Where Music Meets Film — Singaporean Musicians and Directors Reclaiming the Art of Music Videos
With every new single a big-name artiste releases, a music video will almost certainly accompany it. These videos have taken many...
COMMENTARY
What Donnie Yen Is Doing to Stop Asian Typecasting in Hollywood
Two words: Donnie. Yen. Indeed, Yen is no stranger to you and me, and in fact to anyone living in Asia....
A Look Back At Singapore’s Alternative Music Scene in the 1990s
The alternative music movement spanning from the 1980s to the turn of the millennium was perhaps one of the most exciting...
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) — Could it Help The Emerging Filmmaker?
Hot off the heels of the cryptocurrency hype surrounding Gamestop, another buzzword has swept the Internet: Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs. Digital...
Commentary: Video May Have Killed the Radio Star — But Can It Help the Homegrown Star?
In 1979, English new wave outfit The Buggles declared with their chart-topping single that “Video Killed the Radio Star”. While the...
Commentary: Geoblocking, You, and How It Affects the People Who Create the Content We Love
It’s no secret that Netflix Singapore’s catalogue is limited in comparison to international libraries. Until recently, virtual private networks (VPNs) have...
Commentary: Why Do We Watch Films?
Watching movies is one of the rare pastimes that is almost universally enjoyed — so much so that it almost feels...
Setting the Scene: The Cold War, the Berlin Wall, and the Spy Film Genre
‘Setting The Scene’ is a column where we examine how a country’s culture, economy, history and politics all come together to...
Commentary: Why ‘Fast and Furious’ Is Bigger Than ‘Star Wars’ in China
Starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones, 1993 action-thriller The Fugitive would be the first fresh major Hollywood blockbuster screened in...
Commentary: How Godzilla Trampled Over Whitewashing To Become A Global Icon
In recent decades, Hollywood’s long-standing habit of appropriating and whitewashing Asian stories have been rightfully called out. Adaptations of Asian films...
A Look Back At Sinema Media’s Past Decade
Starting out as an independent blog in 2006 by Originasian Pictures, Sinema.SG declared: Sinema gives a greater voice to all Singapore...
Staff Picks: Our Favourite Films of 2020
To say that the global pandemic has brought a sea-change to films would be an understatement. It’s been a year without...