7 Flicks on ASEAN Future Past to Show at Free Film Fest
BANGKOK — History, war, culture and social issues drawn from Southeast Asia will be portrayed through selected films screening for free this month.
Forgotten by State, Butchered Students of 1976 Return to Haunt Stage
BANGKOK — Forty years ago, police and soldiers along with paramilitaries gunned down what witnesses said were more than 100 students on the campus of Thammasat University, a massacre mostly swept from memory today.
Books and Booze: Inside RCA’s ‘Not Boring’ Hybrid Bookstore (Photos)
BANGKOK — While the place makes sense at night, it’s unclear what to do on RCA when the sun is out. Those waiting for showtimes at House RCA have had little more to do than eat 25-baht omelettes or wander around Tops Supermarket.
Savor Bad Burger’s Honesty and Inconvenient Truths
Her name floats through the social media feed. Maybe you follow her; maybe you’ve gotten into a spat with her on Bangkok Foodies. With a notable social media presence marked by biting humor and brutal frankness, Poupee Paethanom has stood out in the capital’s food scene, inviting both devotion and derision. Her policy? Honesty always, even if some don’t like it.
With Two Bikes and One Mission, London Duo Pedal and Play to BKK
BANGKOK — Chanted Indian prayers, flute notes from a Tajik funerary dirge and a chirping crosswalk button near Bangkok’s Giant Swing.
Trans Survivor of Nazi Germany’s Story Coming to Bangkok
BANGKOK — Relive the harrowing drama faced by a transgender German woman who survived repression by both the Nazis and Soviets in Bangkok.
Revisit ‘90s Hip-Hop Snaps of Tupac & Friends in Bangkok
BANGKOK — See Tupac alive and smiling in a look at the golden era of hip-hop through iconic and rare photographs showing this month.
See The Dreams Hidden Behind Bangkok Brothels in Sunday Show
BANGKOK — Sun, sand, sea and sex are what some might expect when traveling to the Land of Smiles. Behind the infamous prostitution industry are hidden the lives and dreams of workers, all of which a director reflected through documentary theater.
‘Untrue Blue’ and The Presumed Joy of Being Middle Class
BANGKOK — Human misery transcends class, and a particular malaise is abstractly expressed in the photos of a recent film grad and self-confessed member of the hoi polloi.
Rage, Rave at the Dying of the Dark Bar
When it comes to underground electronic tunes in Bangkok, it was always the smaller, independent clubs brave enough to say “fuck you” to commercial music and do something different. In the mid-’90s, Deeper in Soi Silom 4 sparked the flame for the city’s rave scene, in the early 2000s cafe Democ gave local crews a venue to perform, and in 2014 Dark Bar became the place that gave Bangkok’s next-gen DJs and promoters a place to be heard.
