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The Last Supper?
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 16/06/2022
» It's no surprise that as Covid restrictions are easing around the world, people are seeking new experiences to pluck themselves from mundanity, and to see, touch, smell and taste things in ways that awaken them. Why sit inside a theatre when you can walk around an art space or a neighbourhood while stories are spoken into your ears? Why only eat in cafes and restaurants when you can do that and watch a scene of a play unfold? Why dine in a restaurant when you can dine in an old airplane and participate in strange, semi-religious rituals?
An unthrilling thriller
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 05/11/2021
» If you believe your life is in great danger and have been followed by a serial killer who you knew has an ability to hypnotise victims through a phone call, would you answer a call from an unknown number in the middle of the night? If the answer is still yes, then the new psychological thriller Hypnotic is for you.
A pop renaissance
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 14/06/2020
» If Madonna's long, illustrious career has taught us mortals anything, it's that a pop chameleon makes the best kind of pop music.
Thailand in film
Guru, Pasavat Tanskul, Published on 27/07/2018
» It has been a few weeks since the rescue of the Wild Boar soccer team from Tham Luang cave. With the successful and miraculous feel-good news of the rescue, it was inevitable that plans to dramatise the entire ordeal will be made into a movie. Reportedly, six film production companies are in talks with the Thai government and have expressed interest in obtaining rights to make a dramatic movie version of the events.
A Mad look at the classics
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 16/05/2018
» Madsaki's artworks are stupid. Stupid of course, in the best cackle-inducing way possible. In his latest solo exhibition "Combination Platter" (situated on the ground floor of Ploenchit's Central Embassy), Leonardo da Vinci's 16th-century masterpiece Salvador Mundi is now a beady-eyed Jesus. And Picasso's US$155 million (4.9 billion baht) Le Rêve -- instead of a tranquil woman napping peacefully on a sofa, she now has giant black button eyes and a dumb smile to match. Honestly, they're even more entertaining to look at than the originals.
Bringing out the Brahms -- and Mozart, too
Life, Harry Rolnick, Published on 23/03/2017
» 'The only reason I'm famous," said composer Johannes Brahms, the arrogant pride of Viennese music in the 1880s, "is because other people don't respect the very best things. Like Mozart's piano concertos!"
Recognise yourself?
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 20/01/2017
» In this atomic-digital era, millennia-old mysteries are constantly being solved, but one will never be: How long will each of us live? Life insurance company mathematicians, pharmaceutical company chemists, astrologers, fortune-tellers et al are tackling it from different directions, none agreeing. Barring wars, epidemics and droughts, we are aware that we are living longer than our ancestors, women especially. The old are a "problem". The age of retirement is moving up around the world. How long before it reaches 70? Which lengthens the time for 20-year-olds to advance.
From Bangkok To Mandalay and back
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 11/11/2016
» For the scenery of Myanmar, this is pleasant enough. For a story of love lost and found, not really. From Bangkok To Mandalay, a Thai-Myanmar co-production opening this week after hitting cinemas around Myanmar on Nov 4, is a tired road-movie romance that switches between two periods in the present and the 1960s. Like most romantic stories, this one exists in a bubble and whether you'll be lulled into its cross-country voyage with four attractive leads of both nationalities depends on how much you enjoy drifting in this 120-minute bubble.
A British Don Juan
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 07/09/2015
» Brit Tom Watson -- good looking with pleasant personality -- is every woman's dream and he knows it, and steals their hearts. More to the point, he does so for sex. Then he drops each in turn as the next one falls into his arms. Yet even when discarded, they can't quite forget his words of love and keep coming back, humiliating themselves, wishing that he'd take up with them again.
Surreal eyes wide open
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 01/07/2015
» Aof Smith doesn't have 3G on his phone and he's not connected to the mobile internet — a rarity for a 28 year old. He doesn't feel he needs it, as he spends most of his time at home painting for up to 14 hours a day.