Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal: News and Views on Thai Cinema

Pages

  • Home
  • About/Contact
  • FAQs
  • Thai Film Archive

FAQs


  • Frequently asked questions about seeing movies in Thailand
  • Frequently asked questions about Thai films on DVD
  • Frequently asked questions about the Thai Film Journal
Print
Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest

Home
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)

Scala Marquee

tumblr photo widget by JI Apps

What's playing in Bangkok?

  • Bangkok Cinema Scene
    Bangkok Cinema Scene: Movies opening June 23-June 29, 2016
    1 year ago

Thai Film Journal tweets

Tweets by @wisekwai Tweets by @TVKwai

Popular posts

  • Review: Take Me Home
    Directed by Kongkiat Komesiri Starring Mario Maurer, Wannarote Sonthichai, Noppachai Jayanama Released in Thai cinemas on April 13, 20...
  • Review: Red Wine in the Dark Night
    Written and directed by Tanwarin Sukkhapisit Starring Pongsatorn Sripinta, Steven Isarapong Fuller, Krittachapon Thananara, Nontapat In...
  • Review: Last Summer
    Directed by Kittithat Tangsirikit, Sittisiri Mongkolsiri, Saranyoo Jiralak Starring Jirayu La-ongmanee, Sutatta Udomsilp, Pimpakan Phra...
  • Top 10 Thai films of 2015
    Zombies shuffled, independent films delighted and a favorite studio released two more winning entries before closing up shop, helping to ...
  • Review: The Swimmers (Fak Wai Nai Kai Ther)
    Directed by Sophon Sakdapisit Starring Juthawut Pattarakamphon, Thonphop Lirattanakhachon, Supatsara Thanachart Released in Thai cin...

