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Endangered lemurs
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 16/10/2012
» Lemurs are among the world's most endangered species, a new report says, and, in the future, they may only exist in zoos or in the cartoon movie series "Madagascar".
Animated Ramayana
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 19/09/2012
» 52-year-old Prapas Cholsaranon is about to release a new movie – an animated version of the Ramayana called "Yak" (Giant). He talks with the Bangkok Post’s Kong Rithdee about his project.
Teaching Technology
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 17/07/2012
» The government's "One Tablet PC Per Child" initiative may become concrete as the first batch of 400,000 units are to be delivered to Pratom 1 students this month. While tablets are considered wonderful devices, just what advantages they have for learners are still doubtful and no-one in the government has spoken about how they can improve the performance of students.
Islands in the sun
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 18/05/2012
» Bangkok's latest mall offers griddled Japanese fare and a taste of Ireland.
When imagination meets technology
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 14/05/2012
» Atippatai Suwan and Sanchai Noichan have a head full of imagination. And fortunately, they both have a good means to unleash their fantasies.
That sinking feeling
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 06/04/2012
» Has Titanic changed in the past 15 years? Watching Jack and Rose caught in their aquatic amour once again, now in the remastered 3D version released to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the ship's doomed voyage, is as much to examine the patina and wrinkle worn by the film as to re-evaluate our feeling towards, or against, this biggest pop-phenomenon of the 1990s. Fans will weep, again, either at the sight of the brash, unblemished, pre-jowl Leonardo DiCaprio, so pubescent he could pass as Kate Winslet's son, or at the eventual separation of the iceberg-crossed lovers.
Garden party
Guru, Published on 17/02/2012
» With over 15 years of experience, DJ Clement is set to bring his eclectic beats to Bangkok as part of French-Thai cultural fest La Fete. He tells us how he plans to get party-goers moving to his sounds ahead of his performance:
Animated Response
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 17/02/2012
» Animation is an engaging and enjoyable format to work with and can involve everything from stop motion and traditional cell drawing to computer generation and even newer cutting-edge media technologies. It's also a great vehicle to advance young people's understanding of storytelling and the sequencing of ideas, giving them an outlet for their creative energy while honing their technical skills and their ability to work in close collaboration with others.
Deserving of top honours
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 21/01/2012
» On screen and in headlines, Iran the provocateur du jour, is causing a stir. As Israel fumes, as Bibi Netanyahu ponders a pre-emptive strike, as the US watches with hawk-eyed severity over Teheran's nuclear ambition, and as an alleged Iran-backed Hezbollah rabble-rouser was arrested in Bangkok and a spectacular arsenal of bomb materials uncovered - as the quivers in Hormuz Strait are felt throughout Earth, an Iranian film cruised past contenders to win the Golden Globe. Worldwide punters now believe A Separation will become the first Iranian title to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Never mind the sanctions, an Iran-scripted drama has had Hollywood (and Washington) in thrall. So catch it now: A Separation is showing on one screen in Bangkok, at House RCA (I hope it'll stay there for a few more weeks.) It won't give you a crash course on the latest nuclear grumble; the politics of the film is smaller in scope yet larger in humanity, for it concerns class, marriage, religiosity, and the heart-aching struggle to uphold justice in the court of God and by the rule of law. At the centre, the film is about a separation of a couple, called Nader and Simin, but at heart this is a complex drama of moral quandaries that inflict bourgeoise Teheranians and speak of other kinds of seperation, physical and spiritual, visible and clandestine, in a society heaving with pride, prejudice and doubt. In short, it's closer to home than the belligerent rhetoric of the nuclear war.
Online social play gets medieval in 'CastleVille'
AFP, Published on 04/11/2011
» Facebook games giant Zynga is getting medieval with a CastleVille title set for release in the coming weeks on the world's leading social network.