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Let's hope it's not the final curtain at the Scala
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 10/06/2020
» When the government reopened the country in the third phase of easing this month, the Scala movie theatre remained shuttered. Rumours are widespread that the stand-alone theatre may be facing the final curtain.
Storybook picturehouse
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 27/05/2019
» For the past decade or so, Philip Jablon has travelled from town to town throughout Thailand looking for stand-alone cinemas. The fruits of his epic journey have now been compiled in the form of the book Thailand's Movie Theatres: Relics, Ruins And The Romance of Escape, which will be released on Friday.
Cinema paradiso no more
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 18/08/2017
» Everything changes. It changes in its own time.Cells die. Cells grow. Death and birth happen all the time.Like the mind, it's gone before you even know. Like when I project a movie, a reel of film rotating at high speed looks like a still image.
Enjoying the Vista
Life, Published on 13/02/2017
» The steady loss of Thailand's once ubiquitous stand-alone cinemas -- structures once symbols of the nation's modern, urban identity -- may soon be getting a break. For the first time in the country's history, a long-derelict cinema is in the initial stages of a revival.
Screening list announced for Luang Prabang Film Festival
Online Reporters, Published on 13/10/2016
» LUANG PRABANG - Thirty-two films will be screened at this year's Luang Prabang Film Festival, which will run from Dec 2 to 7, organisers announced.
Cinema scope
Life, Published on 12/07/2016
» Decades have passed since the residents of Bang Rak have been able to count a proper cinema in their vicinity. The tight-knit neighbourhood -- sited near the river and the financial downtown of Silom -- is known for its kaleidoscopic mix of architecture, mom-and-pop businesses and narrow streets, and the district was once home to several stand-alone cinemas all within walking distance of each other. Over the years, those cinemas went out of business as Bangkok expanded to the north and east, and disinvestment gradually drained the old-fashioned district of some vitality.
Superficiality takes aim at Scala
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 04/06/2016
» There is a mix of rage, gloom and longing as, once again, the fate of the Scala theatre in Siam Square is questioned. To wreck is easy, to save is hard. The jackhammer screeches louder than nostalgia. Will the Scala, that quaint majesty stuck in a prime retail area, that solemn granddaddy in the flashy, messy, heavily commercialised quarter, be next to fall?
Timeless classics
Life, Published on 24/05/2016
» Going to the movies in 21st century Myanmar is an experience little changed from the last century. With a majority of the country's cinema screens still located in stand-alone movie theatres built between the late 1940s and early 1960s, Myanmar has become a movie-going anomaly among its Asean neighbours, one of the many unintended consequences of decades of economic isolation. But judging by the business model of the country's biggest cinema chain, it's an anomaly worth preserving.
Songkhla's forgotten picture house
Life, Published on 28/07/2015
» At some point, Songkhla City is bound to take its place among Southeast Asia's top cultural heritage destinations. With its gracefully-aged, yet well-preserved architecture set against a sleepy maritime backdrop, it's puzzling why the southern Thai town is not already ranked with the likes of Luang Prabang, Laos or Georgetown, Malaysia, on the heritage map.
Theatre of dreams in the northern capital
Life, Published on 14/10/2014
» Promise of an exotic cultural experience amid the streetside hawkers of Chiang Mai's Night Bazaar always falls well short of expectations. The scene among this shopping zone differs little from dozens of other such sites across the country. For a city that relies so heavily on its unique historic identity as the main selling point, Chiang Mai's Night Bazaar leaves much to be desired.