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Flying the not-so-friendly skies
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 30/07/2021
» July is a satisfying month for horror fans as Netflix released a number of new films from this genre. From the American-made Fear Street trilogy and Italian A Classic Horror Story to the latest spin-off episode of the South Korean hit zombie series Kingdom: Ashin Of The North. As the month comes to a close, the streaming service brought viewers another turbulent action thriller flick from Germany, Blood Red Sky, about a group of terrorists picking the wrong plane to hijack.
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Chronicling an inspiring journey
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 07/07/2021
» Despite his popularity as a celebrity chef, not many know about Wolfgang Puck's upbringing.
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A young girl spreads her wings
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 18/06/2021
» 'Did you know this is huge? It doesn't happen every day. You just gave these kids their first board," says a character in Manjari Makijany's Skater Girl. With what happens in Khempur, a small village in Rajasthan, the skateboard isn't just a toy, it is a symbol of freedom and liberation from having to follow the same endless cycle of unspoken norms.
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Battling sexists and gremlins
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 12/02/2021
» There's a certain type of thriller movie in which filmmakers try to bring something different to the table by designing a plot with the main character getting stuck in a single location while having to deal with a series of life-and-death situations. This is quite challenging as it forces the director, writer and actor to step up their game as there is limited space and scenery and most of the time, they fail to pull it off.
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Melancholy and absurdity
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 14/05/2021
» Chaitanya Tamhane was 27 years old when his breakthrough film Court became a critical sensation and won the Lion of the Future Award at the Venice festival in 2014. A film of understated power about India's Kafkaesque judicial tribulation, Court announced the arrival of an exceptional talent from Mumbai, a proud cinema city usually associated with rambunctious Bollywood titles.
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A disappearing river
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 24/03/2021
» Artist Disorn Duangdao is one of the many people who has seen the Mekong River in Chiang Khong, Chiang Rai, change from muddy brown to an aquamarine colour. Although the blue river looks beautiful to tourists, it is actually a sign that the river is starving of vital sediment because dams in China are preventing it from flowing downstream. Another negative impact caused by the dam is that the river has dried up so much that the rocks in the bed can be seen for the first time.
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Heroes to the rescue
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 21/10/2020
» Having read and seen news about inequality in Thailand as a child, Tewaporn Maikongkeaw began to slowly develop an interest in social issues.
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A passing fancy
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 22/01/2021
» A dystopian near future warzone, robots and AI, Russian terrorists, action-packed firefights with tons of bullets and explosions. The story of a drone pilot who has to team up with an android officer in a top secret mission in order to save the world from a nuclear attack. Judging by its premise, the latest futuristic war film Outside The Wire seems to have all the ingredients good sci-fi action movies should have. And while it's setting the scene for what we can expect, that's not always necessarily a good thing as Outside The Wire feels like a middling effort with an ineffective gimmick and undercooked script.
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Christmas carols, Isan music end troubled year
Life, John Clewley, Published on 22/12/2020
» This has been a tough year for everyone involved in the music business, here in Thailand and everywhere else.
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Do your due diligence
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 17/07/2020
» While Thais love supernatural stories, oddly it seems that in the past few years, many Thai directors are running out of original ideas for a spooky plot, relying instead on too many jump scares, while repeating the same worn-out storylines.
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