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Akita City “Kanto Matsuri” performance – 2024 Honolulu Festival
19 April 2025 7:57 AM | No CommentsThe Akita City Kanto Festival Executive Committee performed at the 2024 Honolulu Festival, showcasing music and pole-balancing stunts from its annual Kanto Matsuri.
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Petit Bateau Fall 2025 – Tokyo Fashion Week
19 April 2025 5:39 AM | No CommentsWhy did a 132-year-old French casualwear brand, mostly focusing on children's fashion, decide to show at the Tokyo Fall/Winter 2025 collections?
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tiit tokyo Fall 2025 – Tokyo Fashion Week
18 April 2025 9:30 PM | No CommentsAccording to the Rakuten Fashion Week TOKYO show notes, for the Fall/Winter 2025 season, the designers were "inspired by the Danish film "When Animals Dream.""
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Sumo: 73rd yokozuna Terunofuji retires, leaves lasting legacy
10 April 2025 11:57 AM | No CommentsThe Mongolian's calm, regal presence in the dohyo will certainly be missed, but there is no rest for the weary.
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Photos: Yousuke Haga – New York Fashion Week Fall 2025
24 March 2025 3:05 AM | No CommentsPhotos from the Yousuke Haga - Asia Fashion Collection runway show in New York.
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Film Archive
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![“Dear Doctor,” Miwa Nishikawa’s tale of a country doctor who is not all he appears to be, is invested with Nishikawa’s typical psychological acuity and emotional resonance. It opens with […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/still-115x115.jpg "Miwa Nishikawa’s “Dear Doctor” – NYAFF 2010/Japan Cuts Review")
Miwa Nishikawa’s “Dear Doctor” – NYAFF 2010/Japan Cuts Review
Christopher BournePosted on June 11, 2010 | No Comments“Dear Doctor,” Miwa Nishikawa’s tale of a country doctor who is not all he appears to be, is invested with Nishikawa’s typical psychological acuity and emotional resonance. It opens with […] -
![Yoshihiro Nakamura’s latest film “Golden Slumber” teaches us, if nothing else, that sometimes they really are out to get you. The truth of this statement is very quickly learned by […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/masato-sakai-115x115.jpg "Yoshihiro Nakamura’s “Golden Slumber” – NYAFF 2010/Japan Cuts Review")
Yoshihiro Nakamura’s “Golden Slumber” – NYAFF 2010/Japan Cuts Review
Christopher BournePosted on June 7, 2010 | No CommentsYoshihiro Nakamura’s latest film “Golden Slumber” teaches us, if nothing else, that sometimes they really are out to get you. The truth of this statement is very quickly learned by […] -
![Lee Yong-ju’s elegantly stylish horror film “Possessed” for the most part hews closely to the familiar aesthetics of his chosen genre: Asian horror. The creepiness on display is enhanced by […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/still-115x115.jpg "Lee Yong-ju’s “Possessed” – 2010 Tribeca Film Festival Review")
Lee Yong-ju’s “Possessed” – 2010 Tribeca Film Festival Review
Christopher BournePosted on May 27, 2010 | No CommentsLee Yong-ju’s elegantly stylish horror film “Possessed” for the most part hews closely to the familiar aesthetics of his chosen genre: Asian horror. The creepiness on display is enhanced by […] -
![A swirling fog permeates many scenes in Park Chan-ok’s masterful, audacious and heartbreaking new film, “Paju.” This fog is a physical manifestation of the hazy motivations of most of the […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/paju-still-115x115.jpg "Park Chan-ok’s “Paju” – 2010 Tribeca Film Festival Review")
Park Chan-ok’s “Paju” – 2010 Tribeca Film Festival Review
Christopher BournePosted on May 16, 2010 | No CommentsA swirling fog permeates many scenes in Park Chan-ok’s masterful, audacious and heartbreaking new film, “Paju.” This fog is a physical manifestation of the hazy motivations of most of the […] -
“The Killer Inside Me” – 2010 Tribeca Film Festival red carpet
Bibs TehPosted on April 28, 2010 | No CommentsAbbie Cornish, Casey Affleck, Kate Hudson and Jessica Alba walked the red carpet at the Tribeca screening of "The Killer Inside Me." -
![The Tribeca Film Festival, which has now fully taken over Chelsea and the East Village, is back in town with a diverse slate of films. Gone is the bloated, overly […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/clash-115x115.jpg "The 2010 Tribeca Film Festival: Finnish rugby, martial arts, cults and more")
The 2010 Tribeca Film Festival: Finnish rugby, martial arts, cults and more
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on April 25, 2010 | No CommentsThe Tribeca Film Festival, which has now fully taken over Chelsea and the East Village, is back in town with a diverse slate of films. Gone is the bloated, overly […] -
![One of the unexpected delights of this year’s “Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2010” series is Stéphane Brizé’s “Mademoiselle Chambon,” which, like Cedric Kahn’s “Regrets,” also concerns a man’s temptation to […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Mademoiselle_Chambon-115x115.jpg "Stéphane Brizé’s “Mademoiselle Chambon” – Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2010 Review")
Stéphane Brizé’s “Mademoiselle Chambon” – Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2010 Review
Christopher BournePosted on April 25, 2010 | No CommentsOne of the unexpected delights of this year’s “Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2010” series is Stéphane Brizé’s “Mademoiselle Chambon,” which, like Cedric Kahn’s “Regrets,” also concerns a man’s temptation to […] -
![A chance encounter with an old flame turns very quickly into amour fou in Cedric Kahn’s well-acted but numbingly repetitive new film “Regrets.” Mathieu (Yvan Attal), an architect who works […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/regrets-115x115.jpg "Cedric Kahn’s “Regrets” – Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2010 Review")
Cedric Kahn’s “Regrets” – Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2010 Review
Christopher BournePosted on April 25, 2010 | No CommentsA chance encounter with an old flame turns very quickly into amour fou in Cedric Kahn’s well-acted but numbingly repetitive new film “Regrets.” Mathieu (Yvan Attal), an architect who works […] -
Soi Cheang’s “Accident” – Film Comment Selects 2010 Review
Christopher BournePosted on April 25, 2010 | No Comments“Accident” remains remarkably consistent thematically with Soi Cheang's other films, expressing an overwhelming sense of fatalism. -
![The curtain falls on many romantic comedies with happily-ever-after scenes of couples strolling down the street or up the wedding aisle. But what do their lives really look like a […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/poster-115x115.jpg "Mo Perkins’ “A Quiet Little Marriage” – 2009 Slamdance Film Festival Review")
Mo Perkins’ “A Quiet Little Marriage” – 2009 Slamdance Film Festival Review
Nicole C. WongPosted on January 24, 2010 | No CommentsThe curtain falls on many romantic comedies with happily-ever-after scenes of couples strolling down the street or up the wedding aisle. But what do their lives really look like a […]