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New movies out this week: Nov 28-Dec 4
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 28/11/2024
» New releases that hit cinema in Thailand this week.
Hope Fair returns to Avani Sukhumvit
Life, Published on 26/09/2024
» The Hope Fair is holding another boutique pop-up market at the Ballroom, 7th floor of Avani Sukhumvit Bangkok, Sukhumvit Road, today from 11am to 8pm.
Enjoy a journey through the senses
Published on 05/09/2024
» Get ready for a journey at “Engage Your Senses Edition 3!” on Sept 21 at Playlys Bangkok that will ignite your imagination and delight your senses. Not just an exhibition, expect an immersive adventure where art and sensory exploration come together to create unforgettable memories.
New releases for your streaming pleasure: Jan 31-Feb 6
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 31/01/2024
» Looking for a title to binge-watch this weekend? Here's our pick!
From slums to stardom: Uganda's Ghetto Kids
AFP, Published on 03/06/2023
» KAMPALA, Uganda: The sprawling slums of Kampala are a far cry from the glitzy stage of Britain's Got Talent, where a group of Ugandan street kids will be performing in Sunday's grand finale of the hit UK television show.
KondZilla, the entrepreneur of Brazilian favela funk
AFP, Published on 06/05/2023
» RIO DE JANEIRO: They say everything he touches turns to gold: KondZilla, the man behind the most popular YouTube channel in Latin America, has revolutionised Brazilian funk music, taking favela beats to a massive online audience.
Our Rose of Klong Toey, a Christmas baby
Life, Father Joe Maier, Published on 23/12/2021
» At Christmas, deep in the heart of each of us is a "broken alleluia". So often, almost always, in the slums of Klong Toey and here at Mercy Centre. The whispers, tears, the silent gestures of the children say so much about sadness and being dumped, left alone in an abandoned building or a bus stop. That's the broken part, and the alleluia is the joy of Christmas, of being loved. Being found.
Melancholy and absurdity
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 14/05/2021
» Chaitanya Tamhane was 27 years old when his breakthrough film Court became a critical sensation and won the Lion of the Future Award at the Venice festival in 2014. A film of understated power about India's Kafkaesque judicial tribulation, Court announced the arrival of an exceptional talent from Mumbai, a proud cinema city usually associated with rambunctious Bollywood titles.
Opening doors for the ordinary
Life, Father Joe Maier, Published on 15/04/2021
» To kick open the door only once -- and it stays open. That's what our Mercy Centre and Human Development Foundation does.
In School Town King, the kids are not all right
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 01/01/2021
» There's a sense of immediacy in School Town King, a Thai documentary about two teenage rappers from the Klong Toey slums. On the surface, this is an advocacy film, one that patiently follows the two underprivileged ghetto boys with an unorthodox dream and their misadventures in Thai schools. But what makes School Town King feel urgent is its exposé of structural narrow-mindedness and the ideological straightjacket that leaves no room for kids who do not fit the mould. The conservative school policy, the film suggests in its visual clues and off-the-cuff asides is a chronic condition that has worsened by the arrogantly old-school regime of past years. In the year of Bad Students and Free Youth upheaval, School Town King is a deafening confirmation that the kids are not all right -- and it's surprising only for ignorant adults why they no longer want to put up with it.