Picturehouse is back
Extracted from The Straits Times (Life!) Monday, February 27, 2006:
CATHAY'S arthouse cinema Picturehouse will re-open with a film festival which will run from March 24 to 29.
Among the fest's movies at the new Cathay Building in Handy Road will be Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien's Three Times, a triptych about love set in three different eras, and starring Shu Qi and Chang Chen.
Another Asian movie will be the psycho-thriller Invisible Waves, by Thai director Pen-Ek Ratanaruang and featuring a pan-Asian cast of Asano Tadanobu, Eric Tsang and Gang Hye Jung.
Singapore director Gloria Chee's Smell of Rain, a story about the anguish of youth, starring Nathaniel and Trey Ho, will also be shown.
Also playing will be Murderball, a documentary on quadriplegic rugby players in the United States, and The Child (L'enfant), a French movie by directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne and about a young couple living on the margin with their baby.
A World Cinema offering will be British director Mark Donford-May's U-Carmen Ekhayelitsha, a film sung and spoken in the Xhosa language and based on Bizet's opera Carmen.
Tickets cost $10 each. Till March 19, those who sign up on website thepicturehouse.com.sg for a Picturehouse e-newsletter stand to win free movie passes to the festival.
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For more info, check out:
http://www.thepicturehouse.com.sg/upcoming.htm
and
http://www.thepicturehouse.com.sg/coming.htm
CATHAY'S arthouse cinema Picturehouse will re-open with a film festival which will run from March 24 to 29.
Among the fest's movies at the new Cathay Building in Handy Road will be Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien's Three Times, a triptych about love set in three different eras, and starring Shu Qi and Chang Chen.
Another Asian movie will be the psycho-thriller Invisible Waves, by Thai director Pen-Ek Ratanaruang and featuring a pan-Asian cast of Asano Tadanobu, Eric Tsang and Gang Hye Jung.
Singapore director Gloria Chee's Smell of Rain, a story about the anguish of youth, starring Nathaniel and Trey Ho, will also be shown.
Also playing will be Murderball, a documentary on quadriplegic rugby players in the United States, and The Child (L'enfant), a French movie by directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne and about a young couple living on the margin with their baby.
A World Cinema offering will be British director Mark Donford-May's U-Carmen Ekhayelitsha, a film sung and spoken in the Xhosa language and based on Bizet's opera Carmen.
Tickets cost $10 each. Till March 19, those who sign up on website thepicturehouse.com.sg for a Picturehouse e-newsletter stand to win free movie passes to the festival.
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For more info, check out:
http://www.thepicturehouse.com.sg/upcoming.htm
and
http://www.thepicturehouse.com.sg/coming.htm
February 28th, 2006 at 12:42 am meoowww...
almost didn notice the subtle plugging... purrr.. just curious tho this trey is related? "ho"?
February 28th, 2006 at 10:14 am yay! How exciting!
February 28th, 2006 at 10:30 am josh cat>> yo tabby, (yes i know you aren't really a tabby but who cares, haha, i like tabbies) yeah okay, so the plugging wasn't that subtle lah. haha. hmm trey is not related la, just so happened that he shares the same clan name.
marianne>> yeah! eh, will you be back in time for it?
February 28th, 2006 at 10:59 am That's great news! Looking forward to seeing you in the "Smell of Rain"; the trailer looks fabulous! :)
March 1st, 2006 at 12:39 am Nat, i am gonna watch this film. So u gotta sponsor for my pop corn! Is that a deal?
Anyways Edric Hsu, that name rings a bell, i think i exchanged emails with him before when i was in sec 1 at some spiritual exhibition at sentosa! Hes some stage actor rite?
March 1st, 2006 at 12:59 am edric>> yeah, bring ur mother and father and uncle and aunties too! the more the merrier! hahaha :)
dow>> wah... you are very evil. try to "ketok" from this poor struggling artiste. tsk. haha.
and yes, edric does theatre stuff, but you've prob seen him doing various TVCs and acting in numerous drama series here and there (note to edric: eh, i plug for you leh!)
March 1st, 2006 at 1:06 am you need to start publicising your movie ... starting from now !
March 1st, 2006 at 12:02 pm Sadly not... I've just started my honours year and it's going downhill from here. So I'm demanding a copy when it's released, k?
March 2nd, 2006 at 2:55 am Hehe, thanks for advertising for me, Nat! LOL
Will help promote your film in my blog for sure, when nearer the date! My friends Jalyn and Liting are also involved!! :)
DOW... dun tell me you are Dean??? You can find me at my blog, just click on the link with my name la. :)
March 2nd, 2006 at 7:08 pm heyo!! finally get to show it le! sweet! pity i cant watch it ah..if not sure will go watch it one..will have video not?haha.. den i get and bring to aust with pop corns n watch..hehe
March 3rd, 2006 at 12:56 am huh? wrong!