Myanmar Now Has an Indie Film Scene. See Their Stuff This Weekend.
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.
Rage Against the Everything Myanmar-Punk Style (For a Good Cause)
BANGKOK — Harsh words will be heard from a Burmese punk band to help fill empty stomachs.
Japanese Play Comes to Call Out Soft-Serve Lives
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.
One MMA Fight Cards Out to Stoke Pan-ASEAN Bloodlust in Bangkok
BANGKOK — It’ll be ASEAN vs. ASEAN next month slamming fists into each other’s faces at the One MMA championship in Bangkok, according to...
A Look at Those Who Built What They Will Never See
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 Raises ‘Paradise Island’ for Songkran with Hip-Hop, Electro and More
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.
Gone With the Space Odyssey: 9 Classics at Vintage Bangkok Cinema
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.”
Fun, Sun, Run and Colors
BANGKOK — The annual Color Run is back to paint Makkasan with happiness and healthiness under the hot April sun, six months after it was postponed.
Who Will Win? Watch Oscars Live Monday Morning at Private Bangkok Cinema
BANGKOK — Will musical dream couple “La La Land” dominate, as expected? Or will Best Picture go to Canadian sci-fi “Arrival” or powerful drama “Moonlight?” Monday will see the annual movie awards nail-biter go down in Hollywood – and a private cinema off Sukhumvit Road.
Hit the Docks, Hit the Decks to Go Down the Rabbit Hole
BANGKOK — Hit the waters of the mighty Chao Phraya next month to party hard with a night of music, art, food and fine booze aboard a perma-docked marine survey vessel.
