Malaysia’s leading annual film festival on human rights, the FreedomFilmFest, returns to PJ Live Arts with a lineup of 30 cutting edge films that offer heart-stopping and rare views into the most gripping global issues… Read More
THE story can get confusing but this movie is completely entertaining. The Legend of Tarzan is now a comic-book hero, on par with Superman and those other Marvel-lous heroes. And the hero is a smoking… Read More
AN eye for an eye, a murder for a murder. “It’s not a deep play,” says director Chris Ling of Theatrethreesixty’s latest Shakespeare production, Titus Andronicus. One of Shakespeare’s most popular works, the first to… Read More
Here’s a piece in the Guardian by prof Stephen Hawking: Does money matter? Does wealth make us rich any more? These might seem like odd questions for a physicist to try to answer, but Britain’s referendum… Read More
SOME 15 years ago, I watched a Japanese animated video, called “The House of Acorn” ( I think ). It was about the lives of children with learning disabilities and their families. The one thing… Read More
What is white privilege? White privilege is the set of advantages white people in a society typically experience that are not experienced by people of other races. The definition itself may seem simple, but unpacking… Read More
Here are excerpts of a story of mine which appeared in the NST: LOCAL production company Gardner & Wife Theatre will restage Dan Goggin’s award-winning musical for a limited engagement at PJ Live Arts and… Read More
The Fillery, brainchild of Sarah Metz, is “a place where one fills empty containers with goods, such as grains, nuts, seeds, coffee, tea, spices, oils and the like,” according to the shop’s KickStarter page. Customers… Read More
This chandelier has a tag stating it’s from Masjid Jamek, which dates back to 1909. According to the mosque authorities, the chandelier is not that old, hence not heritage. It’s priced at RM15,000 and being… Read More
The TKI 50th Anniversary celebration is at the PJ Civic Centre, at 7.30pm, on June 11-12. Admission is free. For more details, please call 012-3913789 / 019-2212115 / 03-62574069. Or email: enquiry@tki.com.my. IT’s been 50… Read More
