New titles that hit Thai cinemas for your viewing pleasure.
Kagami no kojô (Lonely Castle In The Mirror)
Directed by Keiichi Hara and Takakazu Nagatomo.
Who’s in it?
The voices of Kumiko Asô, Ashley Boettche and Francesca Calo.
What’s it about?
Seven teens discover their bedroom mirrors are portals, and they're pulled from their lonely lives to a wondrous castle filled with winding stairways and watchful portraits. A girl in a wolf mask invites them to play a game.
Why watch it?
A magical experience.
The Marsh King's Daughter
Directed by Neil Burger.
Who’s in it?
Daisy Ridley, Ben Mendelsohn and Garrett Hedlund.
What’s it about?
A woman seeks revenge against the man who kidnapped her mother.
Why watch it?
Both Ridley and Mendelssohn have starred in at least one Star Wars movie.
Killers Of The Flower Moon
Directed by Martin Scorsese.
Who’s in it?
Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone.
What’s it about?
Members of the Osage tribe in the United States are murdered under mysterious circumstances in the 1920s, sparking a major F.B.I. investigation involving J. Edgar Hoover.
Why watch it?
Scorsese said that when he read David Grann's book "Killers Of The Flower Moon”, he knew that he had to make it into a movie. Scorsese spent several hours together with Chief Standing Bear to persuade the Osage Nation to help with the filming.
Minna No Uta
Directed by Takashi Shimizu.
Who’s in it?
The voices of Alan Shirahama, Ryôta Katayose and Hayato Komori.
What’s it about?
A mysterious cassette tape containing a melody. People who hear this melody gradually begin to hum it themselves and become involved in a mysterious incident.
Why watch it?
What is the mystery behind this melody?
Death Is All Around
Directed by Tananat Sukjarearn.
Who’s in it?
Suppapong “Saint: Udomkaewkanjana, Sananthachat “Fon” Thanapatpisal and Karinyawat "Foet" Durongjirakan or Foet Slot Machine.
What’s it about?
A young woman disappointed in her love life and family decides to end her life. Her soul is then taken to be punished at the Morana Café (death cafe), where the human and spirit worlds connect. For the same purpose, which is the cessation of suffering, the way there is guided by a Helper to aid these souls realise the wrongs they have committed before they move on in the cycle of rebirth and death.
Why watch it?
More than just life and death.
