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More mystery than horror?
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 08/08/2025
» After weeks of building hype, especially with a perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes score before it even opened in cinemas, Weapons arrives with massive expectations. And despite there being only four months left in 2025, many are already calling it the scariest movie of the year.
K-drama's new flavour
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 18/06/2025
» On a balmy Bangkok evening, the red carpet at Iconsiam shimmered with excitement as the main cast of Good Boy -- Park Bo-gum, Kim So-hyun and Lee Sang-yi -- stepped out to greet a global press corps and legions of screaming fans. The energy was palpable, both in the room and on screen. The South Korean action-comedy series had just premiered that day (May 31) on JTBC in Korea, with international audiences tuning in on Prime Video. New episodes are available every Saturday and Sunday, with episodes five and six streaming this past weekend.
Bangkok's experimental renaissance
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 04/02/2025
» The seventh edition of the Bangkok Experimental Film Festival (BEFF7) concluded its run with a thought-provoking and immersive journey into the realms of virtual and augmented reality, with one of its most highly anticipated highlights being A Conversation With The Sun (VR) by celebrated Thai filmmaker and artist Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
The story of an icon
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 10/05/2024
» Countless biopics have been made about rock stars and another recently dropped on Netflix. Beautiful Rebel is a biographical drama that chronicles the life of Gianna Nannini, a legendary figure in Italian music. While her music might not be widely-known by Thais, many may have heard her iconic anthem Un'Estate Italiana, the theme song of the 1990 World Cup.
The power of words
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 01/11/2023
» Following the success of the first event in 2019, Neilson Hays Library invites fans of literature or bookworms to the 2023 instalment of Bangkok Literature Festival, a celebration of books and ideas in the heart of Thailand's capital.
At the top of her game
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 11/07/2023
» Only a few months after making waves globally in Hunger, a hit drama on Netflix that highlights class divide, Chutimon "Aokbab" Chuengcharoensukying returns in Delete, a story about a mystery mobile phone whose camera is able to delete anyone from existence. The eight-part miniseries is currently on the top 10 most-watched shows in Thailand.
A classic high-speed heist
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 18/03/2022
» The first thing that comes to mind when talking about Michael Bay movies are the explosions, gunfire and scenes of cars flipping or helicopters falling from the sky in slow-motion. The man is like a filmmaker on steroids when it comes to big production. No matter how big or small the story is, Bay always finds a way to add explosions and make a big deal out of it. After his success in franchises like Bad Boys and Transformers, Bay has gone on to create the likes of Pain & Gain (2013) and 6 Underground (2019). His latest project, Ambulance, marks Bay's first directorial effort release since the pandemic began in 2020. Ambulance comes to local cinemas today, three weeks before North America where it is scheduled to release on April 8.
The end of an era
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 01/07/2020
» Last Saturday saw many fans and film lovers from everywhere gather from morning to evening in front of Scala Theatre, Bangkok's last stand-alone cinema and the magnificent architectural icon of the Siam Square area. People stood in line for hours to buy advance tickets for the farewell programmes in the "La Scala" event organised in conjunction with the Thai Film Archive, which will take place on Saturday and Sunday before the movie theatre closes its doors for good after serving Thai cinemagoers for more than half-a-century.
A plea for reason
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 01/06/2020
» What's going on with netizens today? A few years ago they said that the internet would be a new medium to bring people closer together, but why does it seem now that these technologies are tearing us apart? In this age of new communication, technologies and social media have made it easier for us to stay in touch with the people we care about, like family members and friends, and even strangers from different places and cultures around the world. However, what this comes with is a dark side of being so connected.
Novel ideas at Book Expo Thailand
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 01/10/2019
» It's that time of the year again when local bookworms cannot sleep for excitement. Book Expo Thailand, a paradise for book lovers, returns, offering thousands of books, new and old, rare and familiar, at discount prices, all under one roof.