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Deep in the paradox
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 25/05/2022
» In Cairo, a religious student at the prestigious Al-Azhar Islamic University is recruited by secret police to infiltrate a Muslim Brotherhood cell. In Mashad, a holy city in Iran, a serial killer prowls a seedy suburb and strangles head-scarfed prostitutes. In the first film, bloodlust officials torture dissidents with abandon. In the second film, religion is evoked and the name of God is cited as a justification for murder. This begs the obvious question: Will Boy From Heaven be banned in Egypt, and Holy Spider Iran?
Serial killings or something more sinister?
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 14/05/2021
» Ever since the success of the series Making A Murderer, which ran between 2015-2018, Netflix has kept its foot on the true-crime genre with various cases of serial killers highlighted over the years. Each year, the streaming platform has provided viewers with documentaries like the Ted Bundy Tapes (2019), Don't F**k With Cats (2019), The Ripper (2020), and Night Stalker (2021).
A bone-chilling mystery
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 19/02/2021
» In recent years, Netflix has become the bona fide home of documentaries, particularly in the true-crime genre with releases such as Making A Murderer (2019), The Ripper (2020) and Night Stalker: The Hunt For A Serial Killer (2021). And following the success of Conversations With A Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes (2019), director Joe Berlinger returns with his latest effort, Crime Scene: The Vanishing At The Cecil Hotel, a docu-series which chronicles the case of 21-year-old Canadian tourist and college student Elisa Lam, who mysteriously disappeared during her stay at the infamous Cecil Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. As the episodes progress, what really happened gradually emerges and the truth will chill you to the bones.
End of fossil fuel?
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 20/12/2019
» I'm not a linguist. I'm not proud of it. English is my first and only language, which is not to say that it's the only language worth knowing. I studied other languages in school, but couldn't get the hang of them. Neither am I well-versed in English. I'm not being modest. I look at Webster and Oxford with a groan.