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David Shrigley: “Untitled” (2025) – Art Basel Hong Kong 2025
13 June 2025 8:43 PM | No CommentsWhat if, in fact, the inner thoughts and mere existences of animals really were as simplistic, yet hilariously blunt, as one imagined?
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Akita City “Kanto Matsuri” performance – 2024 Honolulu Festival
19 April 2025 7:57 AM | No CommentsThe Akita City Kanto Festival Executive Committee performed at the 2024 Honolulu Festival, showcasing music and pole-balancing stunts from its annual Kanto Matsuri.
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Petit Bateau Fall 2025 – Tokyo Fashion Week
19 April 2025 5:39 AM | No CommentsWhy did a 132-year-old French casualwear brand, mostly focusing on children's fashion, decide to show at the Tokyo Fall/Winter 2025 collections?
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tiit tokyo Fall 2025 – Tokyo Fashion Week
18 April 2025 9:30 PM | No CommentsAccording to the Rakuten Fashion Week TOKYO show notes, for the Fall/Winter 2025 season, the designers were "inspired by the Danish film "When Animals Dream.""
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Sumo: 73rd yokozuna Terunofuji retires, leaves lasting legacy
10 April 2025 11:57 AM | No CommentsThe Mongolian's calm, regal presence in the dohyo will certainly be missed, but there is no rest for the weary.
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Yi Seung-jun’s “Crossing Beyond” – 2018 Busan Film Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 9, 2018 | No CommentsPutting together a film that represents the scope of a large international event is daunting no matter what the language. Such was the case for “Crossing Beyond,” the documentary for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. -
“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." -
“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. -
“Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned” (가려진 시간) – 2017 NYAFF Review
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.