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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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Review: Jia Zhang-ke’s “Still Life”
Christopher BournePosted on November 18, 2011 | No CommentsMemory of what is rapidly being lost is one of the many eloquent themes in "Still Life." The loss of the past is what links the two non-converging stories. -
![Tan Chui Mui’s remarkable debut feature Love Conquers All (2006) is a beautiful, unsettling, baffling, and subtly surreal work that confirms the considerable talent to be found in contemporary Malaysian cinema. […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Love-Conquers-All-2-115x115.jpg "Review: Tan Chui Mui’s “Love Conquers All”")
Review: Tan Chui Mui’s “Love Conquers All”
Christopher BournePosted on November 11, 2011 | No CommentsTan Chui Mui’s remarkable debut feature Love Conquers All (2006) is a beautiful, unsettling, baffling, and subtly surreal work that confirms the considerable talent to be found in contemporary Malaysian cinema. […] -
![One of the best, and certainly most visually impressive, cinematic depictions of the Korean War, Spring in My Hometown (1998) takes a very different approach from other films on this subject. […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Spring-in-My-Hometown-1-115x115.jpg "Review: Lee Kwang-mo’s “Spring in My Hometown”")
Review: Lee Kwang-mo’s “Spring in My Hometown”
Christopher BournePosted on November 4, 2011 | No CommentsOne of the best, and certainly most visually impressive, cinematic depictions of the Korean War, Spring in My Hometown (1998) takes a very different approach from other films on this subject. […] -
Review: Risa Morimoto’s “Wings of Defeat”
Christopher BournePosted on October 28, 2011 | No Comments"Wings of Defeat" sheds valuable light on one of the most notorious yet least understood aspects of World War II, the Japanese pilots known as kamikaze. -
Y-3 Spring 2012 – New York Fashion Week
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 24, 2011 | No CommentsYamamoto continues to push his signature loosely flowing threads and asymmetric aesthetic well beyond typical form-fitting sportswear. -
![At the 1999 Cannes Film Festival, L’Humanité, along with the top prizewinner, Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne’s Rosetta, was one of The Little French Films That Could, coming from seemingly […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/LHumanite-1-115x115.jpg "Review: Bruno Dumont’s “L’Humanité”")
Review: Bruno Dumont’s “L’Humanité”
Christopher BournePosted on October 21, 2011 | No CommentsAt the 1999 Cannes Film Festival, L’Humanité, along with the top prizewinner, Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne’s Rosetta, was one of The Little French Films That Could, coming from seemingly […] -
![Shin Sang-ok’s 1960 feature A Romantic Papa was the first production from his newly established company, Shin Films. Shin had already established himself as one of the most […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Romantic+Papa+001_0001-115x115.jpg "Review: Shin Sang-ok’s “A Romantic Papa”")
Review: Shin Sang-ok’s “A Romantic Papa”
Christopher BournePosted on October 14, 2011 | No CommentsShin Sang-ok’s 1960 feature A Romantic Papa was the first production from his newly established company, Shin Films. Shin had already established himself as one of the most […] -
Herve Leger by Max Azria Spring 2012 – New York Fashion Week Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 10, 2011 | No CommentsWhat sparkled throughout the Herve Leger Spring 2012 collection were shimmering black, gold, silver, nude and gunmetal braids woven into dresses. -
Ruffian Spring 2012 – New York Fashion Week Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 8, 2011 | No CommentsWith a Spring 2012 collection titled “Thoroughbred,” Ruffian presented a fitting combination of boyish cuts and feminine ruffles on puffy sleeves. -
Film Review: Buichi Saito’s “Plains Wanderer”
Christopher BournePosted on October 7, 2011 | No CommentsBuichi Saito’s 1960 feature "Plains Wanderer" is a sterling example of the “Eastern Western” genre, a popular staple of Nikkatsu action films.