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Finding faith in few words

14/02/2012 : If God is great and benevolent, why does s/he cause pain and calamity to Earth in the form of natural disaster? Those who cannot find answers turn to the probable empirical evidence called science that to some certain extent demystifies natural phenomena.
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Parallel ambitions
25/01/2012 : We wish them the best of luck, and we pray Hua Hin International Film Festival won't turn out to be a lemon. A month ago hardly anybody had heard about this brand-new event, and now those who've heard about it are wondering if they'll take the trouble of making a trip down to the seaside town to watch the films. Our advise is, if the sky is blue and you have nothing else to do (and if you want to forsake the Bangkok Experimental Film Festival that will also happen this weekend) just go for the fun of it. Worst case, you can always decamp to the beach, or one of the seafood joints in Khao Takieb.
Screening of old films at BACC
25/01/2012 : The Thai Film Archive organises a screening every Tues, Wed and Thurs at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC), with a mix of both old and new Thai films, as well as a programme of international cinema. The screening is free and takes place in the screening room on the 4th floor. With this temporary auditorium located at the convenient location right in the heart of Pathumwan district, the Film Archive can now deflect some of the complaints its headquarters in Salaya (which has a much better screening environment, though) received for being too far and too inconvenient, especially for movie fans who do not drive.
Rock-Solid Hollywood star
25/01/2012 : Last year in the hyperkinetic film Fast Five, Dwayne Johnson growled and grumbled playing the role of a federal agent chasing a pack of auto-bandits in Rio de Janeiro. Johnson, also known as The Rock, is a prime cut of beef that glitters in the Brazilian sun; yet the man holds his character with gravity, zipping through the breakneck action with all scowl and no smile.
THEATRE REVIEW
Therapy as art, and vice versa
25/01/2012 : Growing up in this country, I often heard people say that Thais don't go to psychiatrists to sort out their problems; they go to fortune-tellers. Later, while I was living in the West, I saw many individuals running to counsellors and therapists to untangle the knots and smooth out the bumps in their lives.
ART REVIEW
Through the looking glass
25/01/2012 : Images of sexy naked bodies typically challenge the possibility of responding objectively to the terms of their representation. Any implication of prurience, voyeurism or the potential to be turned-on or turned-off complicates the matter of clearly deciding what it is we are looking at and how it might be interpreted.
ARTSCENE
Koi Art Gallery
25/01/2012 : 43/12 Sukhumvit Soi 31 11am-7pm Until Feb 27 Call 02-662-3218
FCCT to screen Myanmar documentary
25/01/2012 : Into the Current: Burma's Political Prisoners, a documentary by Jeanne Hallacy depicting the lives and hardships of prisoners of conscience in Myanmar, will be screened tomorrow night, at 8pm, at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand (FCCT).
The naked Proof
25/01/2012 : Of late, there's been a fair share of diverse, interesting international bands playing Bangkok, rather than the usual stadium acts or veteran performers who are on their last world tour... for the 10th time. The Naked and Famous were the latest in line to fulfil the wet dreams of all hipsters when they rolled into town last week.
Delightful stage dance
25/01/2012 : Sangkeet Saranrom, a cultural programme of the Bangkok Bank's Musical Art Centre, presents a lakhon nork play with an all-male cast on Phra Apai Manee, featuring the famous episode of "Fleeing the Ogre Wife", on Saturday at 4pm at the Kukrit Institute.
Weekend of jazz beckons
25/01/2012 : For the fourth year running, Mahidol University's College of Music is hosting the Thailand International Jazz Conference in the verdant, open-air setting of Suan Phrueksa Duriyang, from Friday to Sun, Jan 29.