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Wise Kwai's Bangkok Cinema Scene
What's playing in Bangkok cinemas?
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Friday , June 20 , 2008
Bangkok Cinema Scene special: Outdoor screening of Ratana Pestonji's Black Silk tonight
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 284 , 03:06:50   | Category : culture   cinema scene   Thai film  
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Black Silk , Ratana Pestonji's 1961 crime drama, will be shown in a special outdoor screening tonight (June 20) at the Museum of Siam in Phranakorn District, Bangkok.Considered Thailand's first film noir, the story is about a crime boss' right-hand man (Tom Wisawachart) falling tragically in love with a black-clad widow (Ratanavadi Ratanabhand).Black Silk (Phrae Dum) screened at the 1961 Berlin Inter....


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Thursday , June 19 , 2008
Review: Juno
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 136 , 15:43:00   | Category : film reviews  
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I saw Juno weeks ago, but never wrote anything down about it. It bugged me.And I feel bad about it bugging me. Because I'm supposed to like it, this story about a Minnesota teenager who finds herself pregnant, has mother issues of her own, but decides to have the baby and put it up for adoption.It was so insufferably cute. Though, it had its moments, mainly from the game performances by JT Simmons an....


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Wednesday , June 18 , 2008
Bangkok Cinema Scene - June 19-25, 2008
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 300 , 19:30:45   | Category : culture   cinema scene   Thai film  
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A sexuality-conflicted young woman is at the center of Haakao (Puppy Love), a teen romanticcomedy from Sahamongkol Film. In GTH's weepy melodrama Rak/Sam/Sao, three friends - a guy and two girls - are in a love triangle. Though different, both have that cliche of Thai romances - the dreamy-eyed couple on a motorcycle ride through the countryside.Which one will audiences like better?As is typical of T....


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Monday , June 16 , 2008
Bangkok Cinema Scene special: Italian Film Festival, June 18-25, 2008
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 337 , 23:30:24   | Category : culture   cinema scene   Festivals and awards  
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Part of the Italian Festival 2008, the Bangkok Italian Film Festival starts on Wednesday at the Scala cinema in Siam Square. After a gala opening ceremony presided over by various dignitaries at 6.30pm, the first film, I Am Emma, will unspool at 7.30pm.Tickets are 100 baht, except for the Martin Scorsese documentary, My Voyage to Italy, which is 180 baht because it is four hours long. Aside from th....


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