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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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Paris 2024: Oh Sang-uk wins South Korea’s first Olympic men’s individual fencing sabre gold
22 June 2025 10:11 AM | No CommentsFor all their accolades in the team sabre event, South Korea individual results were here and there. That changed in Paris.
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Lars Wallin Fall 2015 – Hong Kong Fashion Week
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on January 22, 2015 | No CommentsThe Lars Wallin Fall 2015 collection was a delightfully wicked fairy tale channeling Mary Poppins, gliding into the Tokyo's Harajuku sans parasol. -
Academy of Art University Spring 2015 – NY Fashion Week
Shelly XuPosted on January 18, 2015 | No CommentsFive womenswear and seven menswear designers featured their capsule collections at the Academy of Art University Spring 2015 graduate student show. -
ICB by Prabal Gurung Spring 2015: A tomboyish edge
Angela K. HomPosted on January 17, 2015 | No CommentsPrabal Gurung's ninth collection for ICB was a study of capturing motion through the fluidity of fabric, prints and fringe. -
Jun Mizutani wins 2014 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals men’s singles title
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on January 10, 2015 | No CommentsTable tennis: Jun Mizutani defeated Dimitrij Ovtcharov, 14-12, 12-10, 8-11, 11-3, 6-11, 12-14, 11-6, to capture the title and the US$100,000 prize. -
Fashion Shenzhen Spring 2015: Ellassay, Lizzy and Haiping Xie
Angela K. HomPosted on January 10, 2015 | No CommentsThe collective runway show featured three of the Chinese city’s homegrown fashion brands - Ellassay (歌力思), Lizzy and Haiping Xie (谢海平) - in New York. -
Koonhor Spring 2015: Traditional + modern = art
Angela K. HomPosted on January 6, 2015 | No CommentsCombining avant-garde streetwear and artisanal craft, the Koonhor Spring 2015 collection would blend right in at a modern art museum on a sporty-chic day. -
Film Review: Tsui Hark’s “The Taking of Tiger Mountain”
Christopher BournePosted on January 5, 2015 | No Comments"The Taking of Tiger Mountain" revamps a popular 1957 novel set during the Chinese Civil War and turns it into a 3D extravaganza, with mixed results. -
Robert Geller Spring 2015: Relaxed, modern basics
Angela K. HomPosted on January 4, 2015 | No CommentsStripped of any over-the-top cuts or complications, the comfort and modernity of Geller's clothes was certainly helped by a clean color palette. -
Lacoste Spring 2015: Practicality inspired by the sea
Angela K. HomPosted on January 3, 2015 | No CommentsA sleek, sporty practicality ruled over the Lacoste Spring 2015 collection, which is what we have come to expect from designer Felipe Oliveira Baptista. -
Film Review: “The Interview”
Christopher BournePosted on December 31, 2014 | No Comments"The Interview" is an outrageous farce instead of a sustained, coherent and truly incisive attack on its targets - ultimately holding it back from being the truly great comic work it could have been.