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Toronto top picks
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 22/09/2017
» A showcase of Oscar hopefuls and world cinema highlights, the film festival which wrapped up last weekend is one of the most influential in the world. Here are our highlights
2023 ROUNDUP A vintage year for Thai cinema?
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 25/12/2023
» There were cheers of jubilation and gasps of disbelief as Thai cinema found itself awash with excitement in 2023. This has been the most successful year for mainstream Thai movies in a decade, a box-office triumph far exceeding all expectations. To many, the 2023 coup de theatre calls for celebration. "We are back!" cried optimistic pundits. But also: "Really? Is it just a one-time cinema party and can we keep the ball rolling?"
Follow the yellow brick road
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 21/06/2019
» There is a newly-invented subgenre of the rock biopic: the queer, British, 1970s-set rock biopic, preferably with family trauma and cruel (or at least unsympathetic) parents. First was Bohemian Rhapsody, the shoddy Freddie Mercury flick, whose status as an Oscar-nominated title still befuddles. Now comes Rocketman, in which Taron Egerton preens and struts in Elton John's greatest hits of wardrobe flamboyance, even at his AA session.
One Marvel-ous adventure
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 01/05/2015
» Marvel aspires to set their superheroes in stone, marble, or bronze, like a monumental statue of the ancient gods, or of tireless labourers that the world can't live without. The end credits of Avengers: Age Of Ultron testifies to that ambition. Like in a Soviet sculpture exalting workers, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Black Widow, Hawkeye, The Hulk — who did I forget? — yes, the new additions Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver and Vision, appear as sombre figures set in a giant, smooth slab of stone, eyes gazing intently into the future.
Youth start clock ticking on old guard
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 03/03/2018
» Let's hand the torch to the young, for the world of cynical adults requires a dose of youthful idealism.
Everyone wins in the Thai PBS royalty debate. Right?
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 16/03/2013
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