Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Starring: Apisit Opasaimlikit | Chanakporn Sayoungkul | Kiat Punpiputt | Nopachai Chaiyanam | Sirin Horwang
Bruce says: “***SPOILERS*** “Pen-ek Ratanaurang‘s HEADSHOT, a film about a cop turned hit man, is a huge disappointment. It is well-made and well-acted and the premise is better-than-average; but the script adds little to what is an hour and one
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Starring: Chamanun Wanwinwatsara | Jayanama Nopachai | Porntip Papanai | Wanida Termthanaporn
Michael says: “Ratanaruang is most widely known for the dreamy surreality of LAST LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE, but this film is more of a sylvan counterpart to his last film, never released in the states, PLOY. In NYMPH, the Thai
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Starring: Ananda Everingham | Apinya Sakuljaroensuk | Lalita Panyopas | Phorntip Papanai | Pornwut Sarasin
Chris says: “PLOY, the latest from Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, initially seems worlds away from LAST LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE: it follows a couple checking into Bangkok hotel and is all rendered in washed out earth tones and barely audible ambient music
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Starring: Lalita Panyopas | Tasanawalai Ongartittichai
Bruce says: “After playing in film festivals for over two and one half years (January 2000 – August 2002) 6IXTYNIN9, never found distribution in the United States. As a result of the success of Ratanaruang’s LAST LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE,
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Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Starring: Laila Boonyasak | Sinitta Boonyasak | Tadanobu Asano | Takashi Miike
Chris says: “Still piecing together this puzzling film, but that alone doesn’t frustrate me. I was so delighted by what perplexed me that I can imagine re-watching it as I did with MULHOLLAND DR., discovering more clues each time out
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