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Brazil's MV Bill raps politics, pandemic in new album
AFP, Published on 19/05/2021
» RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian rapper MV Bill's new album is both fresh and old-school, full of rhymes on 2021 politics and the pandemic, but also the same problems he has been chronicling in the favelas for 33 years.
NBC drops next year's Golden Globes over diversity row
AFP, Published on 11/05/2021
» LOS ANGELES: The future of the Golden Globes was plunged into jeopardy Monday as NBC cancelled its broadcast of next year's prestigious awards, after major Hollywood studios and stars such as Scarlett Johansson lined up to slam the organisers over their record on diversity and transparency.
Golden Globes voters approve sweeping reforms after racism row
AFP, Published on 07/05/2021
» LOS ANGELES: The scandal-hit organization behind film and television's Golden Globe Awards on Thursday voted for sweeping reforms after being slammed by Hollywood for its record on diversity.
Documentary Club streams Colectiv
Life, Published on 06/05/2021
» Colectiv, a captivating documentary that earned a double Oscar nomination, is the latest movie picked by Documentary Club to be screened online via its Doc Club on Demand.
A long crusade against healthcare woes
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 16/04/2021
» Colectiv, a Romanian documentary film nominated for two Oscars, watches in terror as the Romanian healthcare system practically collapses before the camera. The film elicits a series of gasps, as one shocking revelation leads to another, and another: procurement frauds, bureaucratic incompetence, corruption, nepotism, murder, mass bribery, healthcare mafia, maggots crawling on the head of a patient -- a living patient -- and finally, an election whose preposterous results ring too many familiar bells.
Can Italy's Dante get justice, 700 years after his death?
AFP, Published on 12/03/2021
» FLORENCE: Dante's "Divine Comedy," considered one of the world's greatest literary works, came to light after a miscarriage of justice which Italian legal experts now want to correct -- some seven centuries on.
Netflix, Disney win big at Golden Globes
Bloomberg News, Published on 01/03/2021
» Netflix and Walt Disney emerged as the big winners at the Golden Globe awards, taking home most of the evening’s prizes for their films and television shows, in an awards show tailor-made for the unusual pandemic-affected times.
Jury's out for Netflix series Trial By Media
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 22/05/2020
» Netflix's latest crime documentary Trial By Media poses a thought-provoking question to its audience -- how does the court of public opinion impact a judicial system and its verdicts?
Indonesian moviemakers bet on homegrown superhero universe
AFP, Published on 14/05/2020
» JAKARTA - Marvel's Avengers may bring in billions at the box office but Indonesia is taking on the likes of Captain America and Iron Man with its own superhero franchise, tapping into growing global demand for diverse characters.
Highbrow picks from Netflix
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 01/05/2020
» Cannes Film Festival, the annual jamboree of world cinema usually taking place in May, has been postponed until further notice. In its absence, we delve into the Netflix menu and find four films that made their debut at Cannes over the past decades and made a noise in their own way.