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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Dec 1, 2021
With its newly awarded Michelin star, Est prepares a holiday feast
Chef Guillaume Bracaval's offerings at Est are mostly a local affair, and a three-day holiday special sees the establishment splurging on luxury.
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Aug 29, 2020
At Est, chef Guillaume Bracaval attempts to answer the question, ‘What is luxury?’
The chef's new French fine-dining restaurant venture opens inside the swanky Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Otemachi on Sept. 1.
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Figure Skating
Apr 12, 2019
Chen, Zhou excel again as U.S. takes commanding lead at World Team Trophy
The powerful tandem of world champion Nathan Chen and world bronze medalist Vincent Zhou helped the United States open up a big lead on the second day of the World Team Trophy on Friday at Marine Messe.
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Figure Skating
Mar 24, 2019
Nathan Chen defends world title with spectacular free skate; Yuzuru Hanyu claims silver medal
Nathan Chen became the first American man to retain the world title in 35 years, winning in decisive fashion in the free skate on Saturday night before a sellout crowd at Saitama Super Arena.
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OLYMPICS
Feb 20, 2018
Canadians Virtue, Moir back on top after eight years
Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir put on a dazzling show to win the gold medal in ice dance on Tuesday afternoon at Gangneung Ice Arena.
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CULTURE / Art
Jul 15, 2016
‘Retrace Our Steps’ exhibit spotlights the consequences of a nuclear disaster
Documenting the severe consequences of the human tragedy that unfolded in the so-called Fukushima "no-go zone" following the March 11, 2011, disaster is an undertaking that would evoke raw emotions under ordinary circumstances.
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CULTURE / Film
Jun 29, 2016
'The Program': Stephen Frears cycles round the edges
From the NFL's deflated footballs to the bribery allegations besmirching Tokyo's Olympic bid, it can feel like the entire apparatus of professional sport has become hopelessly corrupt. But are the fans also complicit?
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CULTURE / Art
Jun 28, 2016
'Carlos Ayesta + Guillaume Bression: Retrace our Steps'
Until July 24
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CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Apr 27, 2016
Image Forum Festival offers some weirdness for Golden Week
Golden Week is traditionally a time for movie studios to roll out the blockbusters, but if popcorn fodder like "Chihayafuru" and "Captain America: Civil War" don't appeal, there are more esoteric options.
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CULTURE / Stage
Feb 25, 2015
French artiste par excellence hails noh highs
French comedian extraordinaire Guillaume Gallienne has a sizeable Japanese fan base, which gratifies him most heartily.
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CULTURE / Film
Oct 15, 2014
Tonnerre: 'Being nice is one way to get a girl, but it's not enough to keep her'
What do you do when you're a has-been musician with thinning hair, staring at middle age and years of loneliness ahead? The good news — at least for Maxime (Vincent Macaigne) in "Tonnerre" — is that you've got a kind old dad (Bernard Menez), a dog and a rambling house in the titular French city, surrounded by snowy mountains.
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CULTURE / Film
Oct 8, 2014
Me, Myself and Mum: 'Not only is this guy a total control freak, he looks splendid in drag'
Guillaume Gallienne is little known outside his native France, but pundits inside the Japanese movie industry are predicting that in a year or two, Gallienne will be huge. In 2015, you could be saying to your friends: "Ah yes, Gallienne. Of course, I've followed his work for ages."
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CULTURE / Film
Sep 3, 2014
Yves Saint Laurent
One of the most iconic designers of the 20th century, Yves Saint Laurent made a stunning debut at age 21 and seemingly never stopped enthralling the world with his creations. This movie tells us otherwise: Saint Laurent (played by Pierre Niney) had his share and more of hurt, humiliation and disappointment.
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CULTURE / Film
Jul 23, 2014
Attila Marcel
French animation director Sylvain Chomet debuted in 2003 with "The Triplets of Belleville," a five-course meal of a film, rich with a surreal visual style and Gallic wit, and followed it up with "The Illusionist," a gorgeous adaptation of a Jacques Tati film. Now Chomet brings us the whimsical "Attila Marcel," which marks his first feature-length live action film.
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CULTURE / Film
Jul 16, 2014
Blood Ties
"Blood Ties" feels a lot like a film made by someone who grew up on a diet of gritty 1970s crime flicks set in New York, made by the likes of William Friedkin, Sidney Lumet, and Martin Scorcese.

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