★★★★★ Film Review: The Assassin(s) dir. Hur Jin-ho

Hur Jin-ho speaks truth to power in this action-packed, tension-filled political conspiracy thriller about the 1974 Liberation Day assassination attempt. Duration: 131 minutes In the grand tradition of making journalism look like the most badass career in the world, Hur Jin-ho’s The Assassin(s) is a magnificent piece of political thriller filmmaking, a gripping procedural about the pursuit of truth, and a reminder of the magic … Continue reading ★★★★★ Film Review: The Assassin(s) dir. Hur Jin-ho

Film: The 42nd vOilah! French Film Festival returns to Singapore with enduring stories that have shaped history and imagination

From 12 to 29 November, the 42nd edition of vOilah! brings 34 films to Singapore, spanning landmark moments in French history, compelling stories of women who challenge convention, the whimsical worlds of Jean-Pierre Jeunet and family-friendly adventures across generations. French cinema has a way of making the familiar feel extraordinary. A walk through Paris becomes a mystery, an ordinary encounter blossoms into romance, and a … Continue reading Film: The 42nd vOilah! French Film Festival returns to Singapore with enduring stories that have shaped history and imagination

Film: SGIFF 2026 Opens with a Celebration of Cinema and Creative Freedom

From a star-studded red carpet to a rousing defence of artistic integrity, the 37th Singapore International Film Festival opens on a high note, with sold-out screenings, a renewed commitment to local filmmakers and a reminder of why the cinema-going experience still matters. The opening night of the Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) has always been about more than the films themselves. It is about the … Continue reading Film: SGIFF 2026 Opens with a Celebration of Cinema and Creative Freedