asian Film Festival Review
Angela K. HomPosted on July 1, 2013 | No CommentsSex, drugs and...techno? Such is life for the young elite of a Filipino town in director Gino M. Santos’ debut full-length film "The Animals." -
On the red carpet: Anthony Wong (黃秋生) – 2013 Asian Film Awards
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on March 27, 2013 | No CommentsThe night after the "Ip Man - The Final Fight" world premiere, Anthony Wong explained to Meniscus that his preparations for the role were far from easy. -
Review: Chris Martinez’s “100”
Christopher BournePosted on April 13, 2012 | No CommentsIn Chris Martinez's debut "100," a woman about to die from cancer follows a series of Post-Its that detail what she wishes to accomplish before she passes. -
![The wonderfully expressive face of veteran Filipina actress Anita Linda is the heart and main attraction of Adolfo Alix, Jr.’s mesmerizing 2008 film Adela. Alix takes the opposite approach from many […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Adela1-115x115.jpg "Review: Adolfo Alix Jr.’s “Adela”")
Review: Adolfo Alix Jr.’s “Adela”
Christopher BournePosted on April 1, 2011 | No CommentsThe wonderfully expressive face of veteran Filipina actress Anita Linda is the heart and main attraction of Adolfo Alix, Jr.’s mesmerizing 2008 film Adela. Alix takes the opposite approach from many […] -
From a packed Pusan lineup, a Top 10 film list emerges
Christopher BournePosted on October 25, 2009 | No CommentsForming a list of the best films is probably the height of folly; still, I want to highlight some of the films at the 2009 Pusan International Film Festival. -
Lino Brocka’s “Insiang” – 2006 New York Film Festival Review
Christopher BournePosted on October 8, 2006 | No CommentsDespite considerable censorship, “Insiang” remains a stinging indictment of the squalor suffered by the poor during Ferdinand Marcos' regime.