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In what turns out to be Son’s Tottenham farewell tour, Spurs beat Arsenal in Hong Kong
05 August 2025 4:59 AM | No CommentsSon Heung-min leaves Tottenham Hotspur having made 333 appearances for the club over 10 seasons.
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“A Samurai in Time” – 2025 Japan Cuts Film Review
16 July 2025 12:42 PM | No CommentsTime travel is a well-worn trope, but there is a reason that the low-budget “A Samurai in Time” managed to win Best Film honors at the Japan Academy Film Prize.
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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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South Korea Archive
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In Ryoo Seung-wan’s “The Berlin File,” the Cold War lives on
Christopher BournePosted on February 15, 2013 | No CommentsThe latest film from the action maestro imagines the formerly divided city of Berlin as the setting of complicated machinations between North and South Korea. -
“Young Gun in the Time” – 2012 San Diego Asian Film Festival Review
Christopher BournePosted on November 1, 2012 | No CommentsRaymond Chandler meets “Back to the Future,” with a liberal dose of Seijun Suzuki tossed into the mix, in “Young Gun in the Time,” writer-director Oh Young-doo’s clever and funny time-travel detective story. -
Review: Park Chan-wook’s “Thirst”
Christopher BournePosted on July 30, 2012 | No CommentsPark Chan-wook’s vampire movie "Thirst," in the end, is all style and very little substance. -
An interview with Daniel Henney: Comedy, career and Korea
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 29, 2012 | 5 CommentsDaniel Henney spoke with Meniscus Magazine about "Shanghai Calling," how his very first TV shoot nearly ended in disaster and much more. -
Review: Shin Sang-ok’s “Mother and a Guest”
Christopher BournePosted on July 27, 2012 | No CommentsOne of four films Shin Sang-ok released in 1961, "Mother and a Guest" remains one of his most celebrated and enduring films. -
Choi Min-Sik (최민식) – 2012 New York Asian Film Festival
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 3, 2012 | No CommentsThe legendary Korean actor Choi Min-Sik 최민식 (OLDBOY, SYMPATHY FOR LADY VENGEANCE) traveled to the Big Apple for the first time to attend the New York Asian Film Festival. -
![A Michael Haneke film on acid, Kim Jin-won’s The Butcher is a relentless 75-minute assault on the senses. The premise is as simple as it is brutal: a group […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/butcher01-115x115.jpg "Review: Kim Jin-won’s “The Butcher”")
Review: Kim Jin-won’s “The Butcher”
Christopher BournePosted on May 18, 2012 | No CommentsA Michael Haneke film on acid, Kim Jin-won’s The Butcher is a relentless 75-minute assault on the senses. The premise is as simple as it is brutal: a group […] -
![Lee Joon-ik’s filmography includes both period films (Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield, The King and the Clown, Battlefield Heroes) and contemporary music-themed films (Radio Star, The Happy Life). […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Sunny+5-115x115.jpg "Review: Lee Joon-ik’s “Sunny”")
Review: Lee Joon-ik’s “Sunny”
Christopher BournePosted on April 27, 2012 | No CommentsLee Joon-ik’s filmography includes both period films (Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield, The King and the Clown, Battlefield Heroes) and contemporary music-themed films (Radio Star, The Happy Life). […] -
![Lee Chung-ryoul’s documentary Old Partner was a surprise hit in Korea in 2009, expanding through word of mouth from an initial release on seven screens to becoming number one […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Old+Partner-115x115.jpg "Review: Lee Chung-ryoul’s “Old Partner”")
Review: Lee Chung-ryoul’s “Old Partner”
Christopher BournePosted on March 30, 2012 | No CommentsLee Chung-ryoul’s documentary Old Partner was a surprise hit in Korea in 2009, expanding through word of mouth from an initial release on seven screens to becoming number one […] -
Review: Kim Ki-duk’s “Real Fiction”
Christopher BournePosted on March 23, 2012 | No Comments"Real Fiction," shot in 200 minutes using ten 35mm cameras and two DV camcorders, was conceived as an experiment, and it’s not an entirely successful one.