THIS is a weeper of a movie, as proven by the numerous sobs and tears shed at the recent screening for Le French Festival 2018. Two is a Family, a remake of the 2013 Spanish-language… Read More
Two Is a Family’ (‘Demain tout commence’)
Category: Arts
George Town Literary Festival honoured
The George Town Literary Festival (GTLF) took home The International Excellence Awards 2018: The Literary Festival Award at The London Book Fair 2018. The results were announced during the International Excellence Awards ceremony on the opening night… Read More
Musical tribute to Sutra of The Great Vow of DiZang at DPAC
“How do you make a 2,000-year-old Buddhist scripture relevant and acceptable to modern society? This was the major challenge for the creative team,” says Yang Wei Han. IT has taken the multi-talented Yang a year… Read More
Westworld virtual reality experience
In anticipation of the second season of WESTWORLD, which debuts same time as the U.S. on Monday, April 23 at 9am exclusively on HBO (Astro Ch 411 / HD 431), fans in Malaysia are invited take… Read More
7 dancers, 7 Dances, with Geetha Shankaran Lam
“When ART required ways to heal humanity, She manifested as myriad forms, and thus many disciplines were born.” Says odissi maestro Geetha Shankaran Lam: For the first time, my own dream has convinced me of… Read More
Thoughtful Version 2020, the Malaysia way
What has changed for Malaysians after the country’s development plan, Wawasan 2020, came about? Two years from reaching that date, five performers find themselves lumped with a new vision called Transformation Nasional 2050. I guess… Read More
Red Sparrow is a bombshell… not!
** This movie review appeared in the e-copy of the new straits times IT’s a yawn of a spy movie, that’s bigger on kinky stuff than espionage. And what kinky stuff spies in… Read More
French festival treat in Malaysia, 2018
MALAYSIA’s longest-running foreign cultural festival, Le French Festival, is back for its 17th edition come April 12, with 16 of France’s latest movies, post-rock and electronic music groups, and culinary events, among others. For music… Read More
Temuan tale told with puppets and shadow theatre
**This article appeared in the print version of the New Straits Times. IT was entertaining to see a Temuan tale unfolding in shadow puppet play, with some live action, and plenty of audience participation. The… Read More
Men in Heels proves a show-stopper
A STANDING ovation greeted the end of the play, Men in Heels, with some members of the audience wiping tears away as they applauded at the re-worked Pentas 2 stage of the Kuala Lumpur Performing… Read More