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The art of set design
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 10/06/2024
» When Dev Patel, a British actor known for compelling performances in films like Slumdog Millionaire (2008) and The Green Knight (2021) stepped into the director's chair for the first time with Monkey Man, he envisioned a neo-noir action thriller set in a fictional Indian city.
Asian, instant and satisfying
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 06/09/2023
» Independent Thai pop star Cupnoodle, real name Sasha Johst, writes the most relatable, sardonic, yet soulful tracks you’re ever likely to hear.
Documentary tells 'unknown' story of Titanic's Chinese survivors
AFP, Published on 21/04/2021
» SHANGHAI: A new documentary film has revealed the "completely unknown" story of six Chinese men who survived the sinking of the Titanic and adds a new chapter to the history of the world's most famous ship.
Going for gold
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 11/11/2020
» While a Thai university lecturer was studying in the UK, she bought Asian ceramics from an antique market and shipped them to Thailand. However, some of them broke during transport. Most people would have no choice but to throw away their beautiful ceramics. Fortunately, the lecturer is a friend of product designer Sumanatsya Voharn, who knows kintsugi, a prominent Japanese mending technique. The broken ceramics were repaired and a plate from the set was named East West Journey, which is currently on display along with 18 other ceramic items at the exhibition "Rak: An Assemble Collective" at SAC Gallery.
Unfolding paper blossoms
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 07/10/2020
» Three flowers -- Rafflesia arnoldii, Magnolia and Sundews -- which grow in different climes are blooming beautifully at an exhibition titled "Lost In The Greenland".
The edutainment continues
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 21/01/2020
» Netflix's teen dramedy Sex Education is now back for a second season, packing sexuality exploration and the fragility of adolescents in a hilarious but informative manner.
Motown memories
Life, John Clewley, Published on 22/10/2019
» Songwriters pen the hits but the singers or bands are the big stars, and sometimes the producers are the ones who get the credit. I grew up with the Great American Songbook or "American Standards" at home, played on the piano by my father while we sang the lyrics. These were the songs that featured in Broadway theatre and in Hollywood musicals. What are now known as standards were crafted by George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer and Richard Rogers.
Cool Pattani
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 06/09/2019
» Last weekend, along an old street in Pattani, skater boys and Lambretta riders were hanging out with poets and activists. As the rain let up and the night cooled, jazz musicians hummed and strummed, while a DJ was spinning upbeat music next to a digitally-mapped, fashionably-faded brick wall.
Two grainy fists for resurrection
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 04/10/2018
» Shot mostly in Thai prison, with a fair number of ex-cons as extras, A Prayer Before Dawn dives headfirst into the unfiltered squalor of prison life -- not the sociological or political dimension of state incarceration, but the physical, uncooked-meat kind of life in jail, particularly the Thai jail.
Guardian of Moving Images
Life, Published on 31/07/2018
» The man with the beard has collected film for 37 years. Today, July 31, Dome Sukvong's duty as director of the Thai Film Archive will come to an end, though it's clear to everyone in the Thai cultural community that the work he has pioneered nearly four decades ago -- and there's still so much work to be done -- will continue.