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heaven-is-in-your-arms-series · 2 months

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Golden Boy

#man suang fic inspiration #apo nattawin #man suang #mansuang #thai film #golden khem #his beauty is unreal #i will never be over this costume

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shihlun · 11 months

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Commissioned film poster of Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives by Ghanaian artist Magasco.

#uncle boonmee who can recall his past lives #apichatpong weerasethakul #film poster #ghana #thai film #magasco

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celluloidrainbow · 6 months

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ไม่ได้ขอให้มารัก | IT GETS BETTER (2012) dir. Tanwarin Sukkhapisit Saitarn is a fifty-something trans woman who sets out on a journey to the north, where she loiters around an old man’s shop and falls in love with the young man next door. Tonmai is a twenty-something expat who returns from the United States to receive his father’s inheritance, which turns out to be a trans show bar. Din is a teenage boy who is sent to be a monk by his father, who hopes being ordained will "straighten out" his son. (link in title)

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sapphireshorelines · 1 month

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By The Time It Gets Dark (2016), dir. Anocha Suwichakornpong

#film blog #thai film #women directors #women in film #asian cinema

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dyingenigma · 1 year

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Ploy (2007)

#ploy #thai film #world cinema #do you even film #cinema #film stills #film #movies #movie #movie stills #movie quotes #my upload

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brokehorrorfan · 1 year

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The Lake will be released on Blu-ray on May 16 via Dread and Epic Pictures. The 2022 Thai kaiju film opens in select theaters today and hits Digital on March 14.

Lee Thongkham (The Maid) and Aqing Xu co-direct from a script by Thongkham. Lamyai Haithongkham, Sushar Manaying, Teerapat Satjakul, Thanachart Tulyachart, Vithaya Pansringarm, and Wanmai Chatborirak star.

Jordu Schell (Cloverfield, The Mist, Predators) designed the film’s giant creature, which is brought to life using a blend of practical animatronics and CGI.

The Blu-ray includes both the original Thai audio with English subtitles and an English dub. Special features are listed below, where you'll also find the trailer.

Special features:

Behind the scenes featurette

Deleted scenes

Theatrical trailer

Original trailer

Original teaser

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When a mysterious monster emerges from the Mekong River, the northern province of Bueng Kan, Thailand, is suddenly cut-off from the outside world. Officials, scientists and local citizens must mobilize to stop the rampaging Kaiju before its too late and the whole town is destroyed. But this monster may not be alone after all...

Pre-order The Lake.

#the lake #kaiju #daikaiju #creature feature #monster movies #epic pictures #dread central #dvd #gift #cloverfield #the mist #predators #thai film #thai horror #foreign horror

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nine-frames · 2 months

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"I have one more question. Do I have budget for wardrobe?"

หัวใจทรนง (The Adventure of Iron Pussy), 2003.

Dir. & Writ. Apichatpong Weerasethakul & Michael Shaowanasai | DOP Surachet Thongmee

#the adventure of iron pussy #หัวใจทรนง #apichatpong weerasethakul #Michael Shaowanasai #thai film #musical comedy #queer cinema #spoof #parody film #2000s #10 frames #queer film

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clairedaring · 27 days

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Hi, I've seen your blog and it appears to me that you've watched a lot of gdh movies. So I was wondering this: what is your top 5 gdh movie? I, for my part, have only watched two so far: oh my girl ! and you, me and me which is one of my favorite movie this year so far.

it brings me to tears (happily) whenever someone talks to me about GDH films ಥ_ಥ so here are my favorite GDH films (in this order as of this moment, no. 2 to no. 5 interchange from time to time depending on my mood)

1. Bad Genius (2017) and Bad Genius: The Series (2020)

So whenever I'm asked about GDH, the first film I instantly recommend would be Bad Genius. Because not only is Bad Genius imho THE film that puts GDH on the map, I think it has a lot of influence on Thai cinematic works, and to some extent television works.

Essentially, Bad Genius is a story about Lin, a straight A student who team up with her friends to pull off a large scale cheating scheme on an SAT-like exam. It's a heist thriller drama that definitely leaves me feeling stressed out as hell as if I was there in the testing room with those students.

I know it's kind of a cheat to also add this, but whenever I recommend Bad Genius, I also must recommend Bad Genius: The Series which is a 12 episode series that serves as a more detailed+sequel version of the film. I love this series because the young actors of the series gave me a fresh take on the characters I already know and loved so I had a great time falling in love with all of them again. The series fixed a few plotholes/qualms I had with the cinematic version as well as an extensive background story on Bank (played by Nonkul Chanon in film, Jaonaay Jinjett in series), my favorite character from this franchise so Bad Genius: The Series is the one work I cannot recommend enough.

One of the things I love about the series as well is that it also maintained the exact same vibes and cinematography like color-grading, camerawork...

2. OMG! Oh My Girl (2022)

I am a sucker for 'seemingly unrequited love' and 'right person, wrong time' tropes so this film really hit ALL the spots for me at its release.

Stylisticaly speaking, I absolutely love the Wes Anderson-esque zoom-in-from-afar shots for comedic effect. many stellar comedic moments where i laughed out loud. I think the humor in this film is poignant, accompanied by great comedic timing from both leads.

