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The race towards tolerance
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 26/10/2020
» Pope Francis voices support for same-sex civil unions in the documentary Francesco
The plague is coming
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 01/02/2019
» Hunger drives the story of Kingdom, in which people fight zombies with swords and make their escape on a cartwheel chase during the 16th-century Joseon Dynasty.
The politics of trans acting
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 30/04/2018
» Kudos and controversy in film, and other happenings in this month's round-up of LGBT news
Rainbow on the silver screen
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 28/05/2018
» Some of the many LGBTI films now playing or coming soon to Thailand
The roles of a lifetime
Muse, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 09/09/2017
» 'I think I'd like to bring a cassette tape back," a tall figure next to me said as we were discussing what we would like to bring back from 1990s.
Laos turns up a winner
Muse, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 29/04/2017
» Stepping off of the red carpet, the gorgeous Lao star Vilouna Phetmany -- known by her stage name Tot Lina -- began to greet us in perfect Thai. On Wednesday, she attended the gala opening of the Bangkok Asean Film Festival, shining among the regional superstars. Tomorrow the festival will screen the film she stars in, a new-wave Lao horror called Nong Hak, before it goes into general release on May 18.
LGBT stories get rare screen time
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 16/08/2016
» How often is it that international LGBT films get a screening in Thailand? Not often at all, except when there's a film festival. This week, wonderfully strange as it may be, we're seeing not just one but two LGBT films on our silver screens. And the two couldn't be more different.
Pitch-perfect timing
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 06/09/2016
» Five vocalists. No instruments. Add over 10 million subscribers on YouTube, a certified platinum Christmas album, as well as two Grammy's, and we get the a cappella sensation of today's modern music industry: Pentatonix.
Life's a riot
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 07/12/2015
» When her name was announced, Nadezhda "Nadya" Tolokonnikova walked onto the stage to huge cheers from youth leaders from various countries at the recent One Young World summit held in Bangkok. She had a smile, and appeared playful in her cat-print blouse. Her seven-year-old daughter was in the crowd, eagerly listening to what she was about to say.