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May Kamaka wins the Miss Chinatown Hawaii 2026 Pageant
09 October 2025 12:52 PM | No CommentsKamaka will now represent the neighborhood at the Miss Hawaii state pageant.
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M+ host of Guo Pei’s first major fashion exhibition in East Asia
07 October 2025 6:25 AM | No CommentsThe haute couture designer celebrated her first major solo fashion exhibition, continuing to build on the fame of her yellow gown worn by Rihanna at the 2015 Met Gala.
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Photos: G-STAR “Anatomic Denim” F/W 2025 collection & Denim Gorilla
05 October 2025 12:38 AM | No CommentsFor its "Anatomic Denim" collection, G-STAR came up with three products: a visual campaign, three denim product lines, and an art gorilla sculpture.
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MLB: Dodgers 7, Reds 0 (Aug. 25, 2025) – Shohei tutors Teoscar?
03 October 2025 1:20 AM | No CommentsBased on the video and photos...was Shohei giving Teoscar some pointers on how to play right field?
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MLB: Dodgers 7, Reds 0 (Aug. 25, 2025) – V of BTS throws opening pitch
01 October 2025 11:56 AM | No CommentsOne can be forgiven for wondering why the atmosphere at Dodger Stadium resembled a BTS concert instead of a home game against the Cincinnati Reds.
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Best Films of 2011: United Red Army / Caterpillar
Christopher BournePosted on December 25, 2011 | No CommentsKoji Wakamatsu has most definitely not mellowed in old age. -
![Former South Dakota homesteader turned novelist Oscar Micheaux went into filmmaking almost on a whim, and became one of the most influential pioneers of the early decades of cinema. […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Exile-115x115.jpg "Review: Oscar Micheaux’s “The Exile”")
Review: Oscar Micheaux’s “The Exile”
Christopher BournePosted on December 23, 2011 | No CommentsFormer South Dakota homesteader turned novelist Oscar Micheaux went into filmmaking almost on a whim, and became one of the most influential pioneers of the early decades of cinema. […] -
![A near-classic work of cinematic and cultural alchemy, Munyurangabo is not only the stunning debut of a major talent, but also an expressively beautiful vessel where the voice and experiences […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Review: Lee Isaac Chung’s “Munyurangabo”")
Review: Lee Isaac Chung’s “Munyurangabo”
Christopher BournePosted on December 16, 2011 | No CommentsA near-classic work of cinematic and cultural alchemy, Munyurangabo is not only the stunning debut of a major talent, but also an expressively beautiful vessel where the voice and experiences […] -
Zang Toi turns to Africa, Kirstie Alley and jewelry for Spring 2012
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on December 14, 2011 | No CommentsZang Toi draws upon his solo travels for inspiration. For Spring 2012, that destination was supposed to be Morocco. However, the trip didn’t happen. -
Review: Shohei Imamura’s “Stolen Desire”
Christopher BournePosted on December 9, 2011 | No CommentsStolen Desire (1958), Imamura’s first feature film, and the first of three films he released in that year, is his delightful tribute to the “earthy” citizens of the Kawachi […] -
![If a film festival programmer asked “Hostel” director and “Inglourious Basterds” actor Eli Roth to choose a title for the program, he or she would probably expect a horror movie […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/eli-roth-115x115.jpg "Singafest brings out “Hostel” director Eli Roth’s love for Asian films")
Singafest brings out “Hostel” director Eli Roth’s love for Asian films
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on December 7, 2011 | No CommentsIf a film festival programmer asked “Hostel” director and “Inglourious Basterds” actor Eli Roth to choose a title for the program, he or she would probably expect a horror movie […] -
Review: Lee Myung-se’s “Gagman”
Christopher BournePosted on December 2, 2011 | No Comments“We live in an age without masterpieces.” So laments Lee Jong-sae (Ahn Sung-ki), the stand-up comedian and aspiring film director who is the central figure of Gagman (1988), the debut […] -
2011 African Diaspora International Film Festival Review Round-up
Christopher BournePosted on November 26, 2011 | No CommentsThe 19th edition screens in New York from November 25 through December 13, 2011. -
Review: Shohei Imamura’s “A Man Vanishes”
Christopher BournePosted on November 25, 2011 | No CommentsA mystery without a solution, A Man Vanishes (1967) is a fascinating study of the eminently collapsible boundary between reality and artifice. More precisely, it suggests that what we […] -
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.