Wise Kwai's Bangkok Cinema Scene

Sunday , November22 , 2009

About us

Create Blog

wisekwai
ranking : Nation Staff
created : 2007-08-30
entry : 320
visitors : 167180
votes : 32
send msg :

Thai cinema

Bangkok cinemas

Film festivals

More Wise Kwai

Twitter

danceandtheatre

Wise Kwai's Bangkok Cinema Scene

What's playing in Bangkok cinemas?
Permalink : http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/wisekwai

Friday , November 20 , 2009

Bangkok Cinema Scene: Movies opening November 19-25, 2009

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 66 , 15:20:18 | Category : culture cinema scene Thai film Festivals and awards

European Union Film FestivalBangkok's longest-running film festival gets underway tonight with Zozo, a Swedish drama about a Lebanese emigrant boy and his epic journey.In all, there are 23 films from 17 countries playing until November 29 at SF World Cinema at Central World.Here's the lineup:Gibellina -- The Earthquake, directed by Joerg Burger (Austria) -- This documentary looks at Sicilian village ....

European Union Film FestivalBangkok's longest-running film festival gets underway tonight with Zozo, a Swedish drama about a Lebanese emigrant boy and his epic journey.In all, there are 23 films from 17 countries playing until November 29 at SF World Cinema at Central World.Here's the lineup:Gibellina -- The Earthquake, directed by Joerg Burger (Austria) -- This documentary looks at Sicilian village ....

Permalink : http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/wisekwai/2009/11/20/entry-1

Post comment | Read Comment (0)

Thursday , November 12 , 2009

Bangkok Cinema Scene: Movies opening November 12-18, 2009

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 1866 , 07:00:00 | Category : cinema scene Thai film World Film Festival of Bangkok Festivals and awards

VinyanVinyan, a French-Belgian-UK thriller filmed in Thailand in 2007, and set in the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami, is about a Western couple (Emmanuelle Beart and Rufus Sewell) who lose their son in the tsunami. Six months after the disaster they remain in Thailand, with the wife believing in her heart of hearts that her son is still alive, and that he was kidnapped by pirates. Through a contact ....

VinyanVinyan, a French-Belgian-UK thriller filmed in Thailand in 2007, and set in the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami, is about a Western couple (Emmanuelle Beart and Rufus Sewell) who lose their son in the tsunami. Six months after the disaster they remain in Thailand, with the wife believing in her heart of hearts that her son is still alive, and that he was kidnapped by pirates. Through a contact ....

Permalink : http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/wisekwai/2009/11/12/entry-1

Post comment | Read Comment (0)

Thursday , October 15 , 2009

Bangkok Cinema Scene: Movies opening October 15-21, 2009

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 506 , 13:37:02 | Category : culture cinema scene Thai film Festivals and awards

Rot Fai Faa ... Maa Haa Na Ter (Bangkok Traffic Love Story)In the 10 years since Bangkok's skytrain has become a landmark of the city, it's been featured in several films -- whizzing by as two guys make love on a rooftop in Bangkok Love Story, or being a mode of transport rated just slightly better than a crowded city bus for a rash-prone young woman in Citizen Dog -- are just a couple that come to m....

Rot Fai Faa ... Maa Haa Na Ter (Bangkok Traffic Love Story)In the 10 years since Bangkok's skytrain has become a landmark of the city, it's been featured in several films -- whizzing by as two guys make love on a rooftop in Bangkok Love Story, or being a mode of transport rated just slightly better than a crowded city bus for a rash-prone young woman in Citizen Dog -- are just a couple that come to m....

Permalink : http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/wisekwai/2009/10/15/entry-1

Post comment | Read Comment (0)

Thursday , October 8 , 2009

Bangkok Cinema Scene: Movies opening October 8-14, 2009

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 568 , 13:32:45 | Category : cinema scene Thai film Festivals and awards

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New OrleansWerner Herzog harnesses the craziness of Nicolas Cage for this crime thriller set in post-Katrina New Orleans. In Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Cage plays a cop who's hooked on prescription drugs after an injury, and he soon goes off the rails, smoking crack, fornicating in public and doing all sorts of other insane things and reeling off lines like....

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New OrleansWerner Herzog harnesses the craziness of Nicolas Cage for this crime thriller set in post-Katrina New Orleans. In Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Cage plays a cop who's hooked on prescription drugs after an injury, and he soon goes off the rails, smoking crack, fornicating in public and doing all sorts of other insane things and reeling off lines like....

Permalink : http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/wisekwai/2009/10/08/entry-1

Post comment | Read Comment (0)

Wednesday , October 7 , 2009

Bangkok Cinema Scene special: Bollywood Film Festival

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 622 , 22:35:31 | Category : culture cinema scene Festivals and awards

Back in the 1970s, Bollywood films regularly played in Bangkok cinemas, but faded away as Hollywood became ever more dominant.But Bollywood films have been making a comeback in recent years, thanks to the efforts of Bollywood Thai Entertainment, which imports Hindi-language features for limited screenings in Bangkok cinemas on the same weekend they are opening in India.The movies have been a hit with....

Back in the 1970s, Bollywood films regularly played in Bangkok cinemas, but faded away as Hollywood became ever more dominant.But Bollywood films have been making a comeback in recent years, thanks to the efforts of Bollywood Thai Entertainment, which imports Hindi-language features for limited screenings in Bangkok cinemas on the same weekend they are opening in India.The movies have been a hit with....

