Setting The Scene: The Urgent Issues Of The Mekong River Region Today
‘Setting The Scene’ is a column where we examine how a country’s culture, economy, history and politics come together to shape...
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From the Perspective of an Educator – Teaching Screenwriting Amidst a Global Pandemic
While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreck havoc across the world, it has not deterred educators from persisting in their unending...
Love In The Time of COVID and Beyond – An Interview With Producer Jessy Lee About The Launch of YouTube Channel ‘EyeCandy’
Amongst the many challenges brought by the Coronavirus has been to the love life of many Singaporeans. The Circuit Breaker earlier...
Bringing a Film Festival Online in the Pandemic Era – An Interview With Nicholas Chee, Festival Co-Director of SeaShorts Film Festival 2020
From Tribeca to Cannes, the COVID-19 outbreak has brought this year’s film festival circuit to a grinding halt. While nothing will...
The Grey Area of Nepotism in Bollywood – Has It Gone Too Far?
In 2017, acclaimed Bollywood actress and vocal activist Kangana Ranaut waged war with kingpin director and producer Karan Johar calling him...
Gems of Nostalgia from Local Television’s Past That We Wish Could Be Revisited Online
More than half a year on and the post-pandemic future still seems as unclear as when it started. It’s perhaps in...
Commemorating The Hardship of Singapore’s Forefathers – How Do Singapore’s Television Series Remember The Japanese Occupation?
On 15 August 1945, the Japanese surrendered to the Allies, bringing the end of the Second World War. For Singapore and...
Presenting the Two Biggest Winners of the Sixth Annual National Youth Film Awards – Lady E’s Wedding Revenge Plan and Sunday
The National Youth Film Awards (NYFA) is THE stage for emerging talents and has been since 2015, when the awards first...
Charting and Celebrating Singapore’s Film History With Picks From Netflix’s Collection of Local Classics
Although this year’s National Day celebrations will lack a bit of the usual oomph, having to be holed up at home...
The Creative Space Within the Indian Diasporas – What Exactly Is the Tamil Film Industry of Singapore and Malaysia Like?
Singapore and Malaysia are two countries that share a lot more than a border, having been one country (Malaya) previously anyway....
Sound & Colour: Kazuyoshi Saito and Yoshihiro Nakamura’s ‘Fish Story’
Sound & Colour is a new column where we talk about memorable pairings of music and film. Think “Ride Of The...
He’s Probably Been in More Movies Than Any Actor in Hollywood History
He spoke Mandarin with Keanu Reeves in The Day the Earth Stood Still. He backflipped his way out of a fight...