The Torch: In The Crux – Voice-Over Narration
They say it's all in the picture, but is it, really? Imagine a documentary with the sound switched off — what...
The Torch: Last Exit – Hollywood
The fascinating thing about triviality is to see how marvellously well it works. I think it has a lot to do...
The Torch: What Festivals (Won’t Necessarily) Do
It is my firm conviction that possibilities abound for Singapore's film industry to make itself known internationally in the years to...
World premiere of ‘Aki Ra’s Boys’ at SIFF 2007
World Premiere on 24 April at the 20th Singapore International Film Festival (SIFF) 2007. Lynn Lee's and James Leong's documentary Aki...
World Premiere of ‘The Changi Murals’ at SIFF 2007
World Premiere on 24 April at the 20th Singapore International Film Festival (SIFF) 2007. With his latest ambitious short film The...
The Torch: A Different Kind of National Day
Whenever I watch Royston Tan's “15" I am baffled and frustrated by the thought that this film has still not had...
The Torch: “Royston’s Shorts” – A critical discussion (part 2)
Read part 1. To resume, my review of Royston's Shorts … (more…)
The Torch: Royston’s Shorts – a critical discussion
In keeping with your classic auteur theory, with one or two minor twists to the formula, Royston Tan has over the...
The Torch: On real love
There are two pretentious words in this week's column heading, with no proven way of possible reconciliation known to man. Accordingly...
The Torch: In the crux: subtitling
Any film by nature is an entity in its own right, carefully created by people who have given their all (and...
The Torch: Can we sell it in pieces?
Film as it is today faces many challenges. As a medium it has been around for quite a while but just...
The Torch: Bridging the gap
Living in my beloved hometown of Berlin, Germany, right in the heart of Europe, I have quite a different perspective of...