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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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Taiwan Archive
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“Zone Pro Site: The Moveable Feast” – 2014 NYAFF Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 6, 2014 | No CommentsChances are high that the one aspect of the film to appeal is the food, which takes center stage in another cheery Taiwanese bubble gum blockbuster. -
Arvin Chen’s “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?” – 2013 HKIFF Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on March 21, 2013 | No CommentsIn his latest, Chen surpasses his 2010 debut ("Au Revoir Taipei") with a growing maturity in his filmmaking. The movie makes its Asian premiere at the Hong Kong International Film Festival. -
Review: Tsai Ming-liang’s “I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone”
Christopher BournePosted on April 20, 2012 | No CommentsSimilar to Tsai's other features, "I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone" explores the actions of near-mute, lonely souls searching for connection. -
![Taiwanese experimental and documentary filmmaker Lin Tay-jou’s 2005 film Bardo is a 70-minute triptych about the stages of life death, and rebirth. As Lin himself explains on the film’s website, the […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Bardo2-115x115.jpg "Review: Lin Tay-jou’s “Bardo”")
Review: Lin Tay-jou’s “Bardo”
Christopher BournePosted on January 6, 2012 | No CommentsTaiwanese experimental and documentary filmmaker Lin Tay-jou’s 2005 film Bardo is a 70-minute triptych about the stages of life death, and rebirth. As Lin himself explains on the film’s website, the […] -
Review: Chen Kuo-fu’s “The Personals”
Christopher BournePosted on December 30, 2011 | No CommentsIn Chen Kuo-fu's lightly comic and ultimately poignant film "The Personals," the city of Taipei is as much a character as the humans in the story. -
![One of the most interesting things about Tsai Ming-liang’s filmmaking career, considering what an inimitable and uncompromising artist he is, is the fact that three of the nine […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Hole+1-115x115.png "Review: Tsai Ming-liang’s “The Hole”")
Review: Tsai Ming-liang’s “The Hole”
Christopher BournePosted on June 10, 2011 | No CommentsOne of the most interesting things about Tsai Ming-liang’s filmmaking career, considering what an inimitable and uncompromising artist he is, is the fact that three of the nine […] -
![One major element of Tsai Ming-liang’s films, remarked on by many commentators, is water; Tsai’s films are practically drenched with it. Water, in all its forms, courses through the films; […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Rebels+1-115x115.png "Review: Tsai Ming-liang’s “Rebels of the Neon God”")
Review: Tsai Ming-liang’s “Rebels of the Neon God”
Christopher BournePosted on May 20, 2011 | No CommentsOne major element of Tsai Ming-liang’s films, remarked on by many commentators, is water; Tsai’s films are practically drenched with it. Water, in all its forms, courses through the films; […] -
![Twice in The Fourth Portrait, Chung Mong-hong’s downbeat, episodic, and almost surreally fragmented second feature, Wen-hsiang (Bi Xiao-hai), the ten-year old boy at the narrative’s center, enters, and emerges from, […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/The+Fourth+Portrait+-+image+2-115x115.jpg "Review: Chung Mong-hong’s “The Fourth Portrait”")
Review: Chung Mong-hong’s “The Fourth Portrait”
Christopher BournePosted on May 8, 2011 | No CommentsTwice in The Fourth Portrait, Chung Mong-hong’s downbeat, episodic, and almost surreally fragmented second feature, Wen-hsiang (Bi Xiao-hai), the ten-year old boy at the narrative’s center, enters, and emerges from, […] -
![The omnibus film Juliets consists of three short films set in the 1970’s, the 1980’s (in flashback), and the present day, all riffing on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. As […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Juliets+-+image+2-115x115.jpg "Review: “Juliets”")
Review: “Juliets”
Christopher BournePosted on May 7, 2011 | No CommentsThe omnibus film Juliets consists of three short films set in the 1970’s, the 1980’s (in flashback), and the present day, all riffing on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. As […] -
![The 15th edition of the Pusan (now Busan) International Film Festival, the largest film festival in Asia, was a transitional year in many senses. First, Kim Dong-ho, the long-time founder […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/13-assassins-115x115.jpg "The best films of the 2010 Pusan International Film Festival")
The best films of the 2010 Pusan International Film Festival
Christopher BournePosted on August 31, 2010 | No CommentsThe 15th edition of the Pusan (now Busan) International Film Festival, the largest film festival in Asia, was a transitional year in many senses. First, Kim Dong-ho, the long-time founder […]