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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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![A typically odd film from Park Chul-soo, one of Korea’s most original filmmakers, Kazoku Cinema (1998) satirically takes on the idea of artifice and “reality” being one and the same. The […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Kazoku-Cinema-115x115.jpg "Review: Park Chul-soo’s “Kazoku Cinema”")
Review: Park Chul-soo’s “Kazoku Cinema”
Christopher BournePosted on July 8, 2011 | No CommentsA typically odd film from Park Chul-soo, one of Korea’s most original filmmakers, Kazoku Cinema (1998) satirically takes on the idea of artifice and “reality” being one and the same. The […] -
![With First Lady Michelle Obama and the First Daughters (Sasha and Malia) attending, a sellout crowd saw Serena Williams and the Washington Kastles overwhelm the Boston Lobsters in a lopsided […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/wa_kastles_7_1143-115x115.jpg "WTT 2011: Washington Kastles 25, Boston Lobsters 10")
WTT 2011: Washington Kastles 25, Boston Lobsters 10
Kwai ChanPosted on July 7, 2011 | No CommentsWith First Lady Michelle Obama and the First Daughters (Sasha and Malia) attending, a sellout crowd saw Serena Williams and the Washington Kastles overwhelm the Boston Lobsters in a lopsided […] -
Yeo Joon Han and Peter Davis “Sell Out!” Q&A – 2011 NYAFF
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 5, 2011 | No CommentsPart-musical, part-social commentary on Malaysia, and part-cynical view of capitalism, the duo talk about how difficult it was to get their film screened. -
![The Washington Kastles started their 2011 World Team Tennis season with Venus Williams as the headliner. Earlier in the afternoon, Venus led a short kids’ tennis clinic before she and […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/315_wa_kastles_02_dxo-115x115.jpg "WTT 2011: Washington Kastles 21, Kansas City Explorers 18")
WTT 2011: Washington Kastles 21, Kansas City Explorers 18
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 5, 2011 | No CommentsThe Washington Kastles started their 2011 World Team Tennis season with Venus Williams as the headliner. Earlier in the afternoon, Venus led a short kids’ tennis clinic before she and […] -
![A couple of films in the 2011 edition of Japan Cuts, North America’s largest annual Japanese film festival, examine the paths that kids take years after suffering traumatic childhood experiences. […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/ALiar2-115x115.jpg "Japan Cuts films explore the long-term effects of broken childhoods")
Japan Cuts films explore the long-term effects of broken childhoods
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 4, 2011 | No CommentsA couple of films in the 2011 edition of Japan Cuts, North America’s largest annual Japanese film festival, examine the paths that kids take years after suffering traumatic childhood experiences. […] -
Takayuki Yamada (山田孝之) Q&A – 2011 New York Asian Film Festival
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 4, 2011 | No CommentsJapanese actor Takayuki Yamada answers questions before the screening of "13 Assassins" at the 2011 New York Asian Film Festival on July 2, 2011. -
WNBA 2011: Storm 73, Mystics 63
Kwai ChanPosted on July 3, 2011 | No CommentsPhotos from the Seattle Storm's 73-63 win over the Mystics in Washington, D.C. -
![The title of this 2006 film from Malaysian filmmaker James Lee could easily serve as that of a grand romantic epic, or perhaps one of the Korean television dramas extolled […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Before_We_Fall_In_Love_Again_4-115x115.jpg "Review: James Lee’s “Before We Fall in Love Again”")
Review: James Lee’s “Before We Fall in Love Again”
Christopher BournePosted on July 1, 2011 | No CommentsThe title of this 2006 film from Malaysian filmmaker James Lee could easily serve as that of a grand romantic epic, or perhaps one of the Korean television dramas extolled […] -
![A story about an awkward, bespectacled boy trying to make his way through school, meet new friends and find his way through life sounds like a straightforward feel-good Disney kids’ […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/NinjaKids-115x115.jpg "Takashi Miike’s “Ninja Kids!!!” (忍たま乱太郎) – 2011 NYAFF and Japan Cuts Review")
Takashi Miike’s “Ninja Kids!!!” (忍たま乱太郎) – 2011 NYAFF and Japan Cuts Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on June 28, 2011 | No CommentsA story about an awkward, bespectacled boy trying to make his way through school, meet new friends and find his way through life sounds like a straightforward feel-good Disney kids’ […] -
![Yoshimasa Ishibashi is a video installation artist-turned-sketch comedy director whose best known creation is the 2000 television show “Vermillion Pleasure Night.” This program featured among its wacky sketches “Oh, Mikey!” […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Milocrorze_011-115x115.jpg "\"Milocrorze: A Love Story\" (ミロクローゼ) – 2011 NYAFF/Japan Cuts Festival Review")
"Milocrorze: A Love Story" (ミロクローゼ) – 2011 NYAFF/Japan Cuts Festival Review
Christopher BournePosted on June 26, 2011 | No CommentsYoshimasa Ishibashi is a video installation artist-turned-sketch comedy director whose best known creation is the 2000 television show “Vermillion Pleasure Night.” This program featured among its wacky sketches “Oh, Mikey!” […]