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bapester, on May 31st, 2010%
I may have mentioned this before, but I savour moments like this when I am so thankful that I am in KL and not in Terengganu anymore. The Alliance Francaise in Kuala Lumpur is currently holding the 2010 French Art and Film Festival (FAFF) and I attended one of the movies that they brought over.
With a total of 8 films choose from, I was initially clueless on which movie to watch ( besides the much publicized Coco Avant Chanel). Being the nerd that I am, I naturally checked out the festival event page on Facebook and I found my answer through a film fanatic who mentioned in the page that Summer Hours (L’heure d’été) is the clear winner of them all.
It seems as though I was not the only one who felt that way, judging from a rather good turn out that Sunday afternoon. After all, it has a string of accolades to go by, and not to mention good ratings everywhere across the internet.
So what is this movie all about? !warning spoilers abound!
» Continue reading Summer Hours at the French Art and Film Festival
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bapester, on January 11th, 2010%
Last week, my friend (fellow Yasmin Ahmad fan) and I went to watch Muallaf, the second Yasmin film that was released posthumously.
Before sharing my thoughts on the movie itself, let me relate something rather amusing that happened at the cinema. I was in the tickets queue and when my turn came up, I asked for two tickets for Muallaf. The girl at the ticket counter looked at me surprised, as if I had just asked her to take her top off.
» Continue reading Muallaf – A review.
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bapester, on August 19th, 2009%
By now, I am sure that most people would have heard of 15Malaysia, and Potong Saga. Especially since it is all over Facebook and Twitter.
For those who haven’t, where have you been? it is “15 short films about Malaysia featuring some of the country’s coolest directors, actors, musicians and politicians“. It features everyone, from the controversial Namewee (of ‘Negarakuku’ fame) to the late Yasmin Ahmad to Mix FM DJ Serena C to Khairy Jamaluddin (acting as a taxi driver!).
A new short film will be released every two days. At the time of this posting two videos have already been released to the very supportive public (just check out the number of Facebook fans, video downloads and comments made)- Ho Yuhang’s “Potong Saga” and Yasmin Ahmad’s “Chocolate”.
» Continue reading Potong Saga: Even “The Making Of” video is funny
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bapester, on August 16th, 2009%
After being dealt with news of Yasmin Ahmad’s death, I was hoping that her contributions to the country were significant enough to warrant the re-screening of her works. The following weekend, there was a tribute shown on TV3 which featured the airing of “Mukhsin” (which sadly, I couldn’t catch due to being out on that night). Judging from how Malaysian media ‘loved’ her, I assumed that the tribute was all that the fans were going to get.
» Continue reading Yasmin Ahmad’s ‘Talentime’ back on the silver screen!
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