Criticine :: elevating discourse on southeast asian cinema

Today is Saturday, May 25, 2013

05.17.12
We've just launched 'Issue Six' of Criticine, a curated series of articles, interviews and reviews that explore films and film-makers from the ...
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Ben and May

08.03.10
Criticine contributor. academic and critic Benjamin McKay died of a cardiac arrest on the 18th July. Much-loved by students and friends Benjamin will be sorely missed.

Ben and May

07.01.10
Hello.

We've just posted an update to Criticine: Love Letters. Four new letters declare love to objects of desire from the Phillipines, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. Then we have a wide-ran...
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Ben and May

01.28.10
Welcome to Criticine. Welcome to Love Letters.

Criticine was founded in October 2005 by Alexis A. Tioseco and was "dedicated to pushing forth intelligent discourse on Southeast Asian cinema". ...
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May Ingawanij

01.05.10
Update coming soon...

Ben Slater

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The Face of Auntie Jen
The transformative power of cinema is explored by Richard Lowell MacDonald as he gazes at one of Apichatpong's most distinctive performers. Jenjira Pongpas.

Continuities: Philippine cinema yesterday and today
Filipino filmmaker Raymond Red considers his work and Filipino cinema's history and future in an in-depth interview with Gaik Cheng Khoo.

You can never go home
To mark his tenth year in Singapore, Ben Slater presents seven fragments about nostalgia in the films of Royston Tan

MORE FEATURES / INTERVIEWS
Only light and memory A Conversation with Pen-Ek Ratanaruang A Conversation with Sasithorn Ariyavicha pt.1 Continuities: Philippine cinema yesterday and today A Conversation with Amir Muhammad A Conversation with Sasithorn Ariyavicha pt.2 A Conversation with Apichatpong Weerasethakul A Conversation with Edwin Words from that day A Conversation with Kong Rithdee A Conversation with Faozan Rizal A Conversation with Ato Bautista A Conversation with the Editors of Bioscope Magazine A Conversation with John Torres A Conversation with Lav Diaz A Conversation with Philip Cheah Alexis links Gazing with Fresh Eyes Journal Entry No.2: Wherever You Prosper The Face of Auntie Jen The Trail of A Million Flowers Why and for whom do you write/work today? You can never go home Plural Identities: Reinventions & Revisions in Malaysian Cinema Uruphong Raksasad: Self-sufficiency moviemaking Mysterious Objects: On the early works of Apichatpong Singapore GaGa Tours Singapore Reimagining Moroland: A tale of accidental filmmaking Monster!: I survive through other people’s memories. Rethinking Cinemas of Asia: Preliminary Thoughts Why and for whom do you film today? Coming Out of the Film School Closet Revolutions Happen Like Refrains in a Song* Journal Entry No.3: End Credits Speech Acts – Censorship and Documentary Filmmaking in Singapore Journal Entry No.1: Anticipations of Light Cinema Regained: Classic Filipino Films in Rotterdam Indonesian Cinema: A Year in Review Toward New Ways of Seeing Southeast Asian Cinema Art, Entertainment and Politics Whose Terror Is It Anyway? Notes Made in the Dark Voices of Malaysian Cinema Love Letters



	Bakit Bughaw ang Langit? The court of public opinion: Lost O'Hara masterpiece is both a love story and an examination of a small Filipino community. Country: Philippines


	Village People Radio Show Confessions, Testimonies and Social Memory: Vinita Ramani listens on Amir Muhammad's Village People Radio Show. Country: Malaysia


	Gie History, Propaganda, and Perception: a Conversation between Lisabona Rahman and Paul Agusta on Riri Riza's "Gie". Country: Indonesia


	Chemman Chaalai Deepak Kumaran Menon's "Chemman Chaalai": Beyond the Gravel Road. Country: Malaysia


	Sanctuary Ho Yuhang's "Sanctuary": The Other Side of Malaysia. Country: Malaysia