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A Thai actor takes the stage at Cannes
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 22/05/2024
» In a dreary rural town in Taiwan, illegal Southeast Asian workers live a precarious existence toiling away in farms or homes while enduring tough bosses and prying authorities. Most of them are from the Philippines or Indonesia, but there are also a large number from Myanmar and Thailand.
New movies out this week: May 9-15
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 10/05/2024
» New releases that hit cinemas in Thailand this week.
Getting soft power right
Life, Published on 08/01/2024
» After three months in office, the Srettha Thavisin government has raved on about populist policies in the guise of digital wallets and soft power projects that will create income to boost our declining economy. With optimism, we learned that Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Pheu Thai party leader and head of the National Soft Power Strategy Committee (NSPSC), has drafted a budget of 5.1 billion baht to boost festivals and creative industries. It is welcoming news to hear this government is priortising art, music, literature, design, fashion, film, food, games, sports and festivals as essential sources for the creative economy. Where this enormous chunk of budget will come from, like digital wallets, remains to be seen.
Ukraine museum scrambles to save art in city of Kharkiv
Life, Published on 11/03/2022
» As Russian forces pound the city with artillery and airstrikes, staff at the main museum in Kharkiv raced to get priceless artworks to safety, many of them by Russian artists.
'Woven air': Bangladesh revives elite forgotten fabric
AFP, Published on 04/03/2022
» TARABO, Bangladesh: With wooden spinning wheels and hand-drawn looms, Bangladesh is painstakingly resurrecting a fabric once worn by Marie Antoinette and Jane Austen but long thought forever lost to history.
2021 photos of the year
Published on 30/12/2021
» Take a look at Bangkok Post's best photos of 2021.
Catch some Cannes on Netflix
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 02/07/2021
» The French resort of Cannes is buzzing again as the 2021 Cannes Film Festival returns next Tuesday.
Golden Globes to launch pandemic-era Hollywood awards season
AFP, Published on 28/02/2021
» LOS ANGELES: Hollywood's award season kicks off Sunday at a very different Golden Globes, with a mainly virtual ceremony set to boost or dash the Oscars hopes of early frontrunners like "Nomadland" and "The Trial of the Chicago 7."
Beyond the malls
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 07/09/2020
» Although their neighbourhood may be known for its malls and cheap wares, local galleries, art centres and community members are joining forces to weave a bridge of art and culture through the Pathumwan Art Routes Project (PARs), aiming to spur the economy after foreign tourists have dwindled amid a pandemic.
Beyond borders
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 18/03/2020
» The two-channel video work by Ampannee Satoh begins with specks of light and ends, naturally, with darkness. Two cameras were attached at the bow and stern of a fishing boat, purportedly the same type used by Rohingya refugees when they fled whatever was hounding them into the sea. The images they captured are wobbly, disoriented, seasick-inducing, and for 20 minutes they simulate the experience of being lost at sea in the middle of the night -- the experience of displaced people unmoored in the lightless sea.