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  • <span class="excerpt_part">...ge of sequins, beadwork and lace. One outfit was a literal mermaid gown: a <strong>form</strong>-fitting dress with sheer panelling and strategically-placed beadwork ending in a blue ombre cascade of fishscale-like ruffles. The copper-colored beadwork on the bodice and sleeves of a light brown ruffled dress was reminiscent of seaweed floating in the waves – in a good way. A Lizzy evening gown by designer Ren Xin. (photo by Angela K. Hom / Meniscus Magazine) (all p...</span>

    Fashion Shenzhen Spring 2015: Ellassay, Lizzy and Haiping Xie

    Angela K. Hom
    Posted on January 10, 2015 | No Comments
    ...ge of sequins, beadwork and lace. One outfit was a literal mermaid gown: a form-fitting dress with sheer panelling and strategically-placed beadwork ending in a blue ombre cascade of fishscale-like ruffles. The copper-colored beadwork on the bodice and sleeves of a light brown ruffled dress was reminiscent of seaweed floating in the waves – in a good way. A Lizzy evening gown by designer Ren Xin. (photo by Angela K. Hom / Meniscus Magazine) (all p...

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  • <span class="excerpt_part">...he more visually impressive and compelling of the two, taken together they <strong>form</strong> quite a fascinating study of cinematic time and space. Benning filmed 13 Lakes over the course of one and a half years, traversing the country across both coasts, as well as Alaska. Each lake is filmed in the exact same position: the camera is set up at the shore, although we never see the shoreline; the camera is positioned such that the line of the horizon bisects th...</span>

    Review: James Benning’s “13 Lakes”

    Christopher Bourne
    Posted on August 9, 2011 | No Comments
    ...he more visually impressive and compelling of the two, taken together they form quite a fascinating study of cinematic time and space. Benning filmed 13 Lakes over the course of one and a half years, traversing the country across both coasts, as well as Alaska. Each lake is filmed in the exact same position: the camera is set up at the shore, although we never see the shoreline; the camera is positioned such that the line of the horizon bisects th...

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  • <span class="excerpt_part">...were taken from Korea, a colony of Japan during the war, and their stories <strong>form</strong> the basis of Byun Young-joo’s extraordinary documentary trilogy on the comfort women of Korea: The Murmuring (1995), Habitual Sadness (1997), and My Own Breathing (1999). Taken together, this trilogy (called the “Low Voice” trilogy, after the Korean titles of the first two installments) is one of the monumental works of world documentary, entirely the equal of such fil...</span>

    Review: Byun Young-joo, “The Murmuring”

    Christopher Bourne
    Posted on February 4, 2011 | No Comments
    ...were taken from Korea, a colony of Japan during the war, and their stories form the basis of Byun Young-joo’s extraordinary documentary trilogy on the comfort women of Korea: The Murmuring (1995), Habitual Sadness (1997), and My Own Breathing (1999). Taken together, this trilogy (called the “Low Voice” trilogy, after the Korean titles of the first two installments) is one of the monumental works of world documentary, entirely the equal of such fil...

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  • <span class="excerpt_part">...cinema, using text, calligraphy, and frames within frames within frames to <strong>form</strong> an ornate collage, however visually elegant it often is, turns out in practice to be not quite as compelling as he thinks. So it is with genuine pleasure (and relief) that I say that with Rembrandt’s J’Accuse, Greenaway has finally come up with a film that puts his visual and intellectual arsenal to brilliant effect, turning Rembrandt’s The Night Watch into evidence of...</span>

    Review: Peter Greenaway’s “Rembrandt’s J’Accuse”

    Christopher Bourne
    Posted on April 15, 2011 | No Comments
    ...cinema, using text, calligraphy, and frames within frames within frames to form an ornate collage, however visually elegant it often is, turns out in practice to be not quite as compelling as he thinks. So it is with genuine pleasure (and relief) that I say that with Rembrandt’s J’Accuse, Greenaway has finally come up with a film that puts his visual and intellectual arsenal to brilliant effect, turning Rembrandt’s The Night Watch into evidence of...

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  • <span class="excerpt_part">...yle is very different) Hong Sang-soo’s films, since he very similarly transforms very ordinary details into quite lovely patterns. One example of how the smallest situations are spun into something quite funny occurs when Baruen complains about the hand-me-down old shoes he has to wear, and asks his father to buy him new ones. Ue-jin asks for new shoes also, and tries to pass his old shoes once again to Baruen. The conversation expands into a phil...</span>

    Review: Shin Sang-ok’s “A Romantic Papa”

    Christopher Bourne
    Posted on October 14, 2011 | No Comments
    ...yle is very different) Hong Sang-soo’s films, since he very similarly transforms very ordinary details into quite lovely patterns. One example of how the smallest situations are spun into something quite funny occurs when Baruen complains about the hand-me-down old shoes he has to wear, and asks his father to buy him new ones. Ue-jin asks for new shoes also, and tries to pass his old shoes once again to Baruen. The conversation expands into a phil...

