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Wednesday , August 27 , 2008

Bangkok Cinema Scene special: 12th Thai Short Film & Video Festival opening weekend preview

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 43 , 13:59:12 | Category : culture cinema scene Thai film Festivals and awards

Unless the anti-government protesters blockade the Pathumwan Intersection, the 12th Thai Short Film & Video Festival -- the biggest yet -- opens on Friday as the first film event for the new Bangkok Art & Culture Centre. Admission is free, though you'll need a ticket. They'll be made available at the auditorium on the fifth floor an hour before the show.The opening program starts at 6.30pm. T....

Unless the anti-government protesters blockade the Pathumwan Intersection, the 12th Thai Short Film & Video Festival -- the biggest yet -- opens on Friday as the first film event for the new Bangkok Art & Culture Centre. Admission is free, though you'll need a ticket. They'll be made available at the auditorium on the fifth floor an hour before the show.The opening program starts at 6.30pm. T....

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Tuesday , August 12 , 2008

Bangkok Cinema Scene: Movies opening August 12-20, 2008

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 196 , 20:27:41 | Category : culture cinema scene Thai film

Hanuman: The White Monkey WarriorMovies have all opened two days earlier this week in Thailand, in celebration of Her Majesty the Queen's Birthday and Mother's Day today.The big Thai release this week is Hanuman: The White Monkey Warrior (Hanuman Klook Foon) from Pranakorn Film.Sakchai Sriboonnak directs this supernatural adventure about magic tattoos that imbue modern-day warriors with the spirits....

Hanuman: The White Monkey WarriorMovies have all opened two days earlier this week in Thailand, in celebration of Her Majesty the Queen's Birthday and Mother's Day today.The big Thai release this week is Hanuman: The White Monkey Warrior (Hanuman Klook Foon) from Pranakorn Film.Sakchai Sriboonnak directs this supernatural adventure about magic tattoos that imbue modern-day warriors with the spirits....

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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 : 261 , 03:06:50 | Category : culture cinema scene Thai film

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....

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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Wednesday , June 18 , 2008

Bangkok Cinema Scene - June 19-25, 2008

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 279 , 19:30:45 | Category : culture cinema scene Thai film

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....

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 : 315 , 23:30:24 | Category : culture cinema scene Festivals and awards

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....

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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Thursday , June 12 , 2008

Bangkok Cinema Scene special: French Film Festival, June 14-24, 2008

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 267 , 16:36:24 | Category : culture cinema scene Festivals and awards

Part of La Fête 2008, the Bangkok French French Film Festival will be held from June 14 to 24 at SF World Cinema at CentralWorld. Ten new French films are featured, with daily screenings.Tickets are 100 baht (or book five tickets for 400 baht - only 200 packages available).Films will have English subtitles only, except for Female Agents, which has Thai and English subtitles.Here's the line-up:C....

Part of La Fête 2008, the Bangkok French French Film Festival will be held from June 14 to 24 at SF World Cinema at CentralWorld. Ten new French films are featured, with daily screenings.Tickets are 100 baht (or book five tickets for 400 baht - only 200 packages available).Films will have English subtitles only, except for Female Agents, which has Thai and English subtitles.Here's the line-up:C....

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Wednesday , June 11 , 2008

Bangkok Cinema Scene special: Sarkar Raj

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 218 , 19:50:53 | Category : culture cinema scene Festivals and awards

The green carpet of the Indian International Film Academy has been rolled up and the steel gates used to separate the Bollywood elite from the Bangkok rabble have been stowed away until the next gala event.But the coverage continues in Daily Xpress, which had two stories in today's paper, a fashion story and a look at the "world premiere" of Sarkar Raj.While the movie also opened the same d....

The green carpet of the Indian International Film Academy has been rolled up and the steel gates used to separate the Bollywood elite from the Bangkok rabble have been stowed away until the next gala event.But the coverage continues in Daily Xpress, which had two stories in today's paper, a fashion story and a look at the "world premiere" of Sarkar Raj.While the movie also opened the same d....

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Monday , June 9 , 2008

Review: Sabaidee Luang Prabang

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 308 , 14:26:50 | Category : culture Thai film film reviews

Directed by Sakchai Deenan and Anousone SirisackdaStarring Ananda Everingham and Khamly PhilavongReleased in Thailand cinemas on June 5, 2008If Laos had cheeks, you'll want to reach out and squeeze them after seeing Sabaidee Luang Prabang, which captures the quaint, mountainous country as an adorable picture postcard.Ananda Everingham stars as Sorn, a Bangkok-based Lao-Australian photographer, who is....

Directed by Sakchai Deenan and Anousone SirisackdaStarring Ananda Everingham and Khamly PhilavongReleased in Thailand cinemas on June 5, 2008If Laos had cheeks, you'll want to reach out and squeeze them after seeing Sabaidee Luang Prabang, which captures the quaint, mountainous country as an adorable picture postcard.Ananda Everingham stars as Sorn, a Bangkok-based Lao-Australian photographer, who is....

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Friday , May 30 , 2008

New film-censorship law takes effect on Monday

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 443 , 18:30:11 | Category : culture cinema scene Thai film Censorship and ratings

Here's a story from today's Daily Xpress, which for some reason I cannot find on the paper's website:Film censorshipNew law out soonUnder-13s to be banned from violent movies; producers of ‘national security threats’ jailed for a yearBy Pakamard JaichalardDaily XpressAs of next month the new Film and Video Act metes out jail time and Bt1-million fines for unlicensed screening, distribution and cinema....

Here's a story from today's Daily Xpress, which for some reason I cannot find on the paper's website:Film censorshipNew law out soonUnder-13s to be banned from violent movies; producers of ‘national security threats’ jailed for a yearBy Pakamard JaichalardDaily XpressAs of next month the new Film and Video Act metes out jail time and Bt1-million fines for unlicensed screening, distribution and cinema....

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Tuesday , May 13 , 2008

Bangkok Cinema Scene special: Directors Screen series

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 361 , 18:52:37 | Category : culture cinema scene Thai film politics

A collective of independent Thai filmmakers have joined with SF World Cinema at CentralWorld to bring alternative films to the multiplex masses with the Director's Screen series.It opens on Thursday with Wonderful Town, a romantic drama set in post-tsunami Phuket Province by Aditya Assarat. It's been a favourite on the film-festival circuit since winning the New Currents prize at last year's Pusan In....

A collective of independent Thai filmmakers have joined with SF World Cinema at CentralWorld to bring alternative films to the multiplex masses with the Director's Screen series.It opens on Thursday with Wonderful Town, a romantic drama set in post-tsunami Phuket Province by Aditya Assarat. It's been a favourite on the film-festival circuit since winning the New Currents prize at last year's Pusan In....

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