One of the highlights of Oh My Girl aside from the many subversions to romcom clichés, I like how Guy (the ML played by the incredible Sky Wongravee) was a morally grey protagonist and that the film isn't afraid to call out his problematic "nice guy" facade. He's a self-aware jerk and I genuinely love his self-awareness.

3. One For The Road (2021)

So I didn't watch this at release and it took quite a while before I gathered the determination to sit down and watch this on Netflix on a late rainy evening. Little did I know, I would soon be crying screaming bawling my eyes.

One For The Road is about Aood (Ice Natara) who enlists his estranged friend, Boss (Tor Thanapob) on a road trip to return items to his exes before he dies.

If I had a nickel for every time GDH wanted to give me a selfish, jerky male protagonist, I would have like four or five nickels but it's crazy that it's happened so many times (formulaically one would say) and here I am still empathizing and crying over these kinda jerky male protagonists.

The soundtrack was just brilliant. To quote a review I once wrote, the director, the music score and composer were truly out for blood with the soundtrack for this movie and they did it. This film is a good example of how important soundtrack and film scores are to elevate the narrative being told.

There are so many things to praise about the production but if I had to choose one thing, it would be the excellent mise-en-scene of this film. Every shot is dazzling, intentional and fill with metaphors. It was truly beautiful.

4. Not Friends (2023)

So I went into this thinking it would be Thai take on Dear Evan Hansen but I was so glad that it wasn't the case even though there are similarities.

Not Friends continues to deliver GDH's classic "selfish jerky male protagonist" with Pae (Anthony Buisseret) who just transferred to a new school in his last year of high school. Seeing no chances in getting into university through the entrance exam, Pae decides to enter a film contest by making a film about Joe (Jump Pisitpol), his seat mate who recently passed away.

The film had me bawling my eyes out in theatres by the end. I love that there were a lot philosophical questions like how much we value a friend's worth in the film. If you like Baipor/Anthony tandem in You & Me & Me, Not Friends is a must-watch for this acting duo reunion.

5. The Con-Heartist (2020)

So for the last spot, I debated a lot between two romantic comedies (both starring Baifern Pimchanok), The Con-Heartist (2020) and Friend Zone (2019). I recently rewatched the former and was reminded by how much I love the zany humor in this film so she gets the last spot.

The Con-Heartist is about Noina (Baifern Pimchanok), who is in debt because of her ex-boyfriend so she hires a con artist, Tower (Nadech Kugimiya) to help her get revenge against her ex-boyfriend by swindling him.

Even though it's billed as a romantic comedy, I think it's more comedy-leaning compared to Friend Zone but I love the comedic moments the two leads, Baifern and Nadech. พี่ไม่หล่อลวง by BamBam is the OST song for the film and it has never left my Spotify Wrapped for the last 3 years 😭

+bonus: How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (2024)

This is the first GDH film from 2024 and although it comes out in like two weeks, I can feel it's going to dethrone one of the films in my top 5 list for sure. If you're thinking of going to watch something at the cinema soon, I hope you consider checking out Lahn Mah this April!

I hope you give one of these GDH films a chance. I love watching GDH films because although they can have different directors/team of scriptwriters, they always end up with certain similarities (be it cinematography or screenplay or characters). While not all GDH films are incredible masterpieces but out of the Thai production houses for films, I would say GDH 559 (and its predecessor GTH) has the most solid record of having strong and compelling cinematic works.

#claire replies #gdh 559 #gdh films #thai cinema #asian cinema #thai film

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lostinmac · 5 months

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Last Life in the Universe (2003)

Dir. Pen-Ek Ratanaruang

#last life in the universe #film #movie #cinema #drama #Asian film #Asian cinema #thai film #thai #thailand #japan #Japanese #isolation #tadanobu asano #sinitta boonyasak

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cinemaronin · 1 year

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#midnight my love #thai film #kongdej jaturanrasmee #เฉิ่ม #thai cinema

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movie--posters · 8 months

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#the ghost of mae nak #movie poster #movie posters #horror #mae nak #thai horror #thailand #thai film #film

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heaven-is-in-your-arms-series · 2 months

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Khem as Phra Law

If you've not seen Phra Lo's fine face

Just view the moon, they are the same!

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#man suang fic inspiration #man suang #khem #apo nattawin #golden khem #thai dance #mansuang #thai film #lakhon nok #traditional dance #traditional thai costume

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shihlun · 1 year

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Apichatpong Weerasethakul

- Syndromes and a Century

2006

#apichatpong weerasethakul #syndromes and a century #film #thai film #2006

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celluloidrainbow · 6 months

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HOW TO WIN AT CHECKERS {EVERY TIME} (2015) dir. Josh Kim In Thailand, all males turning 21 years old must participate in the annual military draft lottery. Drawing a black card grants exemption, while drawing red results in two years of military service. On the morning of his draft lottery, Oat reflects back on his childhood when as a child, his older brother Ek faced the possibility of being drafted himself. Unable to convince Ek to do whatever he can to change his fate, young Oat takes matters into his own hands, resulting in unexpected circumstances. (link in title)