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Tale of old, gay man brightens Philippine film
AFP Relax News, Published on 06/11/2012
» A Philippine movie about a grumpy, old, gay man and his faithful dog has become an unlikely hit abroad while shaking the belief that local independent films have to focus on the darker side of life.
Pride of place
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 05/10/2012
» Twenty-five Thai films were yesterday listed as National Cinematographic Heritage under a Thai Film Archive project, now in its second year, that seeks to recognise and preserve films of historical and cultural importance. The objective is to raise awareness about the need for conservation of the country's audio-visual treasures in a world increasingly ruled by fleetingness and evanescence.
More terrorist outrages
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 10/09/2012
» Arab terrorists again, this time from Yemen. Osama bin Loony has come and gone, but his legacy of hate and destruction lingers on. What next after the outrage of 9/11? America again or some distant land? The world awaits the blow with trepidation. And with what weapon: chemical, biological, radiological?
From the alps, Via the new york subway, To bangkok
B Magazine, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 09/09/2012
» Over the course of his career, Swiss artist Pirmin Breu has always drawn inspiration and creative energy from new places and Bangkok has been no exception. He's been visiting here for years and finds in the city a dichotomy that stimulates him. He compares Bangkok to Mexico City, saying that in the latter "you can see the corruption as soon as you land", but he also finds a positive energy in both conducive to creativity.
Force of the farmers
Life, Chris Baker, Published on 03/09/2012
» Once upon a time anthropologists did "village studies". They found a place that became "their village." They counted the houses, traced the kin relations, described farming systems, and analysed the rituals.
Unabashed mayhem
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 24/08/2012
» As hype about the Asean economic link-up grows frenetic _ even though nobody is quite sure what that pipe dream might entail _ let's savour the coughed-up blood, the fevered sweat and the rabid, slaughterhouse smell of a film from a fellow Asean member state.
Solitude and solidarity
Life, Published on 25/07/2012
» The hot and humid boundaries of Southeast Asia aspire to become boundless in next the three years with the establishment of the Asean Economic Community. It is an intriguing aspiration; in terms of culture, it seems inevitable that to realise the dream of Asean solidarity, each member must first examine its memory of past solitude.
The Dragon Lady?
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 07/05/2012
» First ladies _ wives of presidents and prime ministers _ have generally been innocuous. On display during election time, they then faded into the background. Few made a name for themselves afterwards, most notably Hillary Rodham Clinton, appointed secretary of state when her husband was no longer in the White House.
Silenced speaks volumes
Life, Plalai Faifa, Published on 27/04/2012
» It would be hard to think of many subjects uglier than the one surveyed in excruciating detail by director Hwang Dong Hyuk in this film. Adapted from a novel by Cong Jee-yeong that was in turn based on actual events that took place in Korea in the mid-1990s, Do-ga-ni centres on a Korean school for deaf children where the students are routinely beaten and raped by the teachers and staff. It follows the events through a young teacher who discovers the extent of the abuse and then finds that all attempts to stop it are frustrated as the local police and Christian community close ranks to protect the offenders.
Tablets aren't the reading remedy
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 09/04/2012
» Retirement and ageing can't stop vigorous minds. This notion well reflects the bustling life of Khunying Kasama Varavarn na Ayudhya, who bade farewell to her top post at the Office of Basic Education Commission (Obec) several years ago.