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Minatogawa StateSide Town – Urasoe, Okinawa, Japan
29 June 2019 8:24 AM | No CommentsIn this former military housing complex, rusty U.S. Mail boxes teeter beside cool boutiques, and American vintage goods spill off the shelves next door to uniquely Okinawan culinary creations.
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Photos: Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawai’i 2019
26 June 2019 12:43 PM | No CommentsOn Memorial Day, some 7,000 lanterns floated along the Ala Moana Beach in a magnificent display to pay respects to the fallen and loved ones.
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Eifuku Shokudo (栄福食堂, “Tony Soba”) – Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan
22 June 2019 12:43 AM | No CommentsTony Soba serves some of the cheapest bowls of Yaeyama soba one can find in Okinawa, and doubles as an unabashed shrine to a forgotten actor.
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“The Key” – Tribeca Immersive 2019
16 June 2019 12:33 PM | No CommentsWhat made "The Key" so popular amongst both the audience and the jury? An unexpected and somewhat controversial blend of fiction and documentary narratives.
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“Into the Light” – Tribeca Immersive 2019
05 June 2019 4:35 AM | No CommentsOffering a radical new way to experience music, "Into the Light" allows the listener to interact with it by regulating the special relationship with its source.
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South Korea Archive
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“Ordinary Person” – 2017 New York Asian Film Festival Review
Rex BaylonPosted on June 30, 2017 | No CommentsKim Bong-han's picture unabashedly shows that a mass of ordinary people can rewrite an entire nation’s narrative, from tyranny to democracy. -
Film Review: “Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned” (가려진 시간)
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on June 30, 2017 | No CommentsAlthough "Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned" focuses on time travel, a Disney movie this is not, and the consequences are more tragic than whimsical. -
“Fabricated City” – 2017 New York Asian Film Festival Review
Rex BaylonPosted on June 30, 2017 | No CommentsPark Kwang-hyun’s “Fabricated City” is a mishmash of genres and narrative clichés all wrapped into one convoluted conspiracy narrative. -
Meniscus Magazine’s Top 10 articles of 2016
Meniscus MagazinePosted on January 8, 2017 | No CommentsAnother year, another Top 10: our look at the most-read articles in Meniscus Magazine for 2016! For the first time, a sports article tops our list. -
Lee Byung-hun wins 2016 Star Asia Award in New York
Yanek ChePosted on November 13, 2016 | No CommentsSouth Korean actor Lee Byung-hun ("Inside Men") was one of three Star Asia Award winners at the 2016 New York Asian Film Festival. -
“Sori: Voice from the Heart” (로봇, 소리) – 2016 SDAFF Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on November 12, 2016 | No CommentsA father searches for his missing daughter and a secret satellite crashes to Earth in the thoughtful, and surprisingly moving, "Sori: Voice from the Heart." -
Film Review: “The Lovers and the Despot”
Christopher BournePosted on September 29, 2016 | No CommentsThe story of two South Koreans drafted into making films in North Korea potentially makes for a great movie. “The Lovers and the Despot” isn’t that film. -
Film Review: “Operation Chromite”
Christopher BournePosted on August 22, 2016 | No Comments“Operation Chromite”’s main weakness is that it treats all its characters as cardboard patriotic symbols rather than actual relatable people. -
“Train to Busan” (부산행) – 2016 Fantasia Film Review
Paul KazeePosted on August 2, 2016 | No CommentsCritics have been nearly unanimous in calling "Train to Busan" one of the best zombie flicks in years, and while it is that, it also has glaring flaws. -
“The Boys Who Cried Wolf” – 2016 New York Asian Film Festival Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 6, 2016 | No CommentsKim Jin-Hwang's feature debut "The Boys Who Cried Wolf" has established the director as another filmmaking force to be reckoned with in South Korea.