Permalink : http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/wisekwai/2009/10/07/entry-1

Post comment | Read Comment (0)

Friday , October 2 , 2009

Bangkok Cinema Scene: Movies opening October 1-7, 2009

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 485 , 03:39:40 | Category : culture cinema scene Thai film Festivals and awards

Broken EmbracesThe latest collaboration between director Pedro Almodovar and Penelope Cruz is a neo-noir drama marked by an epic, complicated and twisting four-way romance.From Variety:Harry Caine (Lluis Homar, “Bad Education”) is a blind screenwriter and former director whose real name, which he abandoned after losing his sight in a car crash, is Mateo Blanco. News arrives of the death of corrupt st....

Broken EmbracesThe latest collaboration between director Pedro Almodovar and Penelope Cruz is a neo-noir drama marked by an epic, complicated and twisting four-way romance.From Variety:Harry Caine (Lluis Homar, “Bad Education”) is a blind screenwriter and former director whose real name, which he abandoned after losing his sight in a car crash, is Mateo Blanco. News arrives of the death of corrupt st....

Permalink : http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/wisekwai/2009/10/02/entry-1

Post comment | Read Comment (3)

Friday , September 25 , 2009

Bangkok Cinema Scene special: Bangkok International Animation Festival 2009

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 479 , 23:53:20 | Category : culture cinema scene Thai film film reviews Festivals and awards

Pulled out of the hammerspace of the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology just three weeks ago when the budget was approved, the inaugural Bangkok International Animation Festival unspools in full today, playing around 40 features and shorts alongside the bigger Bangkok International Film Festival.The two festivals share schedules and venues, and combine for some special events.The a....

Pulled out of the hammerspace of the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology just three weeks ago when the budget was approved, the inaugural Bangkok International Animation Festival unspools in full today, playing around 40 features and shorts alongside the bigger Bangkok International Film Festival.The two festivals share schedules and venues, and combine for some special events.The a....

Permalink : http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/wisekwai/2009/09/25/entry-1

Post comment | Read Comment (0)

Wednesday , September 23 , 2009

Bangkok Cinema Scene special: Bangkok International Film Festival 2009 introduction

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 3125 , 22:31:52 | Category : cinema scene Thai film Festivals and awards

Undaunted by a bribery scandal, the Bangkok International Film Festival gets under way tomorrow with an invitation-only VIP gala opening of Werner Herzog's Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.It's an odd choice, considering the Hollywood producers now convicted of bribing the festival's former president produced Herzog's previous film, 2007's Rescue Dawn, which was actually made in Thailand.But ....

Undaunted by a bribery scandal, the Bangkok International Film Festival gets under way tomorrow with an invitation-only VIP gala opening of Werner Herzog's Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.It's an odd choice, considering the Hollywood producers now convicted of bribing the festival's former president produced Herzog's previous film, 2007's Rescue Dawn, which was actually made in Thailand.But ....

Permalink : http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/wisekwai/2009/09/23/entry-1

Post comment | Read Comment (0)

Thursday , September 17 , 2009

Bangkok Cinema Scene: Movies opening September 17-23, 2009

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 578 , 11:16:32 | Category : culture cinema scene Thai film Festivals and awards

District 9Now officially open in wide release after a sneak preview run last week, is this year's break-out hit District 9.Shot largely documentary style on a shoestring, 30-year-old first-time director Neill Blomkamp wrung every last drop of goodness from his budget of US$30 million. In Hollywood, that's the kind of money they spend on snacks for the likes of Transformers or GI Joe, or on the sala....

District 9Now officially open in wide release after a sneak preview run last week, is this year's break-out hit District 9.Shot largely documentary style on a shoestring, 30-year-old first-time director Neill Blomkamp wrung every last drop of goodness from his budget of US$30 million. In Hollywood, that's the kind of money they spend on snacks for the likes of Transformers or GI Joe, or on the sala....

Permalink : http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/wisekwai/2009/09/17/entry-1

Post comment | Read Comment (0)

Thursday , September 10 , 2009

Bangkok Cinema Scene: Movies opening September 10-16, 2009

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 682 , 12:10:52 | Category : culture Thai film Censorship and ratings Festivals and awards

Haa Phrang (Phobia 2)Ranging from creepily moralistic to downright hiliarious, five more short and slick horror stories are offered by local studio GTH in Haa Phrang (Phobia 2). The result is a more cohesive and even-toned effort than the first set of short thrillers in last year's hit, See Phrang (4bia).Returning directors from the first "crossroads" are Paween Purijitpanya (Body #19) and ....

Haa Phrang (Phobia 2)Ranging from creepily moralistic to downright hiliarious, five more short and slick horror stories are offered by local studio GTH in Haa Phrang (Phobia 2). The result is a more cohesive and even-toned effort than the first set of short thrillers in last year's hit, See Phrang (4bia).Returning directors from the first "crossroads" are Paween Purijitpanya (Body #19) and ....

Permalink : http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/wisekwai/2009/09/10/entry-1

Post comment | Read Comment (0)

<<	November 2009					>>
s	m	t	w	t	f	s
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30