16.01.21
Tiff counts the little blessings she received from 2020 — namely, the amount of music and films she enjoyed from Taiwan.
Your Name Engraved Herein is one of her picks, the romantic drama taking over the Netflix Top 10 since it debuted.
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Every month, Tiff shares quality Taiwanese indie music, films, and subcultures, exchanging cultural observations between Singapore and the wider Mandarin-speaking world.
15.01.20
In 2004, a little sci-fi film named Avatar (not *that* one) was produced and released in Singapore — with its roots in cyberpunk and 90s cheese, it remains a rarely-seen oddity in local film. This month, Asian Film Archive is bringing it back to screens as part of State of Motion 2021, focusing on Southeast Asian sci-fi.
Listen in to AFA’s Viknesh and Kay Wee as they talk about the programme, along with their highlights this month — which includes one of Japan’s first all-colour samurai films, and an Iranian treasure remastered to 4K.
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The Asian Film Archive (AFA) is a charity that focuses on culturally important works by independent Asian filmmakers. It preserves Asia’s rich film heritage in a permanent collection and promotes a wider critical appreciation of Asia’s cinematic works through initiating programmes like screenings and talks.
More than just a repository of film and tape, AFA aspires to be a hub for the film community, contributing to culture, scholarship and industry.
14.01.2021
David Byrne’s American Utopia is full of magic. Anyone captivated by the energy and timelessness of Stop Making Sense will fall for the film’s theatricality, which is why it makes one of BEHOLD!’s highlights of 2020.
Listen in as they talk about the concert film, along with the quietly devastating teen drama in Never Rarely Sometimes Always and the inventive documentary Dick Johnson is Dead.
17.11.20
Not Safe For TV tells the Singaporean stories you wouldn’t normally see. Say Reel is a segment featuring a lovingly curated selection of tales by the NSFTV team.
This segment compiles Girls Girls Girls, a five-part drama about navigating the murky waters of being a 16-year-old girl in Singapore.
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14.12.20
After this episode of Coming Attractions was recorded, one of AFA’s films planned for December, No Hard Feelings, was not cleared for screening in its intended form.
Still, you’ll get to learn about the film, which centres a German-born Iranian falling for an Iranian immigrant, along with Blue Moon, an anthology film where each screening has a unique playback order, and the latest export from China’s growing slate of arthouse films, Damp Season.
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The Asian Film Archive (AFA) is a charity that focuses on culturally important works by independent Asian filmmakers. It preserves Asia’s rich film heritage in a permanent collection and promotes a wider critical appreciation of Asia’s cinematic works through initiating programmes like screenings and talks.
More than just a repository of film and tape, AFA aspires to be a hub for the film community, contributing to culture, scholarship and industry.
08.11.20
Demon Slayer‘s first feature film, Brandon Cronenberg’s body horror Possessor, and Hulu’s reboot of Animaniacs are Genre Equality’s main topics this month!
Plus, they review ghost hunting comedies from England (Amazon Prime’s Truth Seekers) and Egypt (Paranormal), HBO Max’s latest instalment of Adventure Time: Distant Lands, Blumhouse’s hilarious body swap/slasher mash-up Freaky, Netflix’s Sudanese haunting of His House, AMC’s anthology about a scientific test to determine Soulmates, and much more.
Finally, Isa spotlights the best from the current anime season, while Hidzir eulogizes CW’s Supernatural and raves about Trung Le Nguyen’s graphic novel fairytale The Magic Fish about a young gay boy coming out to his parents.
17.11.20
Not Safe For TV tells the Singaporean stories you wouldn’t normally see. Say Reel is a segment featuring a lovingly curated selection of tales by the NSFTV team.
Stories of serendipitous encounters, family friction, edifying cab rides, and more on One Take, featured in this episode.
Watch episode one of Say Reel by NSFTV here.
12.11.2020
This episode of BEHOLD! is a deep dive into the pop culture that best illuminates the American politicians and the political process.
From the verbose liberal idealism of Aaron Sorkin’s The West Wing, to the cynically satirical farce of HBO’s Veep, to the adversarial civics exercise that shapes future leaders in Apple TV+’s documentary Boys State — these three titles explore the strengths, paradoxes and failures of American government.
09.11.2020
HBO’s audacious Lovecraft Country, Mike Flanagan’s eerie The Haunting of Bly Manor, and Adult Swim’s savage Primal are our main topics on the 35th episode of Genre Equality!
Plus we also discuss new seasons of excellent animated series, several Halloween-themed horror titles on Hulu and Blumhouse / Amazon Prime Video, Netflix’s magical update of a Chinese myth, charming indie comedies, HBO Max’s witchy Roald Dahl remake, Marvel TV’s final show, South Park’s pandemic special, an interactive Batman movie, and much more.
Finally, Hidzir spotlights Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s gripping haunted house novel Mexican Gothic.
09.10.2020
It’s a Halloween special of BEHOLD!, where we dive into horror movies about horror movies.
From Drew Goddard’s The Cabin in the Woods, to Shin’ichirô Ueda’s One Cut Of The Dead, to Wes Craven’s New Nightmare and Scream – these meta films hilariously deconstructs and sweetly celebrates the tropes of horror filmmaking.