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Parasite moves in on Netflix
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 29/07/2020
» Oscar-winning film Parasite has finally hit Netflix some 14 months after the South Korean dark comedy premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Directed by Bong Joon-ho (Snowpiercer, Okja, The Host), the film went straight to number one on Netflix's list of most-watched films.
TEST YOURSELF: A train to nowhere
Gary Boyle, Published on 12/06/2020
» Rich and poor are trapped on a train in a new Netflix series
All aboard the train to nowhere
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 03/06/2020
» A new train has left the platform, plunging its passengers through a frozen wasteland on board the engine that perpetually circumnavigates the planet.
Entertainment to cool us down
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 14/05/2020
» Thailand's scorching summer weather is upon all of us. In some provinces, especially in the northern region, the temperature reached 47C according to the weather forecast from the Thai Meteorological Department.
Society's literal levels
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 27/03/2020
» With the whole coronavirus ordeal that we're experiencing in the real world right now, the times are full of social inequality and discrimination. When people are panic shopping, fighting at grocery stores over who gets to buy the last box of facemasks, somehow Netflix's new dystopian thriller The Platform doesn't seem too far-fetched.
The power of surprise
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 26/07/2019
» 'What should we do dad. Do you have any plans?" the son asked his father. "The plan is no plan at all. When you plan, life never works out that way."
Star-studded Marvel films storm Comic-Con
AFP, Published on 21/07/2019
» SAN DIEGO: Marvel's all-conquering superheroes ripped through Comic-Con Saturday as the next batch of blockbuster movies were revealed to a hysterical crowd and Disney declared the wait for "Avengers: Endgame" to break the global box office record over.
Parasite captures rich-poor gap in 'basic unit of life', says director
Life, Published on 30/05/2019
» The South Korean director of Parasite, the darkly comic movie that won the top Palme d'Or prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival, described his film on Tuesday as "a candid portrayal of the rich and the poor".
A night of surprises, some splendid
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 28/05/2019
» The odds weren't in Asia's favour, since there were only two films from the continent in competition. But South Korea did it, just like Japan had last year. Bong Joon-ho's Parasite won the Palme d'Or at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival, making it the second year in a row that an Asian film has won world cinema's most coveted prize, after last year's victory of Hirokazu Kore-eda's Shoplifters.
South Korea hails Bong Joon-ho's top prize win at Cannes
AFP, Published on 26/05/2019
» SEOUL - South Korea on Sunday hailed Bong Joon-ho's Cannes film festival win for "Parasite", saying it had left a historic footprint as the first Korean film to win the Palme d'Or.