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Life lessons
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 13/03/2019
» Fate clicks its fingers and an already poignant piece in Navin Rawanchaikul's "Revisited <> Departed" becomes the exhibition's most moving. It's a photograph of the artist as he guides his ageing father's fragile hand around a metre stick -- an indispensable tool of trade for any fabric-wallah -- fronted by a group of clay moulds sculpted from the imprints of his father's hand.
All that glitters
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 17/08/2018
» The director as a priest, the camera a confessional box, and the idols worthy of worship become teary girls choked by emotion.
New Thai films set to premiere at Cannes
Kong Rithdee, Published on 12/04/2018
» An ensemble of four Thai short films has been selected to screen at the 71st Cannes Film Festival next month.
Finding salvation for the South
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 20/02/2017
» When Muhammad Anwar bin Ismael Hajiteh was released on Jan 7 on a royal pardon, activists and civic groups in the deep South greeted the news with jubilation.
Arpat uproar points to censorship flaws
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 19/10/2015
» The hullabaloo around the Thai film Arpat, which features a misbehaving young monk, is the latest example of problems caused by what some people in the film industry perceive as flaws in the Film and Video Act 2008.
Paris show features stolen crown
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 17/03/2015
» An imitation of the royal crown replica that was stolen from a Paris museum in a high-profile art heist earlier this month will be exhibited in Paris tomorrow.
Apex drops 'Mockingjay'
Kong Rithdee, Published on 19/11/2014
» The management of the Lido and Scala theatres has decided not to show the movie <i>The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1</i> for fear of a political backlash.