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The good child
Life, Pattramon Sukprasert, Published on 31/03/2015
» Be a good kid — from generation to generation, this warning stays unchanged as it sums up the expectation that adults have towards children. Many explanations on the meaning of "good kids" have been made as a way to shape a child's path in life, and it seems that society has formed some kind of consensus on this definition.
Star Trek's 'Spock' dies at 83
Published on 28/02/2015
» LOS ANGELES — Leonard Nimoy, the actor behind one of pop culture’s most famous and distinctive fictional characters, the half-human, half-alien Mr Spock in the <i>Star Trek</i> television series and films, has died. He was 83.
The air of familiarity
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 25/02/2015
» Three artists, three exhibitions, three mediums, one message
Dhamma drama
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 19/02/2015
» Passion for your art depends a lot on the environment in which you work. Yet — despite gloomy prospects in the local film industry — that has not stopped leading Thai film director ML Bhandevanop Devakul from creating more artistic films with a moral message.
Too gay for its own good
Life, Alongkorn Parivudhiphongs, Published on 12/02/2015
» To celebrate the month of love, two actors — Wannasak Sirilar, aka Kuck, and impersonator/TV actor Paksupa Ponpattraputanan, aka Day Freeman — known for their solo performances will join forces in This Is My {Day} Light, featuring several shades of passion and despair from gay men's perspectives.
From the past, into the future
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 10/02/2015
» There are three versions of Korakrit Arunanondchai, one of Thailand's hottest mavericks whose works have been shown internationally in recent years: first, Korakrit in person, who isn't the most comprehensible of talkers; second, the Korakrit he professes himself to be, which is a jeans-clad, fiery-haired, spontaneous painter and gangster/rapper performance artist.
Hat-trick for Thai cinema
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 06/02/2015
» In the snowy German capital, the year's first major cinema festival has kicked off. The 65th Berlin International Film Festival (or Berlinale, as it's better known) opened last night with Nobody Wants The Night, a drama by Spanish director Isabel Coixet, starring Juliette Binoche and Rinko Kikuchi. Some of the hot world premieres include Terrence Malick's Knight Of Cups, Kenneth Branagh's Cinderella, Werner Herzog's Queen Of The Desert, and other art-house darlings. The Berlinale runs until Feb 15, with the Golden Bear being announced next weekend.
Vanishing Point takes Tiger Award at Dutch film fest
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 03/02/2015
» The first big prize for a Thai film this year belongs to Jakrawal Nilthamrong. On the weekend, Jakrawal's Vanishing Point won a Tiger Award at International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), a Dutch cine-event known for championing young filmmakers with edgy visions.
Rite and wrong
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 16/01/2015
» Theravada Buddhism is a man’s religion. Thai women have never had an official place in the faith — this is obvious in both theory and practice.
A business epic
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 10/11/2014
» British author Lord Jeffrey Archer is often regarded as the foremost novelist of our age. Like Enrico Caruso, the greatest of opera tenors, their fame rests on their delivery, not the words themselves. This reviewer enjoys his short stories most of all, yet I can't recall any.