Not since Grace of Monaco was the echo of groans and guffaws so deafening in Cannes’ famous Theatre Lumiere, but at least that raspberry wasn’t in competition. Usually the boos are reserved for the Out-of-Competitioners, […]
Month: May 2016
By Alana Jeffery Directed by Rafi Pitts According to a report by the Pentagon, as of February 29, 2008, there were 20,328 non-citizens on active duty in the US military. These soldiers were offered incentives and rewards […]
Directed by Anysay Keola As the first feature film produced in Laos to explicitly address LGBT issues, Anysay Keola’s Above It All has a small place in the nation’s cultural history that will make it […]
Director: Rooth Tang Director Rooth Tang beautifully and heartbreakingly exposes the struggles of love, family, and immigration in his 2014 feature Sway. Set in Paris, Bangkok, and Los Angeles, the film’s three alternating love stories […]
By Leni De Castro When we think of Singapore, we see images of a clean city state with an almost zero crime rate and a prosperous economy. But there is another side of Singapore…a darker […]
By Leni De Castro Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives is a landmark film for Thailand and its maker, Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Weerasethakul’s nonlinear, leaping monkey style of filmmaking has been a subject of […]