Commentary: Video May Have Killed the Radio Star — But Can It Help the Homegrown Star?
In 1979, English new wave outfit The Buggles declared with their chart-topping single that “Video Killed the Radio Star”. While the...
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Commentary: Geoblocking, You, and How It Affects the People Who Create the Content We Love
It’s no secret that Netflix Singapore’s catalogue is limited in comparison to international libraries. Until recently, virtual private networks (VPNs) have...
Commentary: Why Do We Watch Films?
Watching movies is one of the rare pastimes that is almost universally enjoyed — so much so that it almost feels...
FOOISM 2020: BULLISH ABOUT THE BARE
To say the least, 2020 hit the media entertainment industry hard. Projects halted and deferred, regular gigs thinned out, funds re-allocated...
Four Films That Will (Probably) Make You Glad About Singlehood
This year’s Valentine’s Day will probably be more miserable than usual most for Chinese singles. They will have to run the...
12 Asian Women-Centric Films That Glimpse Into the Vast Array of Women’s Experiences
Women have historically been portrayed or casted in films as supporting characters in relation to men. Often, they are limited by...
Five Singaporean Directors To Watch for 2021 (and Beyond)
Eric Khoo, Royston Tan, Wee Li Lin, Don Aravind, Sanif Olek, Ong Kuo Sin, Anthony Chen, Boo Junfeng, K. Rajagopal, Kirsten...
Analysis: ‘A Land Imagined’ — The Story of The Sculptors of Our Land
Written and directed by Singaporean filmmaker Yeo Siew Hua, A Land Imagined is the Singaporean first film to win the Locarno...
Analysis: Forget the ‘Real’ India — Is There a ‘Real’ America in ‘The White Tiger’ and ‘Slumdog Millionaire’?
(Spoilers ahead for Slumdog Millionaire and The White Tiger) The release of Ramin Bharani’s The White Tiger has brought about a...
Setting the Scene: The Cold War, the Berlin Wall, and the Spy Film Genre
‘Setting The Scene’ is a column where we examine how a country’s culture, economy, history and politics all come together to...
Interview: Glenn Chan, Director of Upcoming Psychological Thriller ‘Shadows’ 《殘影空間》
With the postponement of the Hong Kong Film Awards until 2022, South China Morning Post's Commissioning Editor Douglas Parkes compiled his...
Interview: Marcus Lim, Director and Writer of Spy Thriller ‘The Man on the Other Side’
A Singaporean filmmaker making a film set in Germany during the Cold War must have raised several eyebrows. Why would someone...