STOP10 Jan 2017: 'The Glare' by K Rajagopal
With his debut feature film A Yellow Bird premiering at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, the 27th Singapore International Film Festival and showing in cinemas around Singapore, K. Rajagopal is a name...
View ArticleSTOP10 Jan 2017: 'Timeless' by K Rajagopal
Riding on the critical acclaim received for K Rajagopal's debut feature A Yellow Bird, the Singapore Film Society (SFS) has organised a retrospective of all his films to celebrate his journey and...
View ArticleSTOP10 Jan 2017: 'Tony's Long March' by Ben Slater and Sherman Ong
To be screened as part of the National Museum of Singapore (NMS)’s Cinematheque Selects for January 2017, Tony’s Long March, a documentary on the late Tony Yeow, directed by Ben Slater and Sherman Ong,...
View ArticleSTOP10 Jan 2017: 'Take 2' from mm2 Entertainment, directed by Ivan Ho
A prison film for CNY? Yes, here is a film about ex-prisoners which can actually make you laugh and gets you in the festive mood, no less. Take 2《遇见贵人》is a comedy about four prisoners who resolve to...
View ArticleSTOP10 Jan 2017: 'The Fortune Handbook' (财神爷) from mm2 Entertainment,...
To auspiciously start the Chinese New Year with a belly filled rooster crow, we have the upcoming fortune inspired comedy film The Fortune Handbook (Chinese: 财神爷; pinyin: cái shén yé) directed by...
View ArticleSTOP10: A monthly guide to 10 Singapore films you can catch!
Film still from Saint JackA possible dinner conversation in Singapore.Person A: Have you watched the recent local film Apprentice?Person B: No. What is it about?Person A: Its about the hangman in...
View ArticleFever Pitch: An Interview with Liao Jiekai
Liao Jiekai's short film 'The Mist' won the the Best Director Award in the Southeast Asian Short Film category at the recently concluded 27th Singapore International Film Festival. The film, labelled a...
View ArticleReview: The Road to Mandalay (2016)
The woman, barely out of girlhood, has anxious eyes. She boards the raft awkwardly, hesitantly. Her fingers, clutching at an old rucksack tightly, whiten from the effort. She turns her face down,...
View ArticleHigh Riser: An Interview with Min-Wei Ting
One of the most ambitious Singapore films to have been screened this year at the 27th Singapore International Film Festival, artist Min-Wei Ting’s I’m Coming Up is an uninterrupted visual journey...
View ArticleA Guide to Stop Aspiring and Just Be
Being a first-time filmmaker trying to make that first short film is really hard. The birth of one’s filmmaking journey, making a short film is the first time one begins to learn the processes from...
View ArticleIntroducing ... SINdie Magazine
It's been a long ten years for SINdie. From a small blog to one of the most beloved presence in independent film culture, SINdie has come a long way, and for its tenth year in running, we are gonna be...
View ArticleTombstone Blues: An Interview with Bradley Liew
It is easy to get caught up with Bradley Liew’s enthusiasm. When he talks, you listen. He has this schoolboy excitement that sucks you in and gets you smiling without noticing—whether it is analyzing...
View ArticleFestive Seasons: An Interview with Zhang Wenjie
For those who have been keeping a close eye on the Singapore International Film Festival (currently SGIFF, formerly SIFF), it has had a long and colorful history to say the least. From the inaugural...
View ArticleSingapore in a Thousand Guises: A Conversation with Toh Hun Ping
As urban expansion continues to eat into old, enduring spaces, films offer greater value in terms of immortalising some of these spaces. Visual artist Toh Hun Ping has emerged as a strident voice in...
View ArticleShoutout!: The 2017 Singapore-Palestinian Film Festival
Still from 'The Time that Remains'Peer into Palestine through film. Often seen as a hotbed of strife and fighting in the news, films hold up a different mirror to every realities in this place. Founded...
View ArticleFAKE NEWS: Fan Ping Ping (范拼拼) to star in Hollywood remake of Singapore hit...
Singapore movie based on the popular TV character 'Lulu' from Channel 5' s 'The Snooze' has hit the jackpot by raking up $10 million in box office earnings over a span of 4 weeks and Hollywood...
View ArticleSINdie X Objectifs presents Production Talk 'LIVE', 11 Feb (Sat) 6PM
SINdie is teaming up with Objectifs to present you Production Talk 'LIVE'!Find out what 4 of Singapore’s most exciting up-and-coming directors are up to in this ‘live’ intimate interview session! Each...
View ArticleShoutOUT! Live Streaming from the International Film Festival Rotterdam @The...
The Projector is teaming up with the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) to bring IFFR LIVE to Singapore on 29 January (Sunday).IFFR Live is a first of its kind series of film events held...
View ArticleState Of Motion 2017: Looking At Singapore Through Film
State Of Motion 2017: Through Stranger Eyes (SOM) is back as part of the annual Singapore Art Week, led by film researcher Toh Hun Ping and curator Kent Chan. Exploring how Singapore is portrayed...
View ArticleSingapore Noir: Sam Loh Talks Fame and Flesh
If there is an enfant terrible of Singapore cinema, it must be Sam Loh. From the debut that he withdrew in protest of the MDA’s cuts to the midnight screening at film festivals that sold out, he is no...
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