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Academy Awards nominations worth a watch
Life, -- Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 17/02/2022
» Following the announcement of the 2022 Academy Awards nominations last week, several Oscar-nominated films are making their way back into Thai cinemas. Here are some of the titles worth checking out.
Thrilling pyscho horror
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 27/11/2020
» Fans of crime thrillers should remember Searching, a 2018 indie film by director Aneesh Chaganty starring John Cho. The film -- hailed by many as one of the most innovative thrillers of 2018 -- featured unique footage that incorporated the use of smartphones, computer screens and social media as part of its compelling crime investigation storyline.
The undead are slightly diminished
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 27/07/2020
» Finally, there's a blockbuster movie coming to local cinemas. As most people are still wary of the big screen experience, perhaps this particular movie could change their mind. Train To Busan: Peninsula rides in at full throttle, with thrills, shrills and an army of speedy zombies all ready to attack at any sign of light or sound.
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.
Embracing diversity on the screen
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 23/06/2020
» Thailand and the world have come a long way when it comes to diversity of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression of characters on our screens. On the occasion of Pride Month, Netflix facilitated a talk with filmmaker Chookiat Sakveerakul (Love Of Siam and Dew) and Sanchai Chotirosseranee, deputy director of the Thai Film Archive, where they discussed onscreen representation, visibility and political correctness of today's LGBTI content.
Corona and the death of cinema (again)
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 30/03/2020
» "Cinema is an invention without a future," said Louis Lumiere who, along with his brother Auguste, invented the Cinematographe in 1895. From its birth, cinema was convinced of its own death. From the very beginning, cinema predicted its own eventual demise. And that was before the two world wars, the advent of home video, laser disc, DVDs, Blu-rays, terrorism, mass shootings, Netflix, and now the coronavirus, the latest scourge that has sealed shut cinema houses around the world.
Comedic fun with whodunnit
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 13/12/2019
» Old-fashioned whodunnit or detective murder-mystery stories are very successful as novels and television series, but we don't get to see as many of them on film nowadays, let alone a decent one. We may have had the remake of Murder On The Orient Express two years ago, although the movie was kind of a flop, or there's the Sherlock Holmes movie franchise with Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr. But even those are based on already very popular characters in literature.
For the love of Siam
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 22/11/2019
» The LGBTI community's fight for recognition has been a long and difficult one both here in Thailand and beyond. While the situation has undoubtedly improved in recent times, when it comes to representation in popular media, there is still a long way to go.
Fading out and fading back in
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 11/09/2019
» After closing its doors in RCA on Aug 31, the art-house cinema House Rama has found a new home as part of the launch of Samyan Mitrtown, the new mixed-use complex project developed by SET-listed Golden Land Property Development, located near the Sam Yan intersection, just 300m from MRT Sam Yan. The new cinema is set to open on Sept 20.
Fierce and pitiful
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 20/03/2019
» Krasue is a Thai ghost beside whom vampires -- and other blood-lusting Western monsters -- pale in comparison. Basically a detached head of a woman floating around in the dark, lit up by a phosphorescent glow from her still-beating heart, and with her bloody entrails dangling below the head like an infested creeper, krasue feeds on, naturally, filth, blood, corpses and carcasses. Sometimes it's compared, for the sake of convenience, with Gothic-era will-o'-the-wisp or jack-o'-lantern. But seriously, please, that is a gross under-characterisation that discounts the supreme grotesqueness of krasue, born by the pulpy fantasy of our equatorial folklorists.