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Blowing the whistle on overzealous security guards
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 29/01/2012
» Each time I get in my car to drive home from the fitness centre I sporadically visit, there is a pleasant middle-aged gentleman who sits in the car park.
A day with VRZO
Guru, Published on 27/01/2012
» Have you ever wondered how many people would choose "bananas and a muscular man" over "milk and a pretty girl" if they were the sole castaway on an island? Do you want to know how many girls out there would allow their boyfriends to take pictures of them naked? How many guys prefer beautiful dumb girls over intelligent homely ones? How many ladyboys would try to win over a man she liked?
Raiders of the archives
Life, Published on 27/01/2012
» A rich trove of archival treasures, footage collages, rare moving image intrigues and post-post-avant-gardism experiments is ready for an onslaught beginning tomorrow at the 6th Bangkok Experimental Film Festival (BEFF 6). Under the theme "Raiding the Archives", BEFF 6 continues the spirit (bordering on cinematic spiritualism) of experimental cinema as a form of cultural and artistic investigation, this time with the emphasis on the relationship between moving images and our perception and interpretation of history.
Disappointing crop
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 27/01/2012
» Starring Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes. Directed by Pedro Almodovar. In Spanish with Thai and English subtitles. At selected cinemas.
Lost Somewhere Along The Line
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 22/01/2012
» This is the sign, prominent and loud, that pounced on me as I strolled past a Bangkok Bank branch this week. "Please get a line", it announced, stuck to a glass window, behind which a bank teller, as sullen as he was youthful, sat with a face like thunder.
The Land of Scams
Guru, Published on 20/01/2012
» Let's face it, the world is at a lowpoint and definitely going to end soon. It's 2012, and all the actors have been replaced by clones while the music charts are full of attention-seeking kids with ADHD. So it's no wonder that morality is plummeting to darker depths than Donald Trump on a bad hair day.
Global visions
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 20/01/2012
» From Southeast Asian indies to Turkish policiers and Chilean dramas, the World Film Festival of Bangkok serves up a hefty cinematic portion that will enliven our theatre-going experience from today until Jan 27. Pushed back from November by the furious flood, the festival opens tonight at Paragon Cineplex with Padang Besar (I Carried You Home) and will offer around 100 titles, both short and feature-length, over the next seven days. All films will be screened at Esplanade Cineplex on Ratchadaphisek (MRT Thailand Cultural Centre), and the closing night will be an outdoor screening at The Nine, on Rama IX Road, which will feature a rare programme by Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki.
Paranoia rules
Life, Plalai Faifa, Published on 20/01/2012
» John Carpenter's 1982 version of The Thing is about monsters from space in the same way that Lars von Trier's recent Melancholia is about the end of the world. Both films use spectacular catastrophes out of science fiction to show the power of destructive mental states that can literally pull the world out from under those affected by them.
Capturing Moments
Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 18/01/2012
» It was four years ago, in 2007 that HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn for the first time gave her consent to putting on display photographs she had taken at a public exhibition. And every year since her audience has had an opportunity to follow her on her travels and learn of her vision and passion captured so intimately through the lens.
Ploy, the little powerhouse
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 16/01/2012
» Who says wall climbing is just a men's sport? Watchareewan "Ploy" Tomas, a 14-year-old girl from Thailand, has proven that this is not true by winning a silver medal in the discipline of bouldering _ a type of rock climbing wall _ at the 2011 SEA Games. Moreover, Ploy became the country's youngest athlete to win a medal at the Games.