Most recent stories
-
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.
Read More -
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?
Read More -
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.""
Read More -
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.
Read More -
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.
Read More
-
Film Archive
-
![Based on a graphic novel by Frank Miller, the movie “300” was ranked No. 1 at the box office after its first week. Director Zack Snyder (“Dawn of the Dead”) […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/300_poster-115x115.gif "Zack Snyder’s “300” – Movie Review")
Zack Snyder’s “300” – Movie Review
Pei ChienPosted on March 31, 2007 | No CommentsBased on a graphic novel by Frank Miller, the movie “300” was ranked No. 1 at the box office after its first week. Director Zack Snyder (“Dawn of the Dead”) […] -
![“This is not a comedy,” director Masayuki Suo warned the audience before the world premiere of his new film at the Japan Society in New York. “I Just Didn’t Do […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/asaka-seto-115x115.jpg "“I Just Didn’t Do It” a brutal analysis of Japan’s judicial system")
“I Just Didn’t Do It” a brutal analysis of Japan’s judicial system
Christopher BournePosted on January 10, 2007 | No Comments“This is not a comedy,” director Masayuki Suo warned the audience before the world premiere of his new film at the Japan Society in New York. “I Just Didn’t Do […] -
“Tears of the Black Tiger” (ฟ้าทะลายโจร) – Movie Review
Christopher BournePosted on January 4, 2007 | No CommentsSimultaneously retro and futuristic, “Tears of the Black Tiger” is a feast for the eyes and ears, an orgy of riotous color and movie-mad delight. -
Interview with “Eve and the Fire Horse” Director Julia Kwan
Christopher BournePosted on November 22, 2006 | No CommentsMeniscus Magazine spoke to film director Julia Kwan, and had a wide-ranging conversation about her influences, experiences and inspirations. -
![Over the course of his 10-year career, Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan has cultivated an inimitable style that, while superficially resembling such masters of cinematic minimalism as Bresson and Antonioni, […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/climates_02-115x115.jpg "Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s “Climates” – 2006 New York Film Festival Review")
Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s “Climates” – 2006 New York Film Festival Review
Christopher BournePosted on November 4, 2006 | No CommentsOver the course of his 10-year career, Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan has cultivated an inimitable style that, while superficially resembling such masters of cinematic minimalism as Bresson and Antonioni, […] -
Johnnie To’s “Triad Election” – 2006 New York Film Festival Review
Christopher BournePosted on October 18, 2006 | No CommentsJohnnie To continues his rarification of the triad film genre with "Triad Election," also known as "Election 2." -
Bong Joon-ho’s “The Host” – 2006 New York Film Festival Review
Christopher BournePosted on October 15, 2006 | No Comments"The Host" was inspired by an actual 2000 incident in which toxic formaldehyde was dumped into the Han River. -
Lino Brocka’s “Insiang” – 2006 New York Film Festival Review
Christopher BournePosted on October 8, 2006 | No CommentsDespite considerable censorship, “Insiang” remains a stinging indictment of the squalor suffered by the poor during Ferdinand Marcos' regime. -
![A major re-discovery of this year’s New York Film Festival is the 1962 dark comedy “Mafioso” from Alberto Lattuada, who is best known in this country as the co-director of […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/mafioso_1-115x115.jpg "Alberto Lattuada’s “Mafioso” – 2006 New York Film Festival Review")
Alberto Lattuada’s “Mafioso” – 2006 New York Film Festival Review
Christopher BournePosted on October 8, 2006 | No CommentsA major re-discovery of this year’s New York Film Festival is the 1962 dark comedy “Mafioso” from Alberto Lattuada, who is best known in this country as the co-director of […] -
![Manoel de Oliveira, the only living director who began his career in the silent era, remains an incredibly prolific filmmaker who still delivers witty and surprising works. The 97-year-old Portuguese […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/Belle_Toujours_1-115x115.jpg "Manoel de Oliveira’s “Belle Toujours” – 2006 New York Film Festival Review")
Manoel de Oliveira’s “Belle Toujours” – 2006 New York Film Festival Review
Christopher BournePosted on October 8, 2006 | No CommentsManoel de Oliveira, the only living director who began his career in the silent era, remains an incredibly prolific filmmaker who still delivers witty and surprising works. The 97-year-old Portuguese […]