World’s first ArtScience Museum to open in February
The world's first ArtScience Museum (picture), located at Marina Bay Sands, will open its doors on Feb 17 next year. (more…)
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MDA appoints new chairman and board members
The Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA) has appointed Mr Niam Chiang Meng, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of...
‘Monkey King’ star wows crowds
Chinese actor Liu Xiao Ling Tong, who has been winning audiences' hearts around the world since the 1980s in his role...
Moviemaking of a different sort
The Malaysian-born, Taiwan-based director Tsai Ming-liang is best known for art house films that depict the slow pace of ordinary lives....
Different colours, but the same skin
Australian-produced documentary "Skin Deep" aims to debunk racist theories on skin colour. It asserts that light-skinned people are mutants of their...
China newly-weds star in their own video
In Shanghai the cost of your "big day" is almost as high as it is in the United States. Even elsewhere...
The 10 best Asian films of the year
2010 gave us great Asian and Asian-related films from, quite literally, all over the map. And Northwest Asian Weekly has compiled...
Documentary sparks couple’s journey to Japan
Like many Americans, Tim and Carrie Burns were horrified by scenes of dolphins being killed in "The Cove," an Oscar-winning documentary...
First Images From Saya Samurai
Word has been circulating for a little while now that Japan's uber-comedian turned director Hitoshi Matsumoto has quietly shot a third...
Bollywood hopes animation is a draw for audiences
India's animators are hoping that a film starring two of Bollywood's biggest stars will revive the sector's fortunes, after earlier efforts...
China’s Zhang says Bale to star in Nanjing project
Christian Bale will star in Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou's new project about 13 young prostitutes who help save compatriots from Japanese...
Taiwan filmmakers stirs debate over documentary
Fact or fiction? Commercial or non-commercial? The development of Taiwan's documentary is now at a crossroads. In 2007, local director Yang...