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  • <span class="excerpt_part">...wen), a comely girl who works the counter at the roller rink, and whose uni<strong>form</strong> is a blouse and the shortest skirt or pair of shorts she can find to wear. Ah-tse masturbates to the very loud noises of Ah-ping and Ah-kuei having sex, incidentally echoing a key scene in Tsai’s next feature, Vive L’Amour. Later in the film, Ah-ping proposes sharing Ah-kuei with his brother. The three of them eventually spend their nights getting drunk and riding thei...</span>

    Review: Tsai Ming-liang’s “Rebels of the Neon God”

    Christopher Bourne
    Posted on May 20, 2011 | No Comments
    ...wen), a comely girl who works the counter at the roller rink, and whose uniform is a blouse and the shortest skirt or pair of shorts she can find to wear. Ah-tse masturbates to the very loud noises of Ah-ping and Ah-kuei having sex, incidentally echoing a key scene in Tsai’s next feature, Vive L’Amour. Later in the film, Ah-ping proposes sharing Ah-kuei with his brother. The three of them eventually spend their nights getting drunk and riding thei...

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  • <span class="excerpt_part">...ell as the neon panorama of Tokyo’s cityscape. Avant-garde cinema deeply informs this documentary; such scenes as fireflies buzzing in grainy low-light and insects flying in blinding floodlights would not be at all out of place in a film by Stan Brakhage or Nathaniel Dorsky. Jessica Oreck, currently an animal handler at the American Museum of Natural History, reinvents nature documentary with “Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo,” transforming what could...</span>

    Review: Jessica Oreck’s “Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo”

    Christopher Bourne
    Posted on May 4, 2012 | No Comments
    ...ell as the neon panorama of Tokyo’s cityscape. Avant-garde cinema deeply informs this documentary; such scenes as fireflies buzzing in grainy low-light and insects flying in blinding floodlights would not be at all out of place in a film by Stan Brakhage or Nathaniel Dorsky. Jessica Oreck, currently an animal handler at the American Museum of Natural History, reinvents nature documentary with “Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo,” transforming what could...

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  • <span class="excerpt_part">...ive, over-sexed imagination. The story threads eventually come together to <strong>form</strong> a vast, global conspiracy that is hilariously explained breathlessly by one of the characters late in the film, in which everything we have seen before is revealed to be not what they appear. This late-film explanation is reminiscent of the latter minutes of a typical Scooby-Doo episode, as villains become unmasked. Kaboom rides at a brisk pace, continually topping its...</span>

    Review: Gregg Araki’s “Kaboom”

    Christopher Bourne
    Posted on January 28, 2011 | No Comments
    ...ive, over-sexed imagination. The story threads eventually come together to form a vast, global conspiracy that is hilariously explained breathlessly by one of the characters late in the film, in which everything we have seen before is revealed to be not what they appear. This late-film explanation is reminiscent of the latter minutes of a typical Scooby-Doo episode, as villains become unmasked. Kaboom rides at a brisk pace, continually topping its...

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  • <span class="excerpt_part">...evious film, the feature One Day. The film also boasts a strong central performance by pop star Vivian Hsu, boldly cast against type as the awkward and dowdy protagonist. The second and strongest short, Shen Ko-shang’s “Two Juliets,” ambitiously spans two time periods, the 1980’s and the present, and features a fantastic performance by first-time actress Lee Chien-na, who portrays the two central female characters. The Juliet of the present is suf...</span>

    Review: “Juliets”

    Christopher Bourne
    Posted on May 7, 2011 | No Comments
    ...evious film, the feature One Day. The film also boasts a strong central performance by pop star Vivian Hsu, boldly cast against type as the awkward and dowdy protagonist. The second and strongest short, Shen Ko-shang’s “Two Juliets,” ambitiously spans two time periods, the 1980’s and the present, and features a fantastic performance by first-time actress Lee Chien-na, who portrays the two central female characters. The Juliet of the present is suf...

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  • <span class="excerpt_part">...ture to fashion. “It’s space. I enjoy space. To me, that translates into a <strong>form</strong>. So, designing clothes and designing houses is a very parallel thing to do.” “I still enjoy architecture, but honestly, fashion has definitely taken over,” Stern added with a laugh. Watch Kati Stern’s full interview with Meniscus Magazine below. Video: An interview with Venexiana designer Kati Stern – Fall 2012 New York Fashion Week Video by Wade-Hahn Chan and Yuan-Kwa...</span>

    Fashion an endless study for Venexiana’s Kati Stern

    Yuan-Kwan Chan
    Posted on August 25, 2012 | No Comments
    ...ture to fashion. “It’s space. I enjoy space. To me, that translates into a form. So, designing clothes and designing houses is a very parallel thing to do.” “I still enjoy architecture, but honestly, fashion has definitely taken over,” Stern added with a laugh. Watch Kati Stern’s full interview with Meniscus Magazine below. Video: An interview with Venexiana designer Kati Stern – Fall 2012 New York Fashion Week Video by Wade-Hahn Chan and Yuan-Kwa...

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