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Stories from quarantine
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 11/06/2020
» When the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in a lockdown that put many industries on hold, a group of filmmakers and actors from Nadao Bangkok banded together to make a series of short films from their home. The process is done almost entirely online, with no physical meeting between the cast and crew.
A new way forward
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 01/04/2020
» Many Thai filmmakers would agree that our movie industry is in the rough. Several obstacles are preventing it from flourishing. A group of film professionals recently gathered for a plenary discussion held at Unesco Bangkok to address the challenges of, and the changes they want to see in, the Thai film sector.
Castles in the sky
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 21/02/2020
» From Parasite's historic triumph at the Oscars earlier this month to the hype generated by the romantic drama Crash Landing On You which just wrapped last week, it's undeniable the influence South Korean content is having on our big and small screens.
The lost signal
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 15/11/2019
» After bingeing on several international stories on Netflix, Thai audiences are finally getting a taste of home in a new original series The Stranded, which is released today on the streaming platform in 190 countries. It is the first Thai original series to be launched on Netflix.
Spinning off into the MIB universe once more
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 14/06/2019
» Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson, aka Thor and Valkyrie of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, are back, teaming up and kicking butt in a whole other universe.
The plague is coming
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 01/02/2019
» Hunger drives the story of Kingdom, in which people fight zombies with swords and make their escape on a cartwheel chase during the 16th-century Joseon Dynasty.
Time traveller
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 04/04/2018
» Period dramas, the sources of romanticisation of the bygone, continue to transfix viewers everywhere. From the South Korean culinary tale Dae Jang Guem, to the dramatisation of UK royalty in The Crown, or the court of Louis XIV in Versailles, or even Thailand's own See Pandin (Four Reigns), these fusions of history and fantasy offer an outlook to the past -- glorified or critical -- while also sparking interest and debate over the portrayals of historical accounts.