Kong Rithdee

Renate Reinsve, icon for the sad girlies everywhere #Oscars

“If you’d like to witness human evil at its worst, come with me any day to the West Bank.” —David Shulman go.nybooks.com/3N0X4Vn

For this week's Podcast, we're on the ground at the Thai Film Archive for the 2024 Flaherty Film Seminar. FC Editor @devikagirgayi is joined by co-curators @rossjulian and @mayadadol as well as filmmaker Anocha Suwichakornpong and the TFA's @KRithdee. filmcomment.com/blog/the-film-…

@devikagirgayi Thank you Devika!

Films discussed include a silent Thai riff on King Kong from the 1950s called TAMONE PRAI, Isan Film Group’s TONGPAN, Riar Rizaldi’s MONISME, Chikako Yamashiro’s anti-imperialist works, and more. And here’s a picture of the gorgeous Thai Film Archive !!!

I’ll have more to say soon about my magical week in Thailand for the Flaherty Seminar, but for now: listen to this lovely convo about the Thai Film Archive; the many layers of this year’s seminar theme, To Commune; & what happens when you take an American seminar out of America.

This man’s bad-faith BS is going to give me a heart attack. Yes, you can watch LAWRENCE OF ARABIA on a TV or a phone and still enjoy it. But in a world without theaters, NOBODY MAKES LAWRENCE OF ARABIA.

"Mongrel" won Special Mention Camera d'Or at #cannes2024. Here's my article about the film and its Thai lead.bangkokpost.com/life/arts-and-…

‘All We Imagine As Light’ takes joint lead on #Cannes2024 jury grid while ‘Beating Hearts’ lands bottom Read more: screendaily.com/news/all-we-im…

After slogging away through hell for 10 days we have before us a light of hope, of beauty hidden just under the surface of everyday hardship. Life is unkind but there is something for everyone. Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine As Light is a gem. #cannes2024

Viet and Nam (by Trương Minh Quý) is a love story, a poem found in the pitch-dark abyss, a longing for the past to reconcile with the present. It is also a mournful search for the soul of Vietnam. One of the best in Cannes this year. (Already banned in Vietnam too.) #cannes2024

Me behind Dafoe #cannes2024

Greta Gerwig and Lily Gladstone dancing at the Cannes Film Festival opening night.

ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT – Payal KAPADIA #Competition #Cannes2024

GRAND TOUR – Miguel GOMES #Competition #Cannes2024

It took 76 years for them to realize they could make people queue in a garage