Eric Khoo’s new offering focuses on legendary Japanese comic artist
For many nights, a man's face would appear in Singaporean filmmaker Eric Khoo's mind, causing him restlessness. It sounds like an...
“˜Train’ tracks Chinese family’s struggle
The Chinese economic miracle has come at a cost. One such cost has created a generation of children whose migrant-worker parents...
South Korea to offer production rebates
The South Korean government is to introduce financial incentives for foreign films that shoot in the country. The move was announced...
The First Movie – taking films to Iraq
Until the film historian Mark Cousins rolled into town to set up an impromptu cinema, the children of Goptapa in northern...
Hong Kong media mogul sees Taiwan as springboard to China
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai said Tuesday Taiwan was set to be the "centre of cultural production" for the Greater...
Does Dialect Content in Singapore Promote or Undermine Cultural Unity?
Government agencies need to coordinate their messages about what Singapore stands for, urged the late Dr Balaji Sadasivan. In a 2008...
Beach House, NHNZ and Singapore MDA embark on 3D
ScreenWest, Western Australia's screen funding and development agency and its counterpart from Singapore, the Media Development Authority (MDA), today announced the...
Irene Ang’s family film
Phua Chu Kang may be the best in Singapore, JB and some say Batam. But who would have guessed it that...
Chinese conglomerate makes Hollywood foray
Hong Kong-listed Chinese movie conglomerate Orange Sky Golden Harvest has bought a stake in The Dark Knight and Inception producer Legendary Pictures. The...
Peepli is India’s Oscar choice
Peepli Live, the black comedy about farmer suicides in rural India and the incomprehension of the urban media frenzy, has been...
How A Woman’s Mission For Education Tweaked Singapore’s Arts Scene
How did a girls' school eventually lead to the creation of an arts district at Mount Sophia? And what does the...
Husband, grandfather, retiree ““ and a Japanese porn star
For a long time, Shigeo Tokuda' was not just the world's oldest porn star, he was perhaps its most anonymous. Elder porn...