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    Drawing what the eye sees

    Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 24/02/2021

    » Residents of the Mahakan Fort Community were evicted from their homes in 2017 after the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) decided to turn the historic area into a public park. Before everything was torn down, Bangkok Sketcher, a group of artists who draw on location, visited the site to capture the final moments of the community. Three urban sketchers in the group -- Suppachai Vongnoppadondacha, aka Louis Sketcher, Pitirat Yoswattana and Sompong Ngamsangrat -- were overwhelmed to witness the scene and were drawn to the architectural structures that would soon be demolished.

  • LIFE

    The end of an era

    Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 01/07/2020

    » Last Saturday saw many fans and film lovers from everywhere gather from morning to evening in front of Scala Theatre, Bangkok's last stand-alone cinema and the magnificent architectural icon of the Siam Square area. People stood in line for hours to buy advance tickets for the farewell programmes in the "La Scala" event organised in conjunction with the Thai Film Archive, which will take place on Saturday and Sunday before the movie theatre closes its doors for good after serving Thai cinemagoers for more than half-a-century.

  • LIFE

    Scala honoured as historical site

    Life, Published on 30/10/2019

    » The Thai Film Archive celebrated World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2019 with the screening of They Shall Not Grow Old and the unveiling of an honorary plaque at the Scala Theatre that marks it as a historical site in Thai film history.

  • LIFE

    A phoenix rising

    Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 02/08/2019

    » When the Lido Theatre announced it was closing in May 2018 after over 50 years in operation as one of Bangkok's legendary three Apex's classic stand-alone cinemas long known for its unique programming of non-Hollywood titles and old-fashioned architectural style, a thousand fans congregated to bid a final farewell.

  • LIFE

    Cinema paradiso in Bangkok

    Life, Published on 13/05/2019

    » A selection of 10 Italian movies will be screened at the 5th Italian Film Festival Bangkok, which kicks off this Thursday and runs until May 26.

  • LIFE

    Saint and sensibility

    Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 16/05/2019

    » A Christian fable or a Marxist allegory? A magical-realist myth or a political cry against neoliberalism (or feudalism, which produces the same catastrophe anyway)?

  • LIFE

    Flavours from all over Italy

    Life, Published on 31/05/2019

    » On June 4-8, Tavola Wine & Bar at the Renaissance Bangkok Ratchaprasong hotel is to present a unique dining experience by Michelin-starred Italian chef Luigi Taglienti of Milan's Lume restaurant.

  • LIFE

    No offence

    Life, Gary Boyle, Published on 22/01/2019

    » You'll be familiar with Jim Jefferies' schtick. He's the archetypal Aussie bloke, unconcerned with politically correct ways to address hot-button topics. His rants wrong-foot you with boozy observations that crystallise into astute commentary on modern society, like he's some kind of pub savant.

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    The pastoral romance returns

    Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 19/09/2018

    » The star-crossed lovers coo. They ride their buffaloes through a verdant field, splash mud, evade spiteful parents, and make a vow at the shrine of the banyan tree. But their romance, like all memorable romances in books and life, is doomed by the circumstances of fate, tragic and scarred, and their destiny is one of the most heartbreaking in the canon of Siamese literature and film.

  • LIFE

    Friends, life is well worth living

    Life, Published on 01/08/2018

    » When Thai soprano Sassaya Chavalit reaches the climax of her performance at the Thailand Cultural Centre on Aug 9 -- when she hits the colossal, long top B-flat at the end of Puccini's aria Un Bel Dì, Vedremo -- the audience will have been taken on a breathtaking journey of emotional highs and lows through many of opera's most memorable moments.

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