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Thai film to retell cave rescue drama
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 10/09/2018
» A Thai film retelling the story of the Tham Luang cave operation will start filming in November, said its director and producer.
Last light at Lido
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 04/05/2018
» The Lido Theatre opened on June 27, 1968, a 1,000-seat movie palace in the fast-modernising neighbourhood of Pathumwan. The first title on the marquee was Guns For San Sebastian, a cowboy film starring Anthony Quinn.
Scholars win Fukuoka Grand Prize for social analyses
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 10/06/2017
» Eminent scholars Pasuk Phongpaichit and Chris Baker have been awarded the Fukuoka Grand Prize 2017 for their outstanding work on Thai society, literature and social transformation.
Coldplay thrill Bangkok with sound and spectacle
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 11/04/2017
» Thailand, according to Coldplay, is amazing. Coldplay, according to the 60,000 fans packing Rajamangala Stadium, is also pretty amazing -- no, maybe not "the best band in the world" as some gush on Twitter, but a top-quality package of dazzle, flares and fireworks, fan service, visual evocation and robust pop-rock-ballad sounds. If last Friday's gig were a movie, it was a blockbuster. It keyed you in excited and sent you out feeling entertained and satisfied.
Finding salvation for the South
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 20/02/2017
» When Muhammad Anwar bin Ismael Hajiteh was released on Jan 7 on a royal pardon, activists and civic groups in the deep South greeted the news with jubilation.
Moments of record
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 07/10/2016
» The film fades and has scratches, but the persistence of history is strong. On Tuesday, the Ministry of Culture and Thai Film Archive (Public Organisation) registered 25 film items into the National Heritage list for audiovisual conservation and future reference. In November and December, the Archive will host screenings of some of the newly inducted titles.
Banned transgender-themed film stirs up debate about 'arbitrary' censorship
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 30/12/2015
» For five years Tanwarin Sukkhapisit fought an unprecedented court case, and last week she lost. But what's more important, says the film director of Insects in the Backyard, is how the case has exposed the loose, arbitrary interpretation of the Film Act 2008 that led her film to be banned in the first place.