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Going back to the start
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 11/11/2025
» The horror-world welcomes back the sinister town of Derry, Maine in IT: Welcome To Derry. Only this time we're going deeper and further back into the roots of fear that have haunted this place for generations.
Amy is still missing, almost 30 years later
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 25/07/2025
» For some reason, unsolved cases remain one of the most popular genres among true crime aficionados -- perhaps because they're the kinds of mysteries that continue to boggle the mind long after the final frame. There's a particular frustration, and fascination, in not knowing what really happened. And few cases embody that unresolved tension as hauntingly as the disappearance of Amy Lynn Bradley.
A Useful Ghost fills a vacuum at Cannes
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 19/05/2025
» What begins as comedy sometimes ends as horror. Or maybe: What begins as comedy sometimes ends as tragicomedy. Last Saturday, writer-director Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke presented Pee Chai Dai Kha (A Useful Ghost) at the 78th Cannes Film Festival, the sole Thai title in the festival.
Secrets of the swamp
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 18/10/2024
» When an eight-year-old girl mysteriously vanishes, a series of past deaths and disappearances around a lake straddling Louisiana and Texas begin to converge, forever altering the history of a broken family. Caddo Lake is a collaborative effort by filmmakers Celine Held and Logan George, who team up with producer M. Night Shyamalan to craft a mystery-thriller that skilfully blends family drama with elements of science fiction. While many movies and series explore similar premises, this one manages to stand out, offering an engaging and suspenseful ride.
Hope for a better future
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 22/08/2022
» In the short Surrealist fiction Lok (Peeled) by Jirat Prasertsap, a woman tries to move on after her boyfriend leaves her and she is unable to contact him. She throws away everything that reminds her of her ex-boyfriend. She quits her job and moves to live in another province. However, her memory of him and his touch does not fade, so in an attempt to forget him, she decides to peel her skin from head to toe.
Harrowing tale of a disappeared
Life, James Gomez, Published on 04/02/2022
» Silencing Of A Laotian Son – The Life, Work And Enforced Disappearance Of Sombath Somphone is a call for action against enforced disappearances. The book not only speaks of the life and work of abducted Lao activist Sombath Somphone in 2012, but it is also a record of his kidnapping and struggles against injustice that Ng Shui Meng -- his Singaporean wife -- had experienced.
Thais can't breathe
Life, Punsita Ritthikarn, Published on 22/11/2021
» Last year, the Chulalongkorn student activist group Spring Movement arranged the exhibition "Separation/(Silence)" in memory of Thai pro-democracy activists and human rights advocates who have vanished since the 2014 military coup. To this day, the student-led organisation is searching for those missing persons.
Apichatpong exhibition examines violence in Thailand
Life, Published on 14/10/2021
» The 100 Tonson Foundation is holding "A Minor History", a two-part exhibition based on award-winning filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul's latest cinematic project to portray the Isan region, until Feb 27 next year.
In the realm of Manta Ray
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 12/07/2019
» There's a shot of a manta ray in Manta Ray, and one is invited to read into the symbolism of the gliding creature whose journey transcends man-made boundaries. Kraben Rahu (Manta Ray) is the most anticipated Thai film of the year, and after almost a full year of travelling the film festivals of the world, like the majestic fish itself across the ocean, it has come ashore in select Thai cinemas this week.
Getting away with it
Life, Chris Baker, Published on 23/11/2018
» From 1977 to 1988, there were at least 1,436 alleged cases of arbitrary detention, 58 forced disappearances, 148 torture, and 345 extrajudicial killings in Thailand. We know these figures because an NGO investigated and reported these cases at a time when the idea of human rights excited optimism about justice and the rule of law. Amnesty International encouraged international activists to protest individual cases. Thai authorities investigated and whitewashed each case. This became standard procedure. After a time the NGO gave up. Nobody was punished.