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A call for help
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 23/08/2022
» We pull on layers to protect our vulnerable core. When they break, we are exposed and desperate for new shells, but they take time and do not come easily. Sometimes, we borrow them from the dead.
Time is not on anybody's side
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 15/10/2021
» There's the anatomy -- the bone and the flesh, supple or flaccid. Then there's time, the cruellest judge of all. In Jakrawal Nilthamrong's Anatomy Of Time (the Thai title is simpler, Wela), the first sound we hear is a tick-tock metronome like the soundtrack of the cosmos as we watch an old lady gently tending to her tubed and bedbound husband. Time will be folded back. The old woman will become young and her dying husband will appear as a spirited, dashing military captain fighting communist insurgents for the good of the nation.
Uncle Boonmee at 10
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 22/05/2020
» Rumour had spread early that morning that the Thai film would win big that night. How big? We daren't dream. The runner-up prize maybe? The Cannes grapevine, in those embryonic days of Facebook and Twitter, was fairly dependable but not downright on the money. It gives you the shape but never the details. The Thai film "will definitely win something", said one of my supposedly well-connected friends, accompanied by a speculative wink.
Back to the basics
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 02/01/2020
» On the breezy top of the limestone cliff on the east side of Doi Pha Phueng, 1,600m above sea level, I zipped up my jacket and let the sights and sounds of the natural surroundings soak in. Before me was a sea of forest-clad mountains, bathed in the warm rays of the morning Sun. The air was filled with blissful silence, with faint songs from invisible birds occasionally seeping in from the canopy below.
Portuguese film at RCB Film Club
Life, Published on 28/05/2019
» Ballad Of Dog's Beach will be the next programme presented by RCB Film Club with the support of the Embassy of Portugal and Camões Portuguese Cultural Center in Bangkok, at the RCB Forum, 2nd floor of River City Bangkok, Charoen Krung 24, on June 8 at 4pm
Peace of art
Life, Story: Tatat Bunnag, Published on 01/11/2018
» In a troubled area, love and harmony can still flourish. In a climate of uncertainty and violence, courage sometimes means getting up and making art. "Hope And Courage Human Compassion Love And Values Of Beauty In The Way Of Life" is the latest exhibition by a group of female Muslim artists from the Deep South known as the Muslimah collective, who put their faith in the goodness of humanity through their art.
A royal success story
Life, Story and photos: Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 06/09/2018
» Royal projects are always located far from cities and in more remote areas. Lam Pathia Reservoir in Buri Ram's Lahan Sai district is a prominent example. The reservoir is about 90km south of the city and close to the border between Thailand and Cambodia.
Examining the exodus
Life, Published on 19/06/2018
» River City Bangkok is hosting "Exodus", a photo exhibition by award-winning photojournalist Patrick Brown, which will open on World Refugee Day tomorrow and run until Aug 10. The venue is the RCB Photographers' Gallery on the second floor.