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 themselves reckoning with a lack...
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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 officially shut their doors until...
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. They must be doing something...
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 men being respected and women...
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 limiting our usual activities, but...
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 part, on and off the...