Bruno Dumont’s 2006 film, Flanders, a return to form after his failed US-set experiment, Twentynine Palms, returned Dumont to his familiar milieu of raw sex and violence told with Bressonian preciseness and economy. While Flanders is not quite up to the level of his near-masterpieces Life of Jesus and Humanity, it is a searing vision of war and its effects on those who fight it and those they leave behind, made all the more powerful by Dumont’s..." title="Review: Bruno Dumont’s “Flanders”" />Most recent stories
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Graphic Novel Review: “Deadly Class” Vols. 1-3 (Issues 1-16)
Rex BaylonPosted on November 28, 2015 | No Comments...put a few of his experiences as a teen in the late ‘80s into graphic novel form. It is evident through the dialogue that Remender had lived or known these characters personally. Mining his troubled youth, the writer doesn’t paint a rose-tinted view of high school or adolescence. Several pages are devoted to the introduction of Marcus to the various characters and cliques of Kings Dominion, and the best parts are when we delve deeper into their bac... -
“Bound for the Fields, the Mountains and the Seacoast”: Film Review
Rex BaylonPosted on November 18, 2015 | No Comments...e the grandmaster, Obayashi’s jokes fall mostly flat. The film only breaks form during the picture’s climax and final moments, wherein Obayashi’s experimental streak explodes into stark black and white, as each character disintegrates in a cloud of magician’s smoke before our very eyes. Of course what many will probably notice is the politics in the picture. As a child during the war years the director obviously has a negative viewpoint towards wa... -
Rugby sevens: Japan men earn ticket to Rio 2016 Olympics
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on November 21, 2015 | No Comments...urnament, gaining a spot in the main event for the 2014-2015 season and performing respectably, avoiding relegation. Hong Kong has competed in the immensely popular Sevens event at home thanks to the fact that they are already based in the host city. They are also the reigning 2014 Asian Games silver medalists, having lost in the final match to…Japan. After the first half, it looked as if Team Hong Kong was well on its way towards an upset. Aggres... -
Film Review: Wilson Yip’s “Ip Man 3”
Christopher BournePosted on January 26, 2016 | No Comments...tic, with flashes of transcendent beauty embedded within them. The main performances also impress greatly. Yen, just as in the previous two installments, brings an understated grace to this role, providing wonderful shadings to a character whom on paper would seem to be unrealistically virtuous. Yen is given excellent support and counterbalance by an equally accomplished performance by Xiong as Wing-sing; together they are beautifully convincing a... -
Qiaotou Tai Chen Meat Bun (橋頭肉包) (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on May 15, 2016 | No Comments...e KMRT station to the decaying sugar factory, a cheery intermission in the form of smiling cartoon mantou (饅頭) – or Chinese steamed buns – greets the traveler. The grounds of the Qiaotou Tai Chen Meat Bun shop outside the R23 KMRT stop. (photo by Yuan-Kwan Chan / Meniscus Magazine) The business card for Qiaotou Tai Chen Meat Bun (橋頭肉包) reveals that the business has now passed down to the third generation of the Chen family and is celebrating 70... -
Review: Bruno Dumont’s “Flanders”
Christopher BournePosted on September 9, 2011 | No CommentsBruno Dumont’s 2006 film, Flanders, a return to form after his failed US-set experiment, Twentynine Palms, returned Dumont to his familiar milieu of raw sex and violence told with Bressonian preciseness and economy. While Flanders is not quite up to the level of his near-masterpieces Life of Jesus and Humanity, it is a searing vision of war and its effects on those who fight it and those they leave behind, made all the more powerful by Dumont’s...