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  A show of strength

  Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 16/09/2022

  » Over the past few years, American superheroes have dominated the movies in cinemas and series on various streaming services. That is likely to continue since Phase Five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe consists of planned releases in 2023 and 2024, while DC Extended Universe also has at least five films to be released next year. Last month, a reboot of the Red Eagle, perhaps Thailand's best-known superhero, was also announced for a planned release in 2024. Guru thinks home-grown heroes need long overdue love from us, so here are some of the memorable ones for your reading pleasure.

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  Pandemonium

  Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 30/09/2022

  » The first shot of Athena will be discussed in every writing about the film. A bravura choreography of movement that begins with an intimate close-up of a face and ends, after 10 blood-rushing minutes, with an explosion of revolutionary rage -- a la Les Miserables and Do You Hear The People Sing? transported to a predominantly-Muslim Paris suburb -- that opening shot is so hypnotising and immersive in its non-stop kineticism that we're led to forgive that it's also an earnest show-off, a proud enshrinement of style and attitude over everything else. Romain Gavras, a filmmaker known for making music videos for Jay Z and M.I.A, will cement that approach with many similar shots throughout the film -- long, seemingly uninterrupted shots with parkour camerawork full of angry bodies -- more than enough for aspiring filmmakers of the world to slobber over.

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  Blasts from the past

  Guru, Suthivas Tanphaibul, Published on 25/06/2021

  » The world moves in a circle around the sun and that, perhaps, explains why trends from decades ago are always doing the rounds. It doesn't matter which decade you were born in, each one had its own exciting new technology, trendy fashions, memorable toys, movies and music -- all of which can be looked back on with fondness. Guru has selected a few places to get your nostalgia going.

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  Celebrating Pridi Banomyong through film

  Life, Published on 11/05/2020

  » To mark the 120th anniversary of the birth of Thailand's former prime minister Pridi Banomyong, the Film Archive (Public Organization) presents online screenings of two movies related to the senior statesman who played a vital role in Thailand becoming a constitutional monarchy and was named one of the world's great personalities of the century by Unesco in 2000.

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  Religion and warfare

  Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 06/09/2019

  » What all religions, sects, cults have in common is that each believes it is the true one, the others not only unworthy but spawns of the devil, deserving to be liquidated.

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  Vivienne Westwood, punk queen turned fashion dame, dies aged 81

  AFP, Published on 30/12/2022

  » PARIS: Doyenne of British design Vivienne Westwood, who melded music and fashion together to create punk and brought rebellious politics to the catwalk, died on Thursday aged 81, her family said.

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  A push for sustainability

  Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 20/06/2022

  » In 2014, Romtham Khumnurak -- a student at the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Thammasat University (TU) -- enrolled in TU 100 Civic Engagement, which required students to observe TU's waste management system. After Romtham saw a large stinky garbage pile there, it dawned on him that everyone is involved in the waste issue. Five years later, Romtham and five other colleagues established an environmental online media, Environman, which currently has more than 564,000 followers and is available on several platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

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  Preserving traditions

  Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 16/05/2022

  » Hidden in an alley near a train station, Kongleechongsun School had been out of use for years. For outsiders, it could easily go unnoticed. Founded over a century ago by merchants of Chinese descent, the school experienced many interruptions including state control. It was not until the end of World War II that descendants rebuilt the now-defunct school.

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  Spirit of budo returns

  Life, Published on 23/09/2020

  » Japan Foundation is bringing back "The Spirit Of Budo: The History Of Japan's Martial Arts" to exhibit at the Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Burapha University in Chon Buri, from tomorrow to Oct 25.

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  How real is reel?

  Life, Published on 17/07/2020

  » Veteran journalist and professor of journalism Narendra Kaushik has tried to tackle a very niche subject in his book Mahatma Gandhi In Cinema. The book primarily deals with the portrayal of Gandhi in Hindi cinema and how in sync the filmmakers' version of Gandhi is to the real life all too human, flesh and blood Mahatma as he is recorded in the pages of history.

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