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Time for Asean films to shine
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 08/12/2021
» The pandemic notwithstanding, it has been a stimulating year for Southeast Asian cinema. Reflective, heartfelt and oddball new titles from Indonesia, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand have won major prizes or become critical favourites at international film festivals throughout 2021. Now, many of these films are coming to the big screen in Thailand as the Bangkok Asean Film Festival 2021 (BAFF) is set to open tonight.
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Pedro Almodovar celebrates life in all its messy turns
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 23/11/2021
» Pedro Almodovar's films turn camp into art, or art into camp. Or even better, he isn't bothered all that much whether the candy-coloured hijinks, the sexual anything-goes, the carnal perfidy and maternal heartbreak in his movies are a form of art or a celebration of camp. And we, the audience, shouldn't either. Almodovar, the internationally best-known Spanish filmmaker, thrives on something much simpler, I think. Freedom.
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Cutting through the gloom in export prospects
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 01/07/2019
» Thailand's export prospects look gloomy this year amid weak global demand and the US-China trade spat.
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A night of surprises, some splendid
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 28/05/2019
» The odds weren't in Asia's favour, since there were only two films from the continent in competition. But South Korea did it, just like Japan had last year. Bong Joon-ho's Parasite won the Palme d'Or at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival, making it the second year in a row that an Asian film has won world cinema's most coveted prize, after last year's victory of Hirokazu Kore-eda's Shoplifters.
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Looking back to look forward
B Magazine, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 16/09/2018
» With two successful horror films -- Chanthaly and Dearest Sister -- under her belt, Laos' first female director Mattie Do is currently engrossed in shooting her third film, a science-fiction thriller called Bor Mi Vanh Chark (The Long Walk), at a location that's a 30-minute drive from country capital Vientiane.
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Spooky skyscraper
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 08/09/2017
» Director Sophon "Jim" Sakdaphisit likes to create his horror films based on locations. His 2008 directorial debut, Coming Soon, is set in a haunted cinema. The follow-up smash hit Laddaland -- his best-known project, which grossed 117 million baht in Thailand -- is set in a housing estate. And The Swimmers (2014) takes place mostly around a swimming pool.
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What's trending and happening this week
Muse, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 29/07/2017
» 1. A treat for coffee lovers, Krispy Kreme is rolling out three limited-edition coffee-flavoured varieties only until the end of August. First, the Salted Caramel Latte Doughnut is a shell doughnut filled with rich espresso kreme, coated with salted caramel and sprinkled with crème brûlée flakes. Second flavour is the Vanilla Latte Doughnut, filled with vanilla latte cream and coated with rich espresso and vanilla cream and sprinkled on top with espresso flavoured icing and vanilla latte toppings. Last but not least, the Mocha Kreme Doughnut is filled with Mocha cream, coated with white chocolate and drizzled with espresso topping. At only 35 baht a piece, get Krispy Kreme's Coffeehouse Doughnuts at any participating branch (except Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports).
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Our best films of the year
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 22/12/2016
» As usual we have two lists, for titles released in local cinemas and the wider universe of world films shown elsewhere (and hopefully coming to our screens soon).
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Lights, Camera ... Asia
Asia focus, Published on 12/09/2016
» Hollywood is often seen as the epitome of the global film industry as it is the primary source of some of the world's most commercially successful films.
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Scala doc to open film festival
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 25/03/2016
» Our cinematic monument of majesty, the last palatial cinema house in town, the Scala on Siam Square stands alone in defiance and melancholy as a remnant of a different era. As its fate -- the spectre of eventual demolition -- keeps popping up in the news every few years, the movie house is now the subject of a documentary film. The Scala, directed by Aditya Assarat, is part of a pan-Asia ensemble called The Power Of Asian Cinema that will screen as the opener of the 6th Salaya International tomorrow.
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