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Once the secret is out
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 25/03/2019
» Putting a modern spin on an existing story is nothing new. The storyline may be twisted, supporting characters added or omitted. Or we can try sprinkling some rainbows to put some new lights in the familiar.
Virtuoso one-man show about a woman
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 02/05/2018
» I Am My Own Wife, a one-man play based on the life of German antiquarian Charlotte von Mahlsdorf -- a transgender and founder of the Gründerzeit Museum in Berlin, and who survived the Nazi and Communist regimes -- will be playing on a Bangkok stage starting on Friday.
Advances stalled in film, sport
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 25/04/2022
» Censorship and discrimination cast pall over World Cup.
World firsts and retrospectives at 32nd Tiff
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 24/10/2019
» The Tokyo International Film Festival (Tiff) is back, and as ever, it features a fantastic line-up of Japanese and international cinematic treats. The 32nd edition of Tiff, one of the biggest film fests in Asia, will be held at Roppongi Hills and other venues throughout Tokyo from Monday until Nov 5.
Diversity marks TIFF awards
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 08/11/2019
» The 32nd Tokyo International Film Festival concluded earlier this week, with Frelle Petersen's Uncle from Denmark taking home the top Tokyo Grand Prix/Governor of Tokyo award. The drama, which had its world premiere in Tokyo, is about a young woman's life as she cares for her elderly, disabled uncle in rural Denmark.
Girls on film
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 02/03/2020
» The Fem Film Festival returns to Bangkok on Friday with a selection of movies that explore the struggles and achievements of women. Following a successful inaugural run last year, the festival is back and will be held at the Bangkok Screening Room in time for International Women's Day this Sunday.
The neverending quest for identity
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 25/11/2019
» THE WORLD OF LGBTI LITERATURE
Silver screen's future no longer golden
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 12/06/2020
» The Bangkok arthouse cinema House Samyan may look a little different today to frequent cinemagoers and cinephiles. Along the corridor of the 5th floor of Samyan Mitrtown, the cinema has placed memorable quotes from movies on the floor to remind people to keep their distance from one another. Masks, hand sanitiser, checking for fever, Thai Chana check-in -- audiences know the drill right from the entrance. But the most noticeable difference is actually inside the theatre itself. Empty seats and rows make sure people sit relatively far from one another. Partitions were installed between seats.
An enduring love story
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 16/08/2019
» A relationship is never complete without a cat.
Time traveller
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 04/04/2018
» Period dramas, the sources of romanticisation of the bygone, continue to transfix viewers everywhere. From the South Korean culinary tale Dae Jang Guem, to the dramatisation of UK royalty in The Crown, or the court of Louis XIV in Versailles, or even Thailand's own See Pandin (Four Reigns), these fusions of history and fantasy offer an outlook to the past -- glorified or critical -- while also sparking interest and debate over the portrayals of historical accounts.