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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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“It’s a beautiful day for a crossword puzzle tournament” in New York
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on March 17, 2012 | No CommentsTyler Hinman’s five-title winning streak at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament ended when he came in fourth in 2010 to Dan Feyer. -
![The title of Lee Joon-ik’s The Happy Life at first seems like a bitterly ironic jape, since the lives we see on display seem to be anything but. Ki-young (Jung Jin-young), […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Review: Lee Joon-ik’s “The Happy Life”")
Review: Lee Joon-ik’s “The Happy Life”
Christopher BournePosted on March 16, 2012 | No CommentsThe title of Lee Joon-ik’s The Happy Life at first seems like a bitterly ironic jape, since the lives we see on display seem to be anything but. Ki-young (Jung Jin-young), […] -
![all photos by Kwai Chan / Meniscus Magazine Video: Rebecca Taylor – Fall 2012 New York Fashion Week video by Kwai Chan / Meniscus Magazine Other credits: Hair: Dai Michishita […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/NYFash_Fall_2012_Taylor_120210_0073-115x115.jpg "Rebecca Taylor – Fall 2012 New York Fashion Week")
Rebecca Taylor – Fall 2012 New York Fashion Week
Kwai ChanPosted on March 10, 2012 | No Commentsall photos by Kwai Chan / Meniscus Magazine Video: Rebecca Taylor – Fall 2012 New York Fashion Week video by Kwai Chan / Meniscus Magazine Other credits: Hair: Dai Michishita […] -
Review: John Carney’s “Once”
Christopher BournePosted on March 9, 2012 | No CommentsA small film in the greatest sense of the word, Once is a musical of a different kind. Appropriately, since the film’s songs are its core, Once is musical in […] -
![One of my favorite recent Japanese films is the complex crime drama/lovers-on-the-run story Villain, screening as part of Japan Society’s film series “Love Will Tear Us Apart.” Below is what I […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/AC_Villain_악인_ST4-115x115.jpg "“Love Will Tear Us Apart” Review: Lee Sang-il’s “Villain”")
“Love Will Tear Us Apart” Review: Lee Sang-il’s “Villain”
Christopher BournePosted on March 8, 2012 | No CommentsOne of my favorite recent Japanese films is the complex crime drama/lovers-on-the-run story Villain, screening as part of Japan Society’s film series “Love Will Tear Us Apart.” Below is what I […] -
![Tale of Cinema, Hong’s sixth feature, is an incredibly witty and playful meditation on the confluence of life and cinema. Over the course of twelve films, Hong has […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/TaleOfCinema_01-115x115.jpg "“Love Will Tear Us Apart” Review: Hong Sangsoo’s “Tale of Cinema”")
“Love Will Tear Us Apart” Review: Hong Sangsoo’s “Tale of Cinema”
Christopher BournePosted on March 7, 2012 | No CommentsTale of Cinema, Hong’s sixth feature, is an incredibly witty and playful meditation on the confluence of life and cinema. Over the course of twelve films, Hong has […] -
Film Review: So Yong Kim’s “Treeless Mountain”
Christopher BournePosted on March 2, 2012 | No CommentsSo Yong Kim's ineffably lovely second feature "Treeless Mountain" focuses on two sisters and their increasingly precarious existence. -
![Inspiration: The Golden Age of Shanghai, when the city was referred as the “Paris of the Orient,” and a quote by Marlene Dietrich: “I dress for the image. Not for […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/NYFash_Fall_2012_Shoji_120209_0369-115x115.jpg "Tadashi Shoji – Fall 2012 New York Fashion Week")
Tadashi Shoji – Fall 2012 New York Fashion Week
Kwai ChanPosted on March 1, 2012 | No CommentsInspiration: The Golden Age of Shanghai, when the city was referred as the “Paris of the Orient,” and a quote by Marlene Dietrich: “I dress for the image. Not for […] -
![Shinya Tsukamoto’s beautiful film Vital (2004), one of the great highlights of Japan Society’s film series “Love Will Tear Us Apart,” continues his filmic exploration of the human […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/vital_8-115x115.jpg "“Love Will Tear Us Apart” Review: Shinya Tsukamoto’s “Vital”")
“Love Will Tear Us Apart” Review: Shinya Tsukamoto’s “Vital”
Christopher BournePosted on March 1, 2012 | No CommentsShinya Tsukamoto’s beautiful film Vital (2004), one of the great highlights of Japan Society’s film series “Love Will Tear Us Apart,” continues his filmic exploration of the human […] -
DPRK Film Reviews: “Bellflower,” “My Look in the Distant Future”
Christopher BournePosted on February 24, 2012 | No CommentsThe melodramatic sugar makes the ideological medicine go down in "Bellflower." "My Look in the Distant Future" exhorts its viewers to look to the future.