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New movies out this week: Nov 2-8
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 02/11/2023
» New titles that hit Thai cinemas for your viewing pleasure.
Glamour and grit with The Weeknd and Ken Loach at Cannes
AFP, Published on 22/05/2023
» CANNES (FRANCE) - Competition for the coveted Palme d'Or remains openin Cannes as the film festival enters its second week, with well-known directors including previous laureates Wim Wenders, Nanni Moretti and Ken Loach on the programme.
'John Wick' star Lance Reddick dies
New York Times, Published on 18/03/2023
» Lance Reddick, a prolific actor who gained fame playing a police commander on the Baltimore crime drama “The Wire” and later had prominent roles in the “John Wick” movie franchise and the Amazon series “Bosch", died on Friday. He was 60.
Samuel L. Jackson's secret to being cool: Don't think about it
B Magazine, Published on 20/01/2019
» If you could have any superpower you wanted, what …
Ry Cooder returns to gospel roots
Life, John Clewley, Published on 16/10/2018
» American guitarist Ry Cooder released his first studio album for six years recently. The Prodigal Son (Fantasy Recordings, USA) has put aside his more politically engaged music -- as heard on a series of albums, Chavez Ravine (2005), My Name Is Buddy (2007), Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down (2011) and Election Special (2012) and returned to a more-gospel oriented sound that he created on his early albums.
From Reading to Nakhon Nowhere
B Magazine, Alan Parkhouse, Published on 06/05/2018
» For the past 39 years, Roger Crutchley's weekly Postscript column has kept Bangkok Post readers smiling, taking a light-hearted look at life through the eyes of a long-time expat as well as being a welcome respite from the regular angst of crime, local politics, demonstrations and coups that often filled the rest of the paper.
Drawing a perfect Thailand
Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 19/10/2015
» 'Everyone is 'drawing' the future," said Charan Homtienthong, president of the Publishers and Booksellers Association of Thailand (Pubat). "In this time of change and new beginnings, Thai people should start thinking about and working towards the vision of what Thailand should be, and to 'draw' the picture of a perfect Thailand."
No pigeonholes for Ry Cooder
Life, John Clewley, Published on 11/03/2014
» In the early part of his career, during the 1960s, master guitarist Ry Cooder could walk down any street in the US and not be recognised. Born in Santa Monica, as a young guitar prodigy he played rhythm guitar as Ryland Cooder for Taj Mahal’s blues band. After this he played with Captain Beefheart and his slide guitar work attracted the attention of many big stars during the 1960s; he played on the Rolling Stones’ Sticky Fingers and Let It Bleed albums and Van Morrison and Van Dyke Parks also used his services.
Picture predictions
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 28/02/2014
» The last time the Los Angeles Times checked, the nearly 6,000 Oscar voters were 94% white, 77% male, almost 100% American, with the average age of 62. So much for movies as democracy, so much for art as majoritarianism, because to guess the Oscar winners — the time-honoured and completely useless activity practised around the world — is to guess the taste and preference of these faceless voters.
Catching Fire scorches with B5.1bn opening
Life, Published on 26/11/2013
» Moviegoers satiated their appetite for the Hunger Games franchise by making the sequel Catching Fire one of the year's biggest hits.