Criticine :: elevating discourse on southeast asian cinema

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Criticine was founded in October 2005 by Alexis A. Tioseco and was "dedicated to pushing forth intelligent discourse on Southeast Asian cinema". ...
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Love Letters
For this special issue of Criticine, writers, film-makers, academics and curators from Southeast Asia were asked to write a passionate love letter to some aspect of cinema.

A Conversation with Lav Diaz
Longer is better: correspondence spanning several months (and several pages); read part of Alexis Tioseco's extended ongoing e-mail interview with Lav Diaz.

Why and for whom do you film today?
Criticine asks the questions and lists the answers. Read responses from a selection of Southeast Asian filmmakers.

MORE FEATURES / INTERVIEWS
A Conversation with Lav Diaz A Conversation with Faozan Rizal A Conversation with Edwin A Conversation with Amir Muhammad A Conversation with Sasithorn Ariyavicha pt.2 A Conversation with the Editors of Bioscope Magazine A Conversation with Kong Rithdee A Conversation with Apichatpong Weerasethakul A Conversation with Philip Cheah A Conversation with Ato Bautista A Conversation with Pen-Ek Ratanaruang A Conversation with John Torres A Conversation with Sasithorn Ariyavicha pt.1 Art, Entertainment and Politics Journal Entry No.2: Wherever You Prosper Gazing with Fresh Eyes The Trail of A Million Flowers Mysterious Objects: On the early works of Apichatpong Journal Entry No.3: End Credits Whose Terror Is It Anyway? Journal Entry No.1: Anticipations of Light Cinema Regained: Classic Filipino Films in Rotterdam Revolutions Happen Like Refrains in a Song* Voices of Malaysian Cinema Coming Out of the Film School Closet Why and for whom do you film today? Reimagining Moroland: A tale of accidental filmmaking Why and for whom do you write/work today? Uruphong Raksasad: Self-sufficiency moviemaking Monster!: I survive through other people’s memories. Toward New Ways of Seeing Southeast Asian Cinema Plural Identities: Reinventions & Revisions in Malaysian Cinema Rethinking Cinemas of Asia: Preliminary Thoughts Singapore GaGa Tours Singapore Indonesian Cinema: A Year in Review test Love Letters Notes Made in the Dark Speech Acts – Censorship and Documentary Filmmaking in Singapore
last updated: December 15, 2009



	Book: Critic After Dark "Cinema is his love; Philippine cinema his steady girlfriend." Alexis Tioseco reviews Filipino film critic Noel Vera's collected writing, "Critic After Dark". Country: Philippines


	Be With Me Khoo Gaik Cheng samples Cannes favourite Eric Khoo's lastest, "Be With Me" Country: Singapore


	Not profound, just waiting to be found: Aaron Chung Hassan Muthalib introduces us to the works of this short film maestro. Country: Malaysia


	Singapore Dreaming The HDB and beyond (or beyond the HDB): Vinita Ramani looks at the latest local film to have made noise in Singapore. Country: Singapore


	On The North Diversion Road Before Abbas. 10 conversations, 10 characters, 2 actors, 1 car: Dennis Marasigan adapts Tony Perez's infamous play on infidelity. Country: Philippines