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Wise Kwai's Bangkok Cinema Scene
What's playing in Bangkok cinemas?
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Wednesday , September 19 , 2007
Bangkok cinema scene: September 20 to 26
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 419 , 23:58:33   | Category : cinema scene   Thai film  
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In Shoot 'Em Up, Clive Owen plays a super cool gunman who teams up with a hooker with a heart of gold (Monica Belucci) to save an infant from the clutches of an assassin (Paul Giamatti). Critical consensus is that Shoot 'Em Up is another exercise in mind-numbing violence, but it looks pretty, with cinematography by Peter Pau, who worked with Ang Lee on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, as well as John ....


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Cherd Songsri Retrospective
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 585 , 23:42:06   | Category : culture   cinema scene   Thai film  
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A retrospective of the best films by one of Thai cinema's great directors, Cherd Songsri, is being held at Grand EGV Siam Discovery until September 30. Five films are being shown in a program organized by the Thai Film Foundation and the National Film Archive, with support from the Office of Contemporary Art and Culture.Cherd's films were unabashedly nostalgic and full of melodrama, but also containe....


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The 5th World Film Festival of Bangkok is coming
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 417 , 23:00:58   | Category : culture   cinema scene   World Film Festival of Bangkok  
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The website for the 5th World Film Festival of Bangkok, organized by Nation Multimedia, has been updated -- sort of. It has a placeholder welcome page, with a notice that "this year site is coming soon".The festival this year moves from the environs around Siam Square and Ratchaprasong to the slightly off-the-beaten path Esplanade on Ratchadaphisek Road. Located near the Bangkok subway's Th....


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Sunday , September 16 , 2007
Review: Bangkok Love Story
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 1924 , 17:57:38   | Category : Thai film   film reviews  
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6/10 movie: Bangkok Love Story (2007)Written and directed by Poj ArnonStarring Rattaballung Toesawat, Chaiwat Tongsang, Weeradit Srimalai, Chatcha RujinanonReleased in Thailand cinemas on September 13, 2007A shootout in a Buddha factory.If all I had to do was write that sentence as a means of critical response to Bangkok Love Story, I would be very happy indeed, because then I could move to more enjo....


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Links roundup: 13 Beloved DVD, Syndromes and censorship, cinema of Laos
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 427 , 17:42:22   | Category : culture   Thai film  
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A few things to mention:13 Beloved, the best Thai film of 2006, has received an English-subtitled DVD release in Singapore. If you haven't caught on, DVDs of Thai films released in Thailand routinely have no English subtitles. This is done so the film companies don't have to pay royalties to to the subtitle writers, and it saves a bit on production costs of the DVDs, and as a bonus, adds exclusivity ....


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