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Old movie theatres disappearing fast
Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/11/2013
» The famed old movie house of Nonthaburi will be pulled down next week to build a new condominium.
The sight of silence
Life, Published on 05/08/2014
» Film Archive (Public Organisation) and British Council Thailand are organising the first "Silent Film Festival in Thailand" from Thursday until Aug 13.
Breaking the sound barrier
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 12/08/2014
» The sound of a sole piano has echoed through the chamber of the Lido 2 cinema since last Thursday. At the first "Silent Film Festival in Thailand", which ends tomorrow, two musical experts in live accompaniment have enriched the soundless images projected on-screen with melodic phrasing, jazzy streaks — even avant-garde romps. Maud Nelissen and Mie Yanashita have taken turns playing along with Hitchcock's romantic dramas and German proto-expressionism, as well as Japanese and Chinese silent films showing at the festival. Their improvisatory deftness and sonic interpretations of visuals recreate the cinematic experience of an era when movies were soundless.
Cinemas pull plug on 'Hunger Games'
News, Published on 20/11/2014
» The management of the Lido and Scala theatres has decided not to show The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 film for fear of political implications.
Sensational silent cinema
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 05/06/2015
» Buster Keaton, Douglas Fairbanks and Dr Caligari are among the highlights at the 2nd Silent Film Festival in Thailand. They will be joined by Alfred Hitchcock, Anna May Wong and an early Russian masterpiece at the movie event that runs from Wednesday to June 17 at Lido and Scala.
Superficiality takes aim at Scala
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 04/06/2016
» There is a mix of rage, gloom and longing as, once again, the fate of the Scala theatre in Siam Square is questioned. To wreck is easy, to save is hard. The jackhammer screeches louder than nostalgia. Will the Scala, that quaint majesty stuck in a prime retail area, that solemn granddaddy in the flashy, messy, heavily commercialised quarter, be next to fall?
Let's hear it for silence
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 10/06/2016
» In the world full of noise, let's appreciate the sound of silence. The 3rd Silent Film Festival in Thailand will run from June 16-22 at Scala and Lido, with a programme of marvellous classics from the 1920s. Two pianists specialising in performing with silent films will accompany every screening.
Lawrence, Psycho and other classics on the big screen
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 12/07/2016
» After 62 years in AWOL, the restored version of the Thai film Santi-Vina will screen at the Scala this Friday at 8pm. Tickets are now on sale at the cinema, and they're going fast.
The hills are alive!
Life, Published on 05/08/2016
» In a special screening, The Sound of Music will screen at noon at Scala in Siam Square on Sunday. Yes, it's referendum day, but fans or Julie Andrews and the Trapp family can perform their democratic duty first then head out to catch the show of this classic film -- it will be the first time in 51 years that The Sound of Music is playing on the big screen here.
Breaking into song on the big vote day
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 06/08/2016
» Tomorrow is the day. Are you ready? Really, are you ready?Keep calm, get dressed, put on your Sunday smile, and head out to … No, not the referendum booth, or maybe later. First you really must go to the Scala Theatre in Siam Square, where for the first time in Thailand in decades, The Sound of Music will play on the big cinema screen with its historic overflowing of saccharine -- and with one of the strangest anti-dictatorship sentiments ever shown on film.