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Wise Kwai's Bangkok Cinema Scene
What's playing in Bangkok cinemas?
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Tuesday , November 6 , 2007
Wrapup: World Film Festival of Bangkok
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 580 , 01:37:53   | Category : cinema scene   World Film Festival of Bangkok  
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The World Film Festival of Bangkok wrapped up on Sunday. I didn't see as many of the films as I would have liked, mainly because I was working. Anyway, even if I had devoted all my time and energy to the festival, I still would have missed some good films. That's just how those things go.The Harvest of Talents Awards went to:Best film: Import Export (Austria, 2006), directed by Ulrich SeidlBest artis....


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Monday , November 5 , 2007
Review: Lullaby Before I Wake
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 493 , 03:33:57   | Category : cinema scene   Thai film   film reviews  
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Directed by Nate PantumsinchaiStarring Dean Shelton, Maiara Walsh, Tawan SaetangLimited release on October 23, 2007 at the Lido cinemas in BangkokNot very often does a film comes along, that's made in Thailand, by a Thai director, that is scripted in English, and features American actors.But such is the case with Lullaby Before I Wake, an independent, existentialist teen romance that was shot in Bang....


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Friday , November 2 , 2007
Bangkok cinema scene - Fighting Beat/Once in a Summer
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 472 , 00:34:56   | Category : cinema scene   Thai film  
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In my vain effort to cover the World Film Festival of Bangkok along with regular releases in my weekly cinema scene roundup, I forgot a couple of other new releases.The big Thai release this week is Fighting Beat from Mono Film. Following close on the heels of Five Star Production's Muay Thai Chaiya,  Fighting Beat also deals with the southern art of Muay Thai, Muay Chaiya. The story is about a young....


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Thursday , November 1 , 2007
Bangkok cinema scene - November 1-7, 2007
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 628 , 01:56:19   | Category : cinema scene   World Film Festival of Bangkok   Festivals and awards  
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A year after it screened at the 4th World Film Festival of Bangkok, Tsai Ming-liang's surreal drama, I Don't Want to Sleep Alone, opens this week in a limited run at House on RCA.Lee Kang-sheng stars as a guy who is beaten up in Kuala Lumpur, at the height of the haze season. He finds himself in the care of a Malay man and a Chinese-Malaysian woman.I didn't get the chance to see this film last year, ....


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