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2019 Embassy Chef Challenge: Barbados, Haiti bag top awards
20 April 2019 12:13 AM | No CommentsThe 11th annual Events DC Embassy Chef Challenge presented by TCMA hosted a competition among 19 nations for a variety of prizes.
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Rubber duckies race for charity in Hawaii
12 April 2019 8:56 PM | No CommentsThe 32nd Annual Great Hawaii Rubber Duckie Race took place on March 30, 2019, and helped to promote the work of the United Cerebral Palsy Association.
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Highlights from the 2019 ADAA Art Show
09 April 2019 12:22 PM | No CommentsThe Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) Art Show took place at the Park Avenue Armory in New York from Feb. 27 to Mar. 3.
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Marsha Cottrell – 2019 ADAA Art Show
04 April 2019 10:36 AM | No CommentsSeveral of Marsha Cottrell's works featuring laser toner on paper were on display at the annual ADAA Art Show in New York.
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Yeo Siew Hwa’s “A Land Imagined” – 2019 Hong Kong Film Review
31 March 2019 9:49 PM | No Comments"A Land Imagined" tries too hard to showcase a side of Singapore that is the polar opposite of the squeaky clean image advertised in tourism brochures.
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Han Ka-ram’s “Our Body” – 2019 Hong Kong Film Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on March 23, 2019 | No CommentsAt first glance, Ja-young is a frustrating case study of a NEET poster child in South Korea. And yet, it is difficult to feel sympathetic for her in "Our Body." -
Meniscus Magazine’s Top 10 articles of 2018
Meniscus MagazinePosted on January 2, 2019 | No CommentsThree reviews of Korean films made it to the list (proving the continued global influence of South Korean cinema) as well as three articles about food (proving that our readers are very hungry people). -
“A Boy and Sungreen” (보희와 녹양) – 2018 Busan Film Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 10, 2018 | No CommentsIn "A Boy and Sungreen," what the main character Bo-hee ultimately learns ends up becoming the lesson for the viewer. -
“Memories of a Dead End” (막다른 골목의 추억) – 2018 Busan Film Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 9, 2018 | No CommentsIn the latest cinematic adaptation of Banana Yoshimoto’s work, Korean director Choi Hyun-young captures the spirit of the author’s literary style. -
Busan 2018: Lee Chang-dong, Yoo Ah-in, Jeon Jong-seo talk about “Burning”
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 8, 2018 | No CommentsLee's masterful "Burning" is his first work in eight years. The director, along with actors Yoo and Jeon, talked about its themes and script in Busan. -
Film Review: “Cold Eyes” (감시자들)
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 22, 2018 | No Comments"Cold Eyes," one of the top-grossing South Korean films in 2013, focuses on an intelligence squad's chase of a group of dangerous criminals. -
“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. -
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. -
“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. -
Kang Dong-won (강동원) wins 2017 Star Asia Award in New York
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 14, 2017 | No CommentsThe South Korean actor won the award at the 2017 New York Asian Film Festival before the screening of his film, "Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned."
