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Stefan S
I'm a Singapore based film buff and a keen supporter of Singapore films good and bad. I've been writing about Singapore Cinema and Singapore film-related activities since 2005. I am also a contributing writer at movieXclusive.com, TwitchFilm.net, and Sinema.sg.
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[Nov 03] Matrix Revolutions Gala Premiere
[Nov 03] (Funkygrad) Matrix Revolutions Premiere - Media Hogging
[May 05] The Saga Is Complete
[Jun 05] The Dark Knight and I: Thoughts on the Batman Movie Franchise
[Jul 05] (movieXclusive) The Arrival of the Swordsmen
[Aug 05] (movieXclusive) Love, Longing & Lounging: Be With Me @ Bar None
[Sep 05] Be With Me Launch Party
[Sep 05] (movieXclusive) Lindyhopping Through Spring
[Sep 05] (movieXclusive) Sensual New Age Gala
[Oct 05] (movieXclusive) The History of Zorro
[Oct 05] (movieXclusive) Peter Chan - Perhaps Love Press Conference
[Nov 05] The Making of "The Undecided"
[Dec 05] (movieXclusive) The Return of the King
[Feb 06] Gubra - Conversations with Yasmin, Sharifah and Alan
[Feb 06] Gubra World Premiere
[Mar 06] Sepet & Gubra Double Bill
[Mar 06] A Gubra Memento
[Mar 06] TCC Supper with Yasmin
[Mar 06] Smell of Rain - Meet the Cast and Crew Session
[Apr 06] (movieXclusive) The Art of Kan Lume - Trailblazing Visionary
[May 06] The Mission: Impossible Dossier
[May 06] On the Partial Trail of the Da Vinci Code
[May 06] [On Location] Mukhsin
[Jun 06] (movieXclusive) Unarmed Encounters
[Jun 06] DVD Launch - Royston's Shorts
[Jun 06] Kopi With Royston
[Aug 06] World of S11 Interview
[Aug 06] (movieXclusive) Welcome to the World of S11
[Aug 06] (movieXclusive) The High Cost of Directing - A Conversation with Leonard Lai
[Aug 06] (movieXclusive) Living the Dream - A Chat with Woo Yen Yen and Colin Goh
[Oct 06] (movieXclusive) From Local to Global: Royston Tan and Kelvin Tong Joint Interview
[Dec 06] Double Happiness Is...
[Jan 07] The Francis Ng Week
[Mar 07] 31st HKIFF
[Jun 07] [On Location] Muallaf
[Jul 07] Jay Chou's Secret Singapore Gala
[Aug 07] Royston Tan's 881 Singapore Gala
[Oct 07] Pleasure Factory Press Conference
[Nov 07] (movieXclusive) Press Conference - Ekin Cheng, The Legend of Huo Yuanjia
[Feb 08] (movieXclusive) Kung Fu Dunk Press Conference - Slam Dunking into the New Year
[Feb 08] Screen Shots at ACM - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
[Apr 08] Singapore International Film Festival 2008
[Apr 08] (movieXclusive) Money Still No Enough - 10 Years of Jack Neo Movies
[Jul 08] Directing Asia Presents: John Woo & The Battle of Red Cliff
[Aug 08] DVD Launch - Gone Shopping
[Sep 08] The Magic of Bosco Francis
[Oct 08] Interview with Writer-Director Marc X Grigoroff
[Oct 08] 21st Tokyo International Film Festival
[Nov 08] Anime Festival Asia 2008 - Day One,
Day Two
[Nov 08] [The Picturehouse Explores] Muallaf
[Dec 08] 4th Asian Festival of 1st Films
[Apr 09] Singapore International Film Festival 2009
[Sep 09] Interview with Writer-Director Chai Yee-wei
[Oct 09] 22nd Tokyo International Film Festival
[Oct 09] Blog Aloud - The Blue Mansion with Glen Goei and Ken Kwek
[Nov 09] Jack of Hearts Mystery Tour
[Dec 09] Book Launch-Latent Images 2nd Edition
[Mar 10] Interview with Director Amit Virmani
[Mar 10] 34th Hong Kong International Film Festival
[Apr 10] Blog Aloud - Crossing Hennessy with Ivy Ho
[Apr 10] Singapore International Film Festival 2010
[Oct 10] Red Eagle Unmasked! A Chat with Ananda Everingham
[Oct 10] Haunted Changi - The Enhanced Digital Version + Cast and Crew Q&A
[Jan 11] Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives - Q&A with Apichatpong Weerasethakul
[Jun 11] DVD Launch of The Blue Mansion / Forever Fever Boxset
[Jun 11] ScreenSingapore 2011
[Jul 11] DVD Launch of When Hainan Meets Teochew (当海南遇上潮州)
[Jul 11] DVD Launch of Forever (我愛你愛你愛你)
[Jul 11] Stage Appearance - Wu Xia (武侠)
[Sep 11] Singapore International Film Festival 2011
[Nov 11] Bookfest 2011 - Giddens Ko (九把刀) - You Are the Apple of My Eye (那些年，我们一起追的女孩)
[Dec 11] Singapore Movies Year in Review
[Apr 12] 36th Hong Kong International Film Festival
[Apr 12] A Conversation with Shinobu Yaguchi, Writer-Director of Robo-G
[Jun 12] DVD Launch of A Wee Thing - Short Film Collection by Wee Li Lin

Spotlight: Yasmin Ahmad

Movie Reviews
Rabun
Sepet
Gubra
Gubra for the Third Time
[DVD] Gubra
(Link) To Stop The Tears (Nokia Mobile Filmmakers 06)
Mukhsin
[DVD] Mukhsin
(Link) Family/Red Shoes (SG MCYS Commercial)
[Synopsis] Wasurenagusa (Forget Me Not)
Muallaf
(Link) Funeral/Eulogy (SG MCYS Commercial)
Talentime
[DVD] Muallaf
[DVD] Talentime

The Storyteller Blog | The Filmmaker Blog

Events
Yasmin Ahmad Is In Town!
Gubra - Conversations with Yasmin, Sharifah and Alan
Gubra World Premiere
Sepet & Gubra Double Bill
A Gubra Memento
TCC Supper with Yasmin
[On Location] Mukhsin
Rabin VCD Found!
Mukhsin TV Spots
[On Location] Muallaf
Screen Shots at ACM - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
[The Picturehouse Explores] Muallaf
Dear Yasmin
TIFF Tribute to Yasmin
Singapore Launch - Yasmin Ahmad's Films
Muallaf (The Convert) - Discussion with Film Cast

Spotlight: Ashutosh Gowariker

Movie Reviews
[DVD] Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
[DVD] Swades: We, The People
Jodhaa Akbar
[DVD] Jodhaa Akbar
What's Your Rashee
Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey

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Spotlight: Eric Khoo

Movie Reviews
5 Shorts - Barbie Digs Joe, August, Carcass, Symphony 92.4FM, Pain
Mee Pok Man
12 Storeys
Be With Me
(2nd Review) Be With Me
Short - No Day Off
My Magic
Tatsumi

Website

Events
Eric Khoo Night, Not
Be With Me Launch Party
Love, Longing and Lounging - Be With Me @ Bar None
The Magic of Bosco Francis
Tatsumi Gala Premiere

Spotlight: Christopher Nolan

Movie Reviews
[DVD] Following
Batman Begins
[DVD] Batman Begins
The Prestige
The Dark Knight
[DVD] The Dark Knight
Inception
The Dark Knight Rises

Spotlight: Wisit Sasanatieng

Movie Reviews
Tears of the Black Tiger
Citizen Dog
Citizen Dog The Second Viewing
[DVD] Citizen Dog
The Unseeable
Slice
Red Eagle

Events
Citizen Dog - Q&A with Mahasamut Boonyaruk
Red Eagle Unmasked! A Chat with Ananda Everingham

Spotlight: Royston Tan

Movie Reviews
15 (Feature)
Hock Hiap Leong
[DVD] Royston's Shorts
4:30
Sin Sai Hong (新赛凤)
881
[DVD] 881
After The Rain (Short)
12 Lotus
[DVD] Little Note (小字条)
Old Places (老地方)
[DVD] Old Places (老地方)
Old Romances (老情人)
[DVD] Old Romances (老情人)

Blog

Events
DVD Launch - Royston's Shorts
Kopi With Royston
881 Charity Gala Premiere
DVD Launch - Old Places
Old Romances (老情人 / Lao Qing Ren) Q&A

Spotlight: Johnnie To

Movie Reviews
Running Out of Time (暗戰 / Am Zin)
[DVD] The Mission (Cheung Fo)
[DVD] PTU
[DVD] Breaking News (大事件 / Daai Si Gin)
[DVD] Throw Down (柔道龙虎榜 / Yau Doh Lung Fu Bong)
Election
Election 2
Exiled (Fong Juk)
[DVD] Exiled (Fong Juk)
Triangle (Tie Saam Gok)
Mad Detective (神探 / Sun Taam)
Linger (Hu Die Fei / 蝴蝶飞)
Sparrow (Man Jeuk / 文雀)
Vengeance
Don't Go Breaking My Heart (單身男女 / Daan Gyun Naam Yu)
Life Without Principle (奪命金 / Dyut Meng Gam)
Romancing in Thin Air (高海拔之戀 2 / Gao Hai Ba Zhi Lian 2)

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