STOP10 Feb 2017: 'Wong Tai Foong' by Anthea Ng
Wong Tai Foong by Anthea Ng employs snappy editing and quirky graphics to tell the story of an uptight security guard who develops an ability to switch identities with the owners of lost wallets. In...
View ArticleSTOP10 Feb 2017: 'Closer Apart (團圓)' by Jason Lee
Closer Apart is a bittersweet family drama that brings to the table how familial relationships are important in everyday life. It is a reminder of simply how easy it is to take something, or someone,...
View ArticleSTOP10 Feb 2017: 'Flooding in the time of Drought' by Sherman Ong
Originally showcased at the 2008 Singapore Biennale, ‘Flooding in the Time of Drought’ by artist-filmmaker Sherman Ong, was a two-part art installation that comprised 2 92-minute docu-dramas, titled...
View ArticleSTOP10 Feb 2017: 'Time Tomorrow', starring Ng Chin Han
Remember that early scene in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight, when the mobsters of Gotham meet in a nondescript kitchen with some guy on a TV screen, just before they are interrupted by the...
View ArticleSTOP10 Feb 2017: 'Eating Air' by Kelvin Tong and Jasmine Ng
Eating Air and Billy Liar is a double-bill screening that is part of National Museum of Singapore's Cinémathèque Selects Programme. The films will be screened on 11 February 2017, Saturday at 2pm....
View ArticleSTOP10 Feb 2017: '1987: Untracing the Conspiracy'
On 11 February 2017 at The Projector, a local documentary titled 1987: Untracing the Conspiracy will be screened. While the film has been screened before, we strongly recommend this film for so boldly...
View ArticleSTOP10 Feb 2017: 'Early Morning Awakening', adapted from Haresh Sharma's 'Off...
With its bold and tender depictions of mental illness, Haresh Sharma's Off Centre became the first ever Singapore play to be offered at the O Level examinations, and remains one of the landmark works...
View ArticleSTOP10 Feb 2017: 'The Drum' by Ler Jiyuan
The Drum is a film commissioned by the National Arts Council for the Silver Arts Festival 2016, a festival connecting the elderly with the arts and will premiere in Clermont-Ferrand International Short...
View ArticleSTOP10 Feb 2017: 'The Return' by Green Zeng
SINdie had the opportunity to catch The Return by Green Zeng at its Asian Premiere as part of the Singapore International Film Festival in 2015. It is the first feature film by multi-disciplinary...
View ArticleSTOP10 Feb 2017: 'Siew Lup' by Sam Loh
Having made waves with his debut The Outsider, and his sophomore Lang Tong, filmic enfant terrible Sam Loh returns to the sexy and the macabre with the second entry to his femme fatale trilogy, Siew...
View ArticleSTOP10: 10 local films to catch in February 2017
The collage visual we created for our landing page banner is an ode to Kelvin Tong and Jasmine Ng’s seminal film in the late 90s, Eating Air. We tried to create it in the manga-comic style of Eating...
View ArticleBetween Good and Bad: An Interview with Maxi Lim
Maxi Lim is best known as Aloysius Jin in Ah Boys to Men, the kiasu mummy's boy. What many don't know is that he can play a gangster or a loanshark to perfection. He's acted in more than 100 short...
View ArticleReview: The Fortune Handbook (2017)
You know what to expect when it comes to a Chinese New Year movie: some laughs, some feel-good moments, a happy ending — and, as is increasingly the case with local commercial films, copious amounts...
View ArticleShoutOUT! National Youth Film Awards kick starts 3rd edition - Submissions...
Winner of the DBS Best Picture Award at NYFA 2016, 'Han' by Shammini GunasegaranThe National Youth Film Awards (NYFA) is back for a third season and submissions are open now! Previously open only to...
View ArticleReview: Take 2 // 遇见贵人 (2017)
There is an emerging trend among commercial films in Singapore to be like mini-variety shows or pantomimes in which the fundamental pillars of a good storyline and characters play second fiddle to...
View ArticleSkål! A Closer Look at the Swedish Film Festival 2017
From left to right: Directors Roy Andersson, Karin af Klintberg, Lukas Moodysson, and Anders Helgeson.Returning to The Projector for its 2nd Edition from 16 to 19 February, the Swedish Film Festival...
View ArticleShoutOUT! 'Point & Shoot'and stand to win prizes!
If you are a student aged 16 and above and would like to try your hand at filmmaking, here is your chance to make a short film and win prizes totalling S$8400!Point & Shoot is a competition...
View Article'Soul-searching' on the Big Screen: An interview with Taufik Batisah
Taufik Batisah, a well-known local music figure with hits like Usah Lepaskan and Sky’s the Limit, and a dozen awards, seems to have an uncanny ability to galvanise spirits in a room. He is articulate,...
View ArticleShoutOUT! Banned film 'Absent Without Leave'不即不离 premieres online for...
“精采而且情感真摯” - 侯孝賢 导演"Exciting and full of genuine feelings", Hou Hsiao Hsien on Absent Without LeaveIn Malaysian filmmaker Lau Kek-Huat’s debut feature documentary Absent Without Leave 不即不离, the...
View ArticleSTOP10 Mar 2017: 'Lang Tong'靓汤 by Sam Loh
Director Sam Loh is busy selling Char Siew these with his latest erotic thriller Siew Lup 烧腊 sizzling up cinemas islandwide. But before selling Char Siew, Sam was serving up wicked bowls of delicious...
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