Arts & Culture

BANGKOK — A primetime soap portraying a Burma-like kingdom has drawn the ire of some in Myanmar who are demanding it be pulled off the air.

BANGKOK — A renowned film festival from Birmingham is coming to Bangkok for two special evenings.

Detailed and delicate, traditional Thai patterns may look too outdated – even ancient – to wear, but young entrepreneurs are bringing them back with designs applicable to everyday life.

BANGKOK — Step off the Skytrain and into a dungeon. Eyes adjust to the darkness to find about 200 people slam screaming into each other.

BANGKOK — A Burmese monk’s conflict between his calling and rapidly changing society will be featured at weekend edition of what’s billed as the only festival bringing independent films from Myanmar.

BANGKOK — Harsh words will be heard from a Burmese punk band to help fill empty stomachs.

BANGKOK — The convenience store is the setting for a daring Japanese director’s darkly satirical take on his country’s consumer culture, and next month he’s bringing his art to imitate the life in another capital city.

BANGKOK — The hands raising Bangkok’s luxurious spires live in a parallel world of tin-roof shanties, a glimpse of which will be available at an exhibition opening next week.

SAMUI — A new festival will bring a highly anticipated lineup of hip-hop, electro, funk, reggae and more this Songkran to the southern island of Samui.

BANGKOK — Not many are old enough to have caught sci-fi masterpiece “2001: A Space Odyssey” in a proper cinema, let alone American war-rom sensation “Gone with the Wind.”