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A Game of Drones: Are we overusing them?
Screenshot from the music video of 'Who Else' from 'Áh Boys to Men 3: Frogmen'For most film writers, talking about equipment and technology is downright unsexy. Film writers talk content and...
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ShoutOUT! A fierce selection of of ídentity-themed' films at the Golden...
Golden Village’s Love & Pride Film Festival returns for its 9th year armed with a bold lineup of internationally acclaimed foreign titles. Curated by the Singapore Film Society (SFS), the 12-day...
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POP AYE Selected as Singapore's Foreign Language Entry to the Academy Awards
After selections in over 30 international film festivals and receiving 4 awards including the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Screenwriting at Sundance Film Festival and the VPRO Big...
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Review: 'In Time to Come' (2017) by Tan Pin Pin
Tan Pin Pin, Singapore’s leading documentary filmmaker, is back with In Time to Come (2017), her first feature film in four years. However, reviewers would be remiss to discuss this new film without...
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STOP10 Oct 2017: 'Timepieces' by Lee Thean-jeen
Timepieces is an adaptation of a short story by Gregory Nalpon from the book ‘The Wayang at Eight Milestones’ edited by Angus Whitehead. It tells the story of Margaret, a kindergarten teacher who...
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STOP10 Oct 2017: 'What Has to Be' by Jerrold Chong
Watching this short animation film by Jerrold Chong is an unsettling experience that gets you under your skin. One could attribute it to the shadowy illustrations, the visual hyperbole, the intensely...
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STOP10 Oct 2017: 'Gone Shopping' by Wee Li Lin - 10-Yr Anniversary Screening
Constantly stuck in a flux between reality and dreams, it becomes difficult to tell when the characters are truly living in this film. Soft lighting, whispering songs in the background and the...
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STOP10 Oct 2017: 'Sugar' by The Apex Project - GV25 Finalist
Film still from 'Sugar' by The Apex ProjectIt has been 25 years since Golden Village has opened its very first theatre in Yishun and to celebrate their 25 Year Anniversary, Golden Village has launched...
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STOP10 Oct 2017: 'Chiak' by Moonmen - GV25 Finalist
Still from 'Chiak' by MoonmenIt has been 25 years since Golden Village has opened its very first theatre in Yishun and to celebrate their 25 Year Anniversary, Golden Village has launched the GV25 Film...
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STOP10 Oct 2017: 'Raffles v Utama: Dawn of Singapore' by Team Marcus Goh -...
Still from 'Raffles v Utama: Dawn of Singapore' by Team Marcus GohIt has been 25 years since Golden Village has opened its very first theatre in Yishun and to celebrate their 25 Year Anniversary,...
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STOP10 Oct 2017: '12 Storeys' by Eric Khoo - A review 20 years hence
When I attended the 20th anniversary screening of Eric Khoo’s 12 Storeys (1997) at the Projector, I was expecting a near full house, and I wasn’t disappointed. This is because one of the best things...
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STOP10 Oct 2017: 'Chua Mia Tee' by Eric Khoo and other works in 'Art Through...
Chua Mia Tee is a short film directed by Eric Khoo and is part of a larger omnibus of Southeast Asian short films under the title Art Through Our Eyes. The omnibus will be screened under the Painting...
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STOP10 Oct 2017: 'The Pursuit of a Happy Human Life' by Gladys Ng
The first time I watched The Pursuit of a Happy Human Life, it was screened right before the opening film at the Singapore International Film Festival in 2016. At the end of it, the guy seated in the...
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STOP10 Oct 2017: 'Woman at Home' by Megan Wonowidjoyo
We all know that women have it hard in this world. Even more so for mothers and housewives who arduously manage the endless chores at home, all for the sake of providing a place for the family to rest...
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STOP10: 10 local films to catch in October 2017
In the month of October, SINdie’s STOP10 features a kaleidoscopic focus on women in Singapore. From a forty year old ‘tai tai’ facing a mid-life crisis, a housewife’s repetitive struggles at home, a...
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Review: 'You Mean the World to Me 海墘新路' (2017) by Saw Teong Hin
In Malaysian director Saw Teong Hin’s latest film, You Mean the World to Me 海墘新路, the dramatic look of the ‘home’ set, the robotic walk of Ah Boy, a mentally-ill character in the family, the...
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ShoutOUT! Singapore Media Festival 2017: “Reinventing storytelling takes...
Singapore Media Festival (SMF), the flagship event of the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), returns for its now-fourth edition following its inception in 2014, with a focus on innovations in...
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ShoutOUT! National Museum of Singapore Turns 130!
The National Museum of Singapore (NMS) will celebrate its 130th birthday from 13-15 October. As part of the festivities, NMS will host interactive tours, art installations, music performances and even...
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ShoutOUT!: Femme-centric thriller, Golden Horse nominee 'Angels Wear White',...
In the wake of a crime, three girls find themselves entangled within a web of deceit and shadowy actions manoeuvred by a male dominated bureaucracy. In a small coastal town in China, a teenage...
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Review: 'Santi-Vina' (1954) by Thavi Na Bangchang
Thai classic film Santi-Vina opens with a telling shot. A little temple with a white stupa sits atop a mountain in the uninhabited wilderness, with the flurry of weeds and wild vegetation visible from...
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