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A celebration of cinema
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 06/02/2024
» In the northernmost reaches of Thailand, the third edition of Thailand Biennale is currently unfolding and revealing a plethora of artistic wonders.
New releases for your streaming pleasure: Apr 19-25
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 19/04/2023
» Looking for titles to binge-watch this weekend? Here's our pick!
Syrian refugee swimmer hopes biopic helps others displaced
AFP, Published on 20/11/2022
» LONDON - Syrian refugee swimmer Yusra Mardini, who almost drowned at sea fleeing her war-torn country before competing at two Olympics, hopes a new film about her life will help other displaced people.
Fear No More
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 17/02/2019
» After providing the chart-topping main theme songs alongside Japanese composer Yoko Shimomura for Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II, Utada Hikaru returns for the video game series' latest instalment -- this time with EDM producer and self-confessed Kingdom Hearts fan Skrillex in the fold. Titled Face My Fears, the four-track EP marks the continual, almost two-decade-long collaboration between Hikaru and game director Tetsuya Nomura that first began prior to the release of the first game in the early 2000s.
A Chinese empire?
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 17/11/2017
» As a youngster in the Big Apple during the Great Depression, I recall men with billboard signs with "The world is coming to an end -- REPENT". The people they passed on the streets shrugged them off. l didn't fully understand what it meant, but I knew that threats aren't to be taken lightly.
A love mantra
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 11/11/2016
» According to literary surveys, love stories are the most popular reading matter. The reason why, I leave to psychologists. This reviewer guesses it's because however hard we strive for it, it continues to evade us. Vicarious is the closest we come to the actual experience.
African musical great you've never heard of
Life, John Clewley, Published on 26/01/2016
» Sory Kandia Kouyate, the legendary West African jali (praise singer) and bandleader died suddenly in 1977, just a few years before African popular music took off internationally. He was just 44-years-old, and sadly, he's hardly mentioned these days but had he continued his pioneering career, I'm sure he would have been as famous as his compatriot Mory Kante, or other internationally renowned West African singers like Mali's Salif Keita and Senegal's Youssou N'dour.
In honour of relations
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 12/03/2015
» To commemorate the fifth cycle (60th) birthday of HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, the British Embassy Bangkok, in conjunction with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is currently hosting an exhibition titled "Forward Into The 5th Century Of Thailand-UK Relations" at Central Embassy.
Here we go again
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 04/08/2014
» Mark Twain said that anybody could be president of the US, then quipped that anybody is. Sarcastic, but not untrue. In its less than two-and-a-half-century history, the US has had few chief executives worthy of the position. However, according to the democratic process, no matter how corrupt and/or incompetent, they are voted in and have to be voted out.
For king and country
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 10/03/2014
» Vitthaya Vejjajiva recently unveiled his first published book entitled Phan Pheua Phandin (Phan: For King and Country), a biography of Phan Wannamethee, secretary-general of the Thai Red Cross Society and president of the World Fellowship of Buddhists.