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Hot Docs 2023: Scala

Ananta Thitanat’s slow cinema documentary on the dismantling of the Scala theatre in Bangkok plays like a non-fiction version of Tsai Ming-liang’s Goodbye, Dragon Inn.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Festival CircuitAren BergstromApril 29, 2023Scala, Thailand, Bangkok, Ananta Thitanat, documentary, Hot Docs 2023, Hot DocsComment

Review: Cemetery of Splendour (2015)

Joe’s 2015 feature captures the karmic drift between the waking and dreaming worlds.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromMay 6, 2020Cemetery of Splendour, Thailand, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Jenjira Pongpas, Banlop Lomnoi, Jarinpattra Rueangram, Petcharat ChaiburiComment

James Bond 007: The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

Never capitalizes on Christopher Lee's great villain.

Review: Only God Forgives (2013)

Refn's Drive follow-up is a nightmarish disappointment.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromAugust 15, 2013Bangkok, Cannes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Nicolas Winding Refn, Only God Forgives, revenge, Ryan Gosling, Thailand, thriller, vengeance, westernComment