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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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South Korea Archive
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“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. -
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. -
“A Violent Prosecutor” – 2016 New York Asian Film Festival Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on June 25, 2016 | No Comments“A Violent Prosecutor” features a strategically-timed sense of humor and the scene-stealing performance of Kang Dong-won. -
“Inside Men” (내부자들) – 2016 NYAFF Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on June 20, 2016 | No Comments"Inside Men" is packed with so many bad guys and so much sleaze that you actually find yourself rooting for who can devise the most vicious scheme to win. -
Geon Kim’s “Keep Going” – 2016 Short Shorts Film Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on June 11, 2016 | No CommentsGeon Kim's polished work could have easily been shown as part of a longer feature, following the scores of impressive Korean action films in recent years.