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    Defeating the odds

    Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 21/01/2022

    » During the 49th International Emmy Awards -- held in New York City and broadcast around the globe last November -- there was surprise mixed with excitement on the face of Pailin Wedel, a Thai-American director whose film Hope Frozen: A Quest To Live Twice won the Best Documentary category. The other nominees in the category were They Call Me Babu (Netherlands), Cercados (Brazil) and Toxic Beauty (Canada). Hope Frozen made history as it was the first Emmy for a title from Thailand.

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    Very soft Thai power in the making

    Life, Published on 20/09/2023

    » Since the recent return of Thaksin Shinawatra after 15 years of self-exile to Bangkok and the parliamentary selection of Srettha Thavisin as Thailand's 30th prime minister on the same day, politics and culture have unfolded with drama and excitement.

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    The afterlife of Mitr Chaibancha

    Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 06/10/2023

    » In an abrupt moment of life's brutal script, Mitr Chaibancha fell to his death from a helicopter ladder on Oct 8, 1970. He was filming Insee Thong (Golden Eagle), playing an anti-communist masked hero, when he slipped from the rung and plunged to the ground in Pattaya. That same evening, his body was transported to Wat Kae Nang Loeng. Thousands of people, unable to believe that Thailand's most famous actor was really, tragically dead, amassed impromptu at the temple and demanded that his corpse be raised from the coffin and shown to the public.

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    Resurrecting a classic

    Life, Published on 04/09/2023

    » Along with his early directorial efforts during the late 1990s and early 2000s like Fun Bar Karaoke and Last Life In The Universe, 6ixtynin9 (1999) was remembered as the film that helped Pen-ek Ratanaruang become recognised as a trailblazer in Thai New Wave cinema and for bringing stories of crime and dark humour to a new generation. Due to its unique and unconventional story, 6ixtynin9 was not a commercial success in Thailand at the time, but it went on to become a cult classic and is highly regarded abroad. It won the Don Quixote Award, a Special Mention at the Berlin International Film Festival and Best Feature at the Brooklyn International Film Festival in 2000.

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    A TV show born of pandemic

    Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 22/09/2021

    » Seven years ago, only a few people living outside the Philippines would have heard of director Erik Matti or his crime thriller masterpiece On The Job, despite it being a film to likely revive the long dormant action genre in the Philippines. Thanks to the age of streaming services, the film has recently landed on HBO GO, where Thai viewers can watch it for the first time in the form of a six-part miniseries.

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    Cinephiles to get a week-long French treat

    Life, Published on 05/01/2022

    » The French Embassy, in partnership with HAL Distribution, presents "Celine Sciamma Retrospective (2007-2022)", which will bring five selected movies of the French screenwriter and film director to theatres in Bangkok and Chiang Mai, from Sunday to Jan 16.

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    RBSO to play Queen Mother birthday concert

    Life, Published on 22/08/2023

    » The Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra will give a concert to mark the 91st birthday of HM Queen Sirikit The Queen Mother, in the Main Hall of Thailand Cultural Centre, Ratchadaphisek Road, on Saturday at 7.30pm.

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    A culinary adventure

    Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 23/08/2023

    » For fans of TV dramas and celebrities in general, there's no way you haven't heard of famous celebrity couple Prin "Mark" Suparat and Kimberley Anne Woltemas. Ever since the couple recently announced their plan to get married after dating for over three years, fans are excited and eager to know more about the pair.

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    A Korean space opera

    Life, Published on 09/02/2021

    » After months of delay due to the pandemic, Space Sweepers, one of the most anticipated high budget South Korean sci-fi action films of the year, has found a home on Netflix and is providing movie fans an opportunity to see what the first blockbuster Korean space opera looks like. Now, director Jo Sung-hee, as well as members of the high-profile cast -- Song Joong-ki, Kim Tae-ri, Jin Seon-kyu and Yoo Hae-jin -- are inviting everybody on board as Space Sweepers launched on the streaming service last week to subscribers in 190 countries.

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    Death by a thousand cuts

    Life, Chris Baker, Published on 09/07/2021

    » The film director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, is the most celebrated Thai creative artist in the world today, awarded the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 2010 and a string of other international prizes. After wrestling with the Thai censors, he decided first to stop showing his films in Thailand, and then to stop making his films here. He has recently been making a film with an international star cast in Colombia, almost exactly the opposite point on the globe, the farthest possible distance from Thailand on the planet.

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