Other film views

  • Rupert Pupkin Speaks
    New Release Roundup - June 27th, 2017 - *STRAW DOGS on Blu-ray (Criterion)* *http://amzn.to/2sbnep4* *[image: Amazon Button (via NiftyButtons.com)]* *TRESPASS on Blu-ray (Shout Select)* *http://a...
    1 hour ago
  • Die, Danger, Die, Die, Kill!
    PLEASE DON'T BE WAITING FOR ME is HERE! - I'm ecstatic to announce that, after a long series of hurdles that ended with a surprisingly generous proposal from the Sex Pistols' publishers, my first...
    10 hours ago
  • Tars Tarkas.NET
    Starcrash (Review) - Starcrash aka Scontri Stellari Oltre la Terza Dimensione 1978 Written by Luigi Cozzi (as Lewis Coates) and Nat Wachsberger Directed by Luigi Cozzi (as Lewi...
    1 day ago
  • voiddeckboysingapore
    He could have ended up as a chef instead of a champion - In life, you can let your circumstances define you or do what you can to your best and create your own luck or even win all in. The post below shows a grea...
    1 day ago
  • Coffee coffee and more coffee
    Coffee Break - Alice Eve in Cold Comes the Night (Tze Chun - 2014)...
    1 day ago
  • VCinema - Asian Film Commentary
    Call for Guest Bloggers – Chinese Cinema of the 1980s & 1990s - In collaboration with the DC Chinese Film Festival, VCinema is seeking guest bloggers for a series of posts on the theme of Chinese Cinema of the 1980s & 1...
    4 days ago
  • AsianCineFest
    SAILOR MOON S PART 2 available on home video starting today - ©Naoko Takeuchi/PNP, Toei Animation VIZ MEDIA ANNOUNCES HOME MEDIA RELEASE OF *SAILOR MOON S PART 2 * Season 3 Of The Popular Anime Adventure Series Contin...
    1 week ago
  • Nekoneko's Movie Litterbox
    “Wonder Woman” (2017) – American Superheroine Fantasy - Well… since I’ve been “on Sabbatical” it’s been a miserably chilly damp last month here at “La Casa de Neko”, but finally it seems we’re going to get some ...
    1 week ago
  • Asian Film Strike
    DIDI’S DREAMS (2017) review - After co-hosting the wildly successful TV show “Kangsi Coming” for twelve years, Kevin Tsai make a joint big screen debut as writer-director and lead actre...
    1 week ago
  • House of Self-Indulgence
    Latex (Michael Ninn, 1995) - After scanning my retina for, oh, I'd say, a minute or two, Michael Ninn's Latex finally granted me access to its shiny, dystopic, dysphoria-causing unive...
    2 weeks ago
  • Hell On Frisco Bay
    The Anita Monga Era at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival - As I find myself with less and less of the time and (perhaps more importantly) the ability to direct my focus away from the world's turmoil to write about...
    3 weeks ago
  • Filmsick
    The Wailing (2015, Na Hong – Jin, STKR) - 01 คุณเป็นตำรวจต๊อกต๋อยในเมืองชนบทเล็กๆที่มีตำรวจสักสิบคนได้ เวลามีฆ๋ากันตายคุณยังมีเวลากินข้าวกับเมียกับลูกกับแม่ยายก่อนออกจากบ้าน ชีวิตมันเรื่อยเปื่อย แล...
    4 weeks ago
  • The Southeast Asia Movie Theater Project
    The Aung Tha Pyae Cinema - Kamawet Township, Mon State, Myanmar - In the great anachronism that is Myanmar (and I mean that as a compliment), the stand-alone movie theater abides. But barely. As the country gives embrace ...
    4 weeks ago
  • Coventry East Asian Film Society
    Special Guests to Walk the Red Carpet at East Winds Film Festival 2017 - East Winds are honoured to welcome two special guests from Thailand to introduce their films and participate in exclusive Q&A sessions with audiences. T...
    1 month ago
  • Beth Loves Bollywood
    Vinod Khanna: masculinity so adaptable -
    1 month ago
  • The Asian Cinema Blog
    Dangal - Dangal (दंगल) Director: Nitesh Tiwari Written by: Nitesh Tiwari, Piyush Gupta, Shreyas Jain, Nikhil Meharotra Country: India Year: 2016 Starring: Aamir Kh...
    4 months ago
  • BLACK HOLE REVIEWS
    Zombie! Catastrophe! Freaks! - 1970s' movie books from Lorrimer - *GENRE MOVIE BOOKS FROM LORRIMER PUBLISHING* *How to get a teenager's attention* *One of the easiest ways to recommend movies is to use photographs and ...
    5 months ago
  • Asia Shock
    Attack on Titan II: The End of the World - *BEWARE: HERE THERE BE SPOILERS* As the old saying goes, “If you thought you saw some crazy-ass titans busting shit up and eating people and then a bunch ...
    1 year ago
  • Ninja Dixon
    Schmollywood Babylon: What to find at Amazon in Germany 2! -
    2 years ago
  • The Mee Noi Thai Movie Review
    Cannibal Mercenary (รับจ้างตาย,1988) - One of the most legendary Thai cult films people know about is Cannibal Mercenary. There’s a lot of incorrect information out there, but the director is C...
    2 years ago
  • Lessons From the School of Inattention
    Jersey Boys (2014) - *Clint Eastwood's Jersey Boys: From Broadway Blockbuster to Boilerplate Biopic* The road from stage to screen is almost always paved with good, although...
    2 years ago
  • (A Nutshell) Review
    re:solve / 决议案 Trailer - There's a release date! And a new trailer to accompany the one month wait to its debut. Touted as Singapore's first police crime thriller, anticipation and...
    3 years ago
  • Asian Cinema - While on the Road
    Hepcat in the Funky Hat with Sonny Chiba - *Hepcat in the Funk Hat: The 2,000,000 Yen Arm* * Director: Kinji Fukasaku* * Year: 1961* There wouldn’t be any reason to really watch this enjoyable bla...
    3 years ago
  • SoutheastAsianFilmStudiesInstitute
    Our Architecture Magazine sells for $ 12 on Amazon.com! - Check it out on the Amazon website.Filed under: Uncategorized
    4 years ago
  • Something to Sing About
    Ha Ha Ha (South Korea, 2010) - Because last Saturday's drink up was strange. "Drinking down memory lane," a drunken text message, slurred across time (the flooding of memory) and space ...
    6 years ago
  • Wtf-film
    -

Other news and views

  • Newley Purnell
    Photos: iPhones, Assembled-in-India, are Here - I tweeted this on Friday and wanted to share it here as well: as we reported last month, the first-ever assembled-in-India iPhones are a reality. Here’s a ...
    1 day ago
  • Limitless Cinema
    BOY AND THE WORLD - *CITIZEN KANE (1941, Orson Welles, A+30)* *--เพิ่งได้ดูที่ Bangkok Screening Room มันก็ดีนะ แต่แน่นอนว่าส่วนใหญ่แล้วหนังที่ดีขึ้นหิ้งหลายๆเรื่องมักจะไม่โดน...
    2 days ago
  • Still Life in Moving Vehicles
    Paris from the Passenger Seat - I just returned from Paris where I mostly took the Metro and walked, but there was one day I decided to take a "Taxi Parisien". I was curious how cabs in ...
    3 days ago
  • Art of the Tuk Tuk
    Cabbie Fashion Faux Pas - Let me start by saying that I'm all for people expressing their individuality and I often appreciate those daring enough to break the rules of fashion. Bu...
    5 months ago
  • Jim Algie
    いつしか硬さをもってしまった皮膚は - 悲しいことにシワやたるみの中に、歳を取って（老化）塞がらず開きっぱなしとなっている毛穴が帯のようにつながり、つ …続きを読む →
    1 year ago
  • Introducing Lyn's Lakorn Blog
    The ‘UGLY Duckling’ series comes to end on Sunday DEC. 20, 2015 - If you only had one lakorn to watch this year, I would highly recommend the first installment of the ‘UGLY duckling’ series from the Bang channel, ‘PERFECT...
    1 year ago
  • kawadjan
    Indonesia, so far - Apa kabar, bitches! I'm nearing my fourth month here in Jakarta, and what a ride it has been. I'm primarily talking about my work, perhaps the most intense...
    2 years ago
  • Vintage Asian
    Letter from a Rented Wife - Deep cuts. During the Vietnam War, thousands of American soldiers found themselves transported to a temporary home in Udon Thani, in the heart of the count...
    3 years ago
  • Bangkok of the Mind
    Playing like a Dream - Dream is thawing out slowly, but still hasn’t brought himself to speak. Instead, he comes out for a look at me, every night when I turn up after work. He w...
    3 years ago
  • Thai 101
    Marcel Barang: new blog, new translations - If you are interested in Thai literature, especially translations of it, then it's a necessity to know the name of Marcel Barang. He is the world's foremos...
    7 years ago
  • DIRTII Laundry
    -
  • Bangkok Pundit
    -
  • shesimmers
    -

Film fests around Thailand

  • 9 Film Festival
  • Bangkok Experimental Film Festival
  • Chiang Mai Documentary Arts Festival
  • Chop Shots
  • Cinemanila
  • Doi Saket International Film Festival
  • Fly Beyond the Barbwire Fence Festival
  • Hua Hin International Film Festival
  • Lifescapes Southeast Asian Film Festival
  • Luang Prabang Film Festival
  • Salaya Doc Fest
  • Vientianale
  • World Film Festival of Bangkok

Thai film industry & indie filmmakers

  • Benetone Films
  • Bioscope
  • De Warrenne Pictures
  • Deknang
  • Electric Eel Films
  • Extra Virgin
  • Film Archive Public Organization Thailand
  • Film Frame Productions
  • Film R Us
  • Five Star Production
  • GMM Tai Hub
  • Houdini Studio
  • Kick the Machine
  • Making Movies in Thailand
  • Mono Film
  • Mosquito Films Distribution
  • Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit
  • Phranakorn Film
  • Pop Pictures
  • Prommitr Film Studio
  • Sahamongkolfilm International
  • Studio Commuan
  • Thai Audience
  • Thai Film Foundation
  • Thai Indie
  • Thai Movie Poster
  • Thai Short Film
  • Thailand Film Office
  • Third Class Citizen
  • Thunska

Other cool websites

  • A Life in Equinox
  • Asian Home Cinema
  • AsianMediaWiki
  • Bangkok 1080
  • Cinematical
  • Concentrated Nonsense
  • Criticine
  • Enjoy Thai Movies
  • Film Asia
  • Film Sick
  • Gwai Lou Tavern
  • Hotel Oriental
  • Jason Gray
  • Korean Bug
  • Lav Diaz Official
  • Movie Cafe
  • MovieXclusive
  • Nanoguy
  • Pulp Curry
  • R, and G, and B
  • Scribblings and Ramblings
  • Thai World View
  • The Bourne Cinema Conspiracy
  • The Golden Rock
  • The Storyboard
  • The Wan and Only
  • Twitch
  • Visual Culture

Bangkok & Thailand websites

  • 2Bangkok.com
  • CNNGo
  • Christopher Moore
  • David in Siam
  • Fopai 88
  • HaPPi like a HiPPo
  • Kayaking in Thailand
  • Keeneow
  • Learning Thai
  • Monrakplengthai
  • Nganadeeleg
  • Notes from Thailand
  • Quiet Bangkok
  • Thailand Voice
  • The Lost Boy
  • The Thai Report
  • Uranian Satellite

Topics

  • 1/5 reviews
  • 2/5 reviews
  • 3/5 reviews
  • 3D
  • 4/5 reviews
  • 5/5 reviews
  • action
  • Aditya Assarat
  • Ananda
  • animation
  • Anocha Suwichakornpong
  • Apichatpong
  • art
  • awards
  • Bangkok
  • Bhandit Rittakol
  • Blu-ray
  • Bollywood
  • box office
  • Buddhism
  • celebrity
  • censorship
  • Chatrichalerm
  • cheesecake
  • Cherd Songsri
  • Chookiat Sakveerakul
  • classics
  • comedy
  • contests
  • critics
  • culture
  • De Warrenne
  • documentaries
  • dvd
  • dvd review
  • Ekachai Uekrongtham
  • fantasy
  • FAQs
  • festival
  • festivals
  • film reviews
  • Five Star
  • GTH
  • Hollywood
  • horror
  • housekeeping
  • indie
  • industry
  • Jakrawal Nilthamrong
  • Jija (Jeeja)
  • Jira
  • Kantana
  • Kongdej
  • Kongkiat Komsiri
  • Lee Chatametikool
  • M-Thirtynine
  • Mitr Chaibancha
  • Mono Film
  • Mosquito Films
  • Muay Thai
  • Mum Jokmok
  • Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit
  • Nonzee
  • Oriental Eyes
  • Pan-Asian
  • Pang Bros
  • Panna Rittikrai
  • Payut Ngaokrachang
  • Pen-ek
  • Petchara Chaowarat
  • Phranakorn
  • Pimpaka Towira
  • podcasts
  • Poj Arnon
  • politics
  • polls
  • Pongpat
  • posters
  • Prachya
  • Prachya Pinkaew
  • Ratana Pestonji
  • ratings
  • remake
  • remakes
  • Rithy Panh
  • romance
  • RS Film
  • Sahamongkol
  • scandal
  • short films
  • shorts films
  • Sombat Metanee
  • streaming
  • stunts
  • subtitles
  • Talent 1
  • Tanwarin Sukkhapisit
  • Thanit
  • Thunska
  • Tiwa Moeithaisong
  • Tony Jaa
  • Top 5
  • trailers
  • Transformation
  • Uruphong Raksasad
  • video
  • videos
  • Wave Pictures
  • Wichanon Sumumjarn
  • Wisit
  • Yongyoot Thongkongtoon
  • Yuthlert

Wise Kwai's film ratings

  • 5/5 = Must see!
  • 4/5 = Great!
  • 3/5 = Just okay.
  • 2/5 = Barely watchable.
  • 1/5 = Waste of time.
    Show me the reviews ...

    • Wise Kwai's Top 10 Thai films

    • 1. Tears of the Black Tiger
    • 2. Monrak Transistor
    • 3. Citizen Dog
    • 4. Last Life in the Universe
    • 5. Syndromes and a Century
    • 6. Puen Pang
    • 7. 6ixtynine9
    • 8. 13 Beloved
    • 9. Ong-Bak
    • 10. Ai-Fak

    Archive

    • ▼  2016 (36)
      • ▼  July (1)
        • Out to pasture
      • ►  June (3)
      • ►  May (3)
      • ►  April (8)
      • ►  March (12)
      • ►  February (3)
      • ►  January (6)
    • ►  2015 (100)
      • ►  December (15)
      • ►  November (7)
      • ►  October (8)
      • ►  September (14)
      • ►  August (6)
      • ►  July (6)
      • ►  June (7)
      • ►  May (11)
      • ►  April (4)
      • ►  March (8)
      • ►  February (9)
      • ►  January (5)
    • ►  2014 (105)
      • ►  December (6)
      • ►  November (4)
      • ►  October (7)
      • ►  September (9)
      • ►  August (6)
      • ►  July (4)
      • ►  June (5)
      • ►  May (12)
      • ►  April (6)
      • ►  March (22)
      • ►  February (14)
      • ►  January (10)
    • ►  2013 (178)
      • ►  December (9)
      • ►  November (20)
      • ►  October (20)
      • ►  September (12)
      • ►  August (15)
      • ►  July (15)
      • ►  June (12)
      • ►  May (11)
      • ►  April (17)
      • ►  March (20)
      • ►  February (11)
      • ►  January (16)
    • ►  2012 (171)
      • ►  December (12)
      • ►  November (6)
      • ►  October (14)
      • ►  September (9)
      • ►  August (20)
      • ►  July (10)
      • ►  June (13)
      • ►  May (12)
      • ►  April (20)
      • ►  March (20)
      • ►  February (19)
      • ►  January (16)
    • ►  2011 (223)
      • ►  December (9)
      • ►  November (5)
      • ►  October (17)
      • ►  September (29)
      • ►  August (24)
      • ►  July (14)
      • ►  June (9)
      • ►  May (21)
      • ►  April (16)
      • ►  March (27)
      • ►  February (23)
      • ►  January (29)
    • ►  2010 (466)
      • ►  December (23)
      • ►  November (37)
      • ►  October (32)
      • ►  September (31)
      • ►  August (43)
      • ►  July (34)
      • ►  June (44)
      • ►  May (42)
      • ►  April (50)
      • ►  March (49)
      • ►  February (38)
      • ►  January (43)
    • ►  2009 (610)
      • ►  December (28)
      • ►  November (42)
      • ►  October (46)
      • ►  September (56)
      • ►  August (71)
      • ►  July (52)
      • ►  June (53)
      • ►  May (59)
      • ►  April (51)
      • ►  March (65)
      • ►  February (38)
      • ►  January (49)
    • ►  2008 (643)
      • ►  December (30)
      • ►  November (20)
      • ►  October (58)
      • ►  September (71)
      • ►  August (63)
      • ►  July (58)
      • ►  June (52)
      • ►  May (60)
      • ►  April (68)
      • ►  March (46)
      • ►  February (59)
      • ►  January (58)
    • ►  2007 (48)
      • ►  December (21)
      • ►  November (8)
      • ►  October (5)
      • ►  September (2)
      • ►  July (2)
      • ►  June (2)
      • ►  May (2)
      • ►  April (1)
      • ►  March (2)
      • ►  February (2)
      • ►  January (1)
    • ►  2006 (197)
      • ►  December (1)
      • ►  November (15)
      • ►  October (17)
      • ►  September (11)
      • ►  August (21)
      • ►  July (8)
      • ►  June (12)
      • ►  May (32)
      • ►  April (1)
      • ►  March (31)
      • ►  February (19)
      • ►  January (29)
    • ►  2005 (196)
      • ►  December (7)
      • ►  November (15)
      • ►  October (31)
      • ►  September (28)
      • ►  August (13)
      • ►  July (8)
      • ►  June (12)
      • ►  May (16)
      • ►  April (10)
      • ►  March (18)
      • ►  February (12)
      • ►  January (26)
    • ►  2004 (246)
      • ►  December (15)
      • ►  November (16)
      • ►  October (11)
      • ►  September (19)
      • ►  August (2)
      • ►  July (27)
      • ►  June (54)
      • ►  May (24)
      • ►  April (27)
      • ►  March (13)
      • ►  February (14)
      • ►  January (24)
    • ►  2003 (3)
      • ►  December (2)
      • ►  January (1)

    Feeds

    Posts
    Atom
    Posts
    All Comments
    Atom
    All Comments

    Visitors
    This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
    Creative Commons License
    Blog header image from production still of Uruphong Raksasad's Agrarian Utopia, used by permission of Extra Virgin Co.
    วารสารหนังไทย ของ ไวส์ควาย Blogging about Thai cinema since 2003. Simple theme. Powered by Blogger.