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Review: Ghost on Air
A film that aspires to be a horror story as much as it tries to celebrate them through its DJ-sharing-stories-on-air conceit, Ghost on Air, local director Cheng Ding An’s sophomore feature, is a...
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'Timeline' by Alvin Lee
How the film 'Timeline' by Alvin Lee has achieved so much with just a simple idea is quite breath-taking. A timeline, physically represented by a clothing line on which little diary notes are pegged,...
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'The Crane Wife' by Allysa Sing
Reinventing folklore for the screen is as old as the history of the moving image. Yet, fables and folktales are still a staple for cinema today with Hollywood remaking everything from the iconic Clash...
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Production Talk with Roy Ng on 'Sanzaru'
Witnessing the three men who killed his father went on to rape his mother, mummy's boy Junyang sets off to kill off these three men in a Sanzaru manner - a Japanese term for see no evil, hear no evil...
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ShoutOUT!: LASALLE Graduate Film showcase 2012 - Picture Lock
Picture Lock will showcase 8 BA(Hons) Thesis Films and 5 Diploma films from The Puttnam School of Film, LASALLE.Total of 14 films feature a mix of short documentaries and fiction films including...
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From Pasir Ris to Tokyo with Wesley
The turbulences at 32,000 feet fail to distract me as I reminisce of the lovely friends in Japan that I am sadly leaving behind. Sir, would you like the shrimp or beef? asks the slightly plump...
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ShoutOUT!: Learn about archiving your works with one of the best archivists...
If you are a filmmaker, film student, film enthusiast or film collector and would like to find out more on how to care for your materials, prevent them from further deterioration, and cope with the...
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Grassroot power - Presenting Blotch Studios
In the recent The New Paper's 2nd edition of the First Film Fest, a group of young students who call themselves Blotch Studios took home the first prize with a film called 'Mother'. This film has by...
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3rd SSFA 2012 - Review of Bliss (Nominee)
3rd SSFA 2012 - Review of Bliss (Nominee)Bliss – Liang XuanBliss is Liang Xuan’s first film. A photographer turned filimmaker, it is no wonder this short was nominated for the running to win the Best...
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3rd SSFA 2012 - Review of Hentak Kaki (Best Performance Award)
3rd SSFA 2012 - Review of Hentak KakiHentak Kaki – James KhooAwarded: Best Performance Award to Michael Chua for 3rd SSFAWatch trailer here:This was a graduation piece for his final year in LASALLE...
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Review: Greedy Ghost
If greed were truly bad, as Greedy Ghost posits in the dullest, most uninspired fashion possible, then one has to wonder what convinced the people behind this film to release it in the first place....
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Review: Imperfect
The teenage boys that roam around the streets listlessly in Imperfect carry their sullen, gloomy countenances like badges of honour. These boys are part of the local gang scene, and their world-weary...
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Talkback: 9th Singapore Short Cuts (Part 1)
The Singapore Short Cuts series is in its 9th edition this year and, as a platform to showcase the most audacious, most ambitious and most commendable—or at least, most debatable—of local shorts, has...
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ShoutOUT!: Films in the City 1: Hopes, Dreams & Conversations (Archifest ’12)
Keep a date on the 20th of Oct to enjoy a selection of short entertaining Singapore films that will take viewers to common places we frequent. Only this time viewers are urged to stop and hear from the...
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ShoutOUT!: The Fly By Night Video Challenge returns this year!
Bigger, better, bolder, the 9th edition of the Fly By Night Video Challenge 2012 is an exciting 48-hour video challenge that takes aspiring filmmakers out of their comfort zone to shoot the film they...
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Missing Sinema Old School
Never to late for an ode to Sinema Old School which has moved out of Mount Sophia. Here's one by Aaron Ng and JD Chua of Ground Glass Images, with support from Sindie.‘Missing Sinema Old School’ is a...
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Golden Village and Sinema screen the Made-In-Singapore in Nov
In celebration of Singapore independent films in November, Sinema +Golden Village focuses on two feature films made by Singapore talents outside of Singapore. The ‘Watch Local” initiative is supported...
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Review: Ah Boys to Men
It might have become fashionable among some circles to flippantly dismiss Jack Neo's films as overly sentimental pseudo-satires, but let's get one thing straight: he is a talented comedian and, like...
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Boot Camp Memories ... of 'Ah Boys to Men' : Part 1
Things got a little too heated up on the set of Ah Boys to Men, clouding up heaven and earthMany in the local film community would have felt the dark clouds of the closing of Tisch Asia and Homerun...
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ShoutOUT!: But the Book is Better? at the Arts House
Walk down memory lane at the Arts House this November and December with 'But Is The Book Better?' The Arts House will present a series of films and TV works that were adapted from local literature....
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