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False Eden, real hell
Life, Published on 24/05/2023
» Sometimes Cannes pulls a poker face and smacks a big surprise down on its famous red carpet, all without a blink or a wink. This year, it comes in the form of a three-and-a-half-hour documentary about Chinese sweatshop workers, shot entirely in a crummy garment district on the mainland's eastern coast.
Chula Film Series concludes with a Filipino drama
Life, Published on 29/03/2023
» The "Chula World Film Series 2023" will conclude with a screening of Ma' Rosa, at Dr Tiam Chokwadhana Auditorium, Faculty of Communication Arts, Chulalongkorn University, Phaya Thai Road, tomorrow at 5.30pm.
'I didn't kill anyone,' Paris terror attacker claims
AFP, Published on 09/02/2022
» PARIS: The only assailant still alive after the terror attacks that rocked Paris in November 2015 said Wednesday that "I didn't kill anyone, I didn't hurt anyone" as he took the stand for the first time in the trial over the jihadist massacres.
Syria's heroic underground female medics hailed in 'The Cave'
AFP, Published on 17/10/2019
» LOS ANGELES - Oscar-nominated Syrian director Feras Fayyad has risked his life to chronicle the atrocities of the Assad regime, and suffered torture in prison because of his films.
At Sundance, a fresh look at man's first walk on the Moon
AFP, Published on 26/01/2019
» PARK CITY, United States: It's easy to think that 50 years on, we know everything there is to know about the Apollo 11 mission and man's legendary first footsteps on the Moon.
First cave rescue film due in July
AFP, Published on 18/01/2019
» A Thai-born director who took just weeks to shoot the first film about the dramatic cave rescue of the "Wild Boars" football team says his focus is on authenticity and the mission's "unsung" heroes, with book publishers and Hollywood studios jostling to make their versions of the saga.
Guilt and sin minus the politics
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 20/04/2018
» The squalor of Manila slums populated by high-school drug runners, then a chaotic precinct ruled by corrupt cops and even more corrupt chiefs -- these are the familiar turfs of Brillante Mendoza, the best-known Filipino filmmaker among international audiences.