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Moments of record
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 07/10/2016
» The film fades and has scratches, but the persistence of history is strong. On Tuesday, the Ministry of Culture and Thai Film Archive (Public Organisation) registered 25 film items into the National Heritage list for audiovisual conservation and future reference. In November and December, the Archive will host screenings of some of the newly inducted titles.
Here's your (wrong) lunchbox
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 11/04/2014
» Because the way to the heart is often through the stomach, neglected housewife Ila (Nimrat Kaur) decides to consult an auntie who lives above her Mumbai flat for lunch recipes that can satisfy her inattentive husband.
When wizardry Dwarfs reality
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 14/12/2012
» So we're back in the Middle-earth, green and gnarly, volcanic, folkloric, heroic, mystically Germanic, mythically Norse, and obviously New Zealand. In short, a familiar neighbourhood from The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, last inhabited and winning 11 Oscars in 2003. Populated by murderous ogres, phosphorescent elves, salivating goblins and digitally ageless Cate Blanchett and Ian McKellen, the narrative is strictly another quest of a little hairy-footed being who'll have to prove his worth, conquer his fear, and slay the dragon (the latter will come in the second episode, or maybe the third, stick around). Gollum also returns _ no, in the Tolkien universe the creature has lived in that grotto long before LOTR _ only that he's now even more life-like, more hideous, more sad. Should I also add: more real?
Encouraging bibliophilia, by any device
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 11/07/2012
» The jokes, mostly mean, have already been rampant. Bangkok is designated by Unesco as the World Book Capital for next year. The chorus has already sung: REALLY? But as professional purveyors of text, we're gladdened, emboldened, optimistic, dancing half-naked, the dream of selling more copies of this glorious newspaper and perhaps a bigger bonus already swimming in our head. The smell of success is sweetest when it's mixed with ink, or maybe, e-ink.