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From mansions to mangrove forests
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 22/07/2021
» Like many others, I am not in the mood to travel during the partial lockdown but that will not stop me from exploring. From my computer screen, I can explore various sites in Bangkok and also other parts of the country. This will at least give me an idea of places to add to my itinerary in the future.
New Apichatpong film shares Jury Prize at Cannes film festival
Published on 18/07/2021
» A film by acclaimed Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul was joint winner of the Jury Prize, the third-ranked prize in the Best Film category, at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday.
Cannes cold shoulders its 'Queer Palm' prize
AFP, Published on 17/07/2021
» CANNES: It has been won by big-name Hollywood directors and is headed by one of France's top comic stars, but the "Queer Palm" prize celebrating LGBTQ movies at Cannes still has no official place at the world's top film festival.
Thai Film Archive hosts Clubhouse chat with Memoria crew
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 13/07/2021
» The Palme d'Or-winning Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul returns with Memoria, his first feature film in more than a decade.
Death by a thousand cuts
Life, Chris Baker, Published on 09/07/2021
» The film director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, is the most celebrated Thai creative artist in the world today, awarded the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 2010 and a string of other international prizes. After wrestling with the Thai censors, he decided first to stop showing his films in Thailand, and then to stop making his films here. He has recently been making a film with an international star cast in Colombia, almost exactly the opposite point on the globe, the farthest possible distance from Thailand on the planet.
Apichatpong's memory of the world
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 30/06/2021
» It begins with a bang. Maybe the Big Bang, a culmination of cosmic murmur and subterranean hum that explodes like a burst of revelation, a sonic release of the weight of all human pain. In Apichatpong Weerasethakul's new film Memoria, a woman wakes up one morning in Bogota jolted by a mysterious sound -- a metallic, visceral, bottom-of-the-well bang. The woman, orchid farm owner Jessica (played by Tilda Swinton), wanders the Colombian capital in a daze, haunted by the unshakable aural echo, then leaves the city and heads to the mountains, where the phantom of the bang shadows her.
Third time unlucky
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 25/06/2021
» Due to the pandemic's lasting impact, the release date in Thailand for the highly-anticipated third instalment in The Conjuring franchise, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, was delayed several times. Originally meant to hit theatres last year, the film was postponed several times before finding a new date earlier this month. Now that Thai cinemas outside Bangkok are allowed to reopen, The Devil Made Me Do It is playing on the big screen and it will eventually be streamed on HBO GO as well.
A post-apocalyptic fairytale
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 22/06/2021
» A dystopian story about a mysterious virus that almost wipes out humanity may not sound like escapism right now as the real world deals with its own pandemic, however, the new Netflix hit series Sweet Tooth has elements that take a slightly different approach.
Oscar-nominated actor Ned Beatty dies, aged 83
AFP, Published on 14/06/2021
» LOS ANGELES: Ned Beatty, the prolific and Oscar-nominated character actor known for roles in "Network," "Superman" and "Toy Story 3," has died aged 83, US media reported Sunday.
‘Memoria’ featured in Cannes
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 03/06/2021
» A Thai-directed film starring Tilda Swinton has been selected into the main competition of Cannes Film Festival 2021, the first time in 11 years that a Thai filmmaker will be featured at the top tier of the prestigious festival.