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Creatives Commissioning Creatives – A Trailblazing New Initiative to Encourage a Kinder Ecosystem Amongst Freelancers
Ng Swee San with her students / Illustrated by Tan Zhen Ling At the helm of a...
‘Minions: Rise of Gru,’ ‘Sing 2’ Release Dates Pushed Back, ‘Wicked’ Indefinitely Delayed
Universal Pictures is shaking up its release calendar, setting new dates for Illumination’s Minions: The Rise of Gru...
How ‘The Invisible Man’ Perfected Mixing Practical and Visual Effects
The Invisible Man broke through with a unique approach to the story. The priority was to stay practical,...
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‘Minions: Rise of Gru,’ ‘Sing 2’ Release Dates Pushed Back, ‘Wicked’ Indefinitely Delayed
Universal Pictures is shaking up its release calendar, setting new dates for Illumination’s Minions: The Rise of Gru and Sing 2. The Minions sequel...
A Coronavirus Thriller Was Finished Just Before the Shutdown
In between the time the coronavirus started to make headlines but before life shut down to restrain the pandemic, an independent filmmaker conceived,...
Japan’s Toei Closes Tokyo Studio After Coronavirus Infection
Toei closed its Tokyo studio Tuesday after actor Reo Komiya was diagnosed with the coronavirus. The star of the “Mashin Sentai Kiramager,” a sci-fi/action show broadcast on the TV...
Japanese Comedian Ken Shimura Dies From Coronavirus
Japanese comedian Ken Shimura, who had been hospitalised after being infected with COVID-19, has died, becoming the first Japanese celebrity to die of...
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COVID-19 and the Arts in Southeast Asia
As the world contends with the new normal of temperature checks, home quarantines and travel restrictions in the age of COVID-19, artists find...
COVID-19 Shutdown: How Singapore’s Cinemas, Bars and Theatre Groups Are Coping
And so it begun. In compliance with the recent government directive, entertainment venues such as bars, discos, karaoke outlets, cinemas and theatres have...
From Mums to Monsters – Dissecting Female Roles in Indian Cinema
Indian cinema is the largest producer of films around the world, with the highest ticket sales, compared to anywhere else in the world....
Smashing Through the Restraints of Tradition – A Brief Overview On The Portrayal of Women In China’s Film World
A well-known Confucian edict that quite succinctly encapsulates the roles of women in Chinese society throughout history is 男尊女卑 - directly translated as...
Quarantine Conundrums – Films to Check Out While Staying Home
It’s a tricky time we’re all living in lately; we want to be responsible and flatten the curve by not going out and...
The Glory and the Glamour: Reminiscing the Golden Years of Philippine Cinema
Philippine movies have never been so vividly defined by Hollywood glamour than in the fifties. It was an era when stars dressed the...