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A Kitchen of One's Own
It's difficult to conceive of cooking being a calling if you have to do it every day on a budget.
August 21, 2009 | By Noy Thrupkaew | web only

The Soderbergh Experience
In his new film, The Girlfriend Experience, Steven Soderbergh turns to his obsession with the metaphor of economics as prostitution.
May 29, 2009 | By Noy Thrupkaew | web only

The Power of Political Personality
Puncturing an iconic image of a revolutionary, Steven Soderbergh's Che operates as a meditation on political power in the everyday.
February 13, 2009 | By Noy Thrupkaew | web only

Dancing on Air
A documentary on Philippe Petit, the man who walked on a wire between the World Trade Center towers in 1974, leaves the question of what motivates art to the viewer.
October 23, 2008 | By Noy Thrupkaew | web only

Beverly Ills
I returned from two and a half years of living abroad to discover that Beverly Hills, 90210, my guilty teenage pleasure, was being resurrected. This would be the perfect transition back to American culture, right?
September 5, 2008 | By Noy Thrupkaew | web only

Modern Pressures on a Prized Ecosystem
Dams and development threaten bountiful supplies of fish in Cambodia, the world's largest inland fishery.
May 27, 2008 | By Noy Thrupkaew

The Middle Age of Wong Kar-Wai
Hong Kong director Wong Kar-Wai made his name chronicling romantic alienation with an unmistakable visual style. But his new film, My Blueberry Nights, is atmospherically innocuous and contentedly middle-aged. What happened?
April 18, 2008 | By Noy Thrupkaew | web only

Finding a Moral Center
Cristian Mungiu's 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days is a surprisingly optimistic consideration of individual motivation amidst the alienation of a rotting political system.
January 25, 2008 | By Noy Thrupkaew | web only

The Illusion of Escape
In her new documentary Protagonist, Jessica Yu explores the inner lives of four men whose righteous quests led to fanaticism.
December 7, 2007 | By Noy Thrupkaew | web only

Bergman's Twilight Room of the Soul
Like the dark spaces between frames on a filmstrip, Ingmar Bergman took us to the unlit gaps in our own emotions.
August 3, 2007 | By Noy Thrupkaew | web only

Manufacturing Art
A new film about an artist who documents Chinese factories explores the toxic interdependence between developed and developing nations.
July 6, 2007 | By Noy Thrupkaew | web only

Shuttering the Sites
Like its Chinese counterpart, the new military government of Thailand promotes more investment -- and radically less free speech.
June 18, 2007 | By Noy Thrupkaew

Pro Con
Oceans Thirteen manages to avoid threequel-itis by conning movie-goers with its charm.
June 8, 2007 | By Noy Thrupkaew | web only

The Match Off the Field
Acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi scores with his vibrant new film, Offside.
May 11, 2007 | By Noy Thrupkaew | web only

Spidey Senseless
The third time is very rarely the charm, and the angst-filled Spider-Man 3 -- all plot holes and Band-Aids -- is no exception.
May 4, 2007 | By Noy Thrupkaew | web only

Look Out
Andrea Arnold's debut film is a study in voyeurism, surveillance, and obsession.
April 24, 2007 | By Noy Thrupkaew | web only

Fighting Irish
Ken Loach's powerful new film about the Irish Civil War captures the pull and horror of radical violence.
April 6, 2007 | By Noy Thrupkaew | web only

Under Surveillance
A new film about the East German secret police is seductively clever.
March 2, 2007 | By Noy Thrupkaew | web only

Sight Unseen
When curators began creating Vietnam's first international art show since 1962, they hoped their country's new openness to Western business would mean more cultural freedom. Were they ever wrong.
February 19, 2007 | By Noy Thrupkaew

War is Beautiful
Roberto Benigni goes to Iraq in his latest movie. The results are atrocious.
January 8, 2007 | By Noy Thrupkaew | web only

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