Films & documentaries
Raindance film festival: Toxic Beauty & Mossville: When Great Trees Fall
Posted on October 20, 2019 by Toothpicker
Q & A with the director of Toxic Beauty
After seeing two powerful documentaries at the Raindance film festival, I thought to myself that we all have to be activists in this day and age. Recently when I met up with different friends, we would talk about how the world seems to be [...]
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A visionary's mind: Stanley Kubrick exhibition at the Design Museum
Posted on September 6, 2019 by Toothpicker
Although I haven't seen all the art and design exhibitions in London this year, but out of all the ones that I have seen, I would say the Stanley Kubrick exhibition is the cream of the crop (alongside with Christian Dior at the V & A); it is certainly the best exhibition [...]
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Sustainable fashion and textiles - it's not too late to change.
Posted on August 11, 2019 by Toothpicker
Fashioned from Nature exhibition at The V & A museum
It is time to face the truth: the fashion industry is one of the most polluting industries in the world. This is not fake news, it is a fact.
Confession 1: I am guilty of polluting the environment, and I have been doing [...]
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Raindance & BFI film festivals 2017
Posted on October 19, 2017 by Toothpicker
Anoushka Shankar performing live for the 1928 Indian silent film – Shiraz: A romance of Indian at the Barbican
I saw 8 engrossing films and documentaries in total at the Raindance and BFI film festivals this year, and I feel that the overall standard of the films I saw this year is exceptionally [...]
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Hooligan Sparrow
Posted on March 15, 2016 by Toothpicker
The Chinese human rights activist Ye Haiyan
Last week I attended the opening night of the Human Rights watch film festival to watch a new documentary called 'Hooligan Sparrow' by young Chinese filmmaker Nanfu Wang.
The filmmaker originally wanted to make a film about the abuse of sex workers in China, but ended up [...]
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Hong Kong International film festival 2015
Posted on April 22, 2015 by Toothpicker
While in Hong Kong, two major culture festivals were taking place, so I took the opportunity to attend the Hong Kong Arts Festival, where I saw a China and Hong Kong collaborative play 'The Crowd' and listened to traditional Korean music reinterpreted by contemporary groups Jeong Ga Ak Hoe & Su:m.
However, as [...]
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The London Korean Film Festival
Posted on November 15, 2014 by Toothpicker
A while back I wrote about the Japanese soft power on the world, but within the last decade, the world has witnessed how South Korea managed to conquer the world through technology, design, cosmetics (including surgeries) and pop culture in a relatively short period of time. The transformation is staggering because South [...]
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BFI London Film Festival 2014
Posted on October 29, 2014 by Toothpicker
I am not sure how other film buffs pick their choices at the BFI London Film Festival, but usually by the time I finish 'studying' the brochure, all the films that I intend to see would sell out!
Like always, I would pick the less popular films or films that are less unlikely [...]
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London design festival 14: V & A Museum
Posted on September 24, 2014 by Toothpicker
Top & bottom left: Crest by Zaha Hadid Architects; Bottom right: Carousal wall by David David and Johnson Tiles
Another year, another design festival... unlike the previous years, I didn't have the time to do much planning beforehand, so I missed many talks especially at the V & A because they were [...]
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Street life in Paris
Posted on September 4, 2014 by Toothpicker
This summer, a few overseas friends who visited both Paris and London told me that they enjoyed London much more than Paris. When I asked them the reasons, they said that the streets of Paris feel unsafe and chaotic, whereas London feels more vibrant and safer. I wasn't surprised by this as [...]
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