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Celebrating a new generation
Life, Published on 30/05/2024
» At the Thailand Cultural Centre earlier this month, the Thai Youth Orchestra (TYO) supported by B.Grimm presented its first concert of the year titled "Ode To Joy & The Changing World Order".
LGBTQIA2S+ art festival kicks off amid Pride celebrations
Life, Patcharawalai Sanyanusin, Published on 29/05/2024
» Held alongside the greatly expanded Bangkok Pride Festival, the inaugural Homohaus Performing Arts Festival For Diversity 2024 presents LGBTQIA2S+ performing arts throughout Bangkok from Friday until June 9.
Experience Japanese cinema at home for free
Life, Published on 24/05/2024
» What could be better than staying in and enjoying the fascinating world of Japanese films in 4K from the comfort of your home, for free? You can do just that as The Japan Foundation Bangkok hosts the Japanese Film Festival Online 2024, from June 5 to July 3.
Love, beauty, violence
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 24/05/2024
» Last year, the world embraced Barbie and Poor Things, two outstanding films that tapped into the state of female consciousness in the 21st century. At the 77th Cannes Film Festival, which ends tomorrow, women-driven stories of all stripes are pushed further up (or down) the emotional spectrum. A noticeable number of titles premiering at the influential festival feature female protagonists in varying states of joy and distress -- and to varying results. Powerful acting by female talent also injects life and spirit into those stories, hailing from all corners of the Earth.
A Thai actor takes the stage at Cannes
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 22/05/2024
» In a dreary rural town in Taiwan, illegal Southeast Asian workers live a precarious existence toiling away in farms or homes while enduring tough bosses and prying authorities. Most of them are from the Philippines or Indonesia, but there are also a large number from Myanmar and Thailand.
Music that makes you think twice
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 21/05/2024
» Revamping the originality of storytelling through personal experiences that are more than just songs, Luss showcases different sides in their unique Thai-pop journey with a wide range of diversities.
The voice of Zimbabwe
Life, John Clewley, Published on 21/05/2024
» Thomas Mapfumo, the Zimbabwean singer, bandleader and songwriter, is one of Africa's most respected musicians known not only for his hypnotic chimerenga music but also for his steadfast support for human rights, political dignity and social justice. Chimerenga is the Shona -- Mapfumo's ethnic group -- word for liberation and is based on the sacred and iconic instrument, the mbira (thumb piano or sanza), which is at the heart of Mapfumo's music.
Coppola's Megalopolis leaves Cannes scratching its head
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 20/05/2024
» Every year the Cannes Film Festival has its hottest gig -- a film so breathlessly anticipated and a justification of the festival's raison d'être. This year, that honour belongs to Megalopolis. Or, to be completely faithful according to the plaque flashed up on the screen, Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis: A Fable.