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How elections amplify our echo chamber
Life, Niki Chatikavanij, Published on 14/02/2026
» This past week, most Bangkokians woke up with a post-election hangover. It's a similar feeling to when you have too many glasses of wine at dinner, or went a bit too heavy for your friend's birthday. This feeling, though, doesn't subside throughout the day with a nice long shower or a glass of water.
Paradise lost
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 04/04/2025
» In Grand Tour, Miguel Gomes' beguiling travelogue set in 1917, a British diplomat in Burma journeys across Southeast Asia, hopping from country to country, to avoid an encounter with his fiancée. Edward (Gonçalo Waddington) is a colonial officer who, struck by an inexplicable premonition or a case of cold feet, decides to flee Mandalay just before his sweetheart Molly (Crista Alfaiate) is due to arrive. He boards a ship to Singapore, then a train to Bangkok -- it derails on the way, but still makes it -- and onwards to Saigon, Manila, Osaka and Chongqing. Molly, pursuing him, would repeat a more or less similar route.
And the winner is...
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 28/02/2025
» The words and the verdicts on Oscars 2025.
Cheers to sleep and time when you're hungover
Life, Dr Eve Glazier & Dr Elizabeth Ko, Published on 07/01/2025
» DEAR DOCTOR: My wife overindulged on her birthday and wound up with a pretty fierce hangover -- headache, nausea, brain fog, the works. She got so much weird advice that it got us to wondering, what exactly is a hangover? Are there any remedies that actually work?
Time is the best cure for a hangover
Life, Dr Eve Glazier & Dr Elizabeth Ko, Published on 16/01/2024
» DEAR DOCTORS: I always thought that you get a hangover from drinking too much. But when I have a single mixed drink, or sometimes even just one glass of wine, I wake up feeling nauseated and with a bad headache. What causes a hangover? Is there a cure?
BIFF unveils rich line-up
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 23/09/2021
» The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has unveiled the line-up for its 26th edition to take place on-site from Oct 6-15. Asia's premier gathering of film professionals aims to shake off pandemic-related uncertainties with a slate of over 190 titles, with the focus on Asian cinema as usual. Busan is also pushing for a wider definition of "film festival" by including, for the first time, television series as part of its official programme.
A week without inhibitions
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 10/09/2021
» We have all met people on vacation that became friends we partied with once and then lost touch afterwards. But what would happen if you became friends with crazy people and they followed you back to your wedding? Well, that's what happens in Vacation Friends, a raw and raunchy comedy that was just released on Disney+ Hotstar this week.
Too much Kareem
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 10/04/2020
» Much like the romantic comedy, the action buddy comedy is one of the most popular movie genres, with its generic formula that Hollywood has been tirelessly recycling since it was popularised by the 70 and 80s. The formula usually falls on comedy and action elements with plots involving two people of conflicting personalities who are forced to work together to solve a crime.
Getting into the Christmas spirit
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 11/12/2019
» The holiday season is here. Among the many traditions people enjoy at this time of year is the Christmas movie. What better way to get you and your family into the festive spirit?
This Joker is no laughing matter
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 04/10/2019
» What makes Joker one of the most anticipated films of 2019? Apart from it depicting the origin of one of the most popular villains in all of pop culture and starring talented actor Joaquin Phoenix, this is the kind of film that breaks new ground for DC movies and certain kinds of superhero cinema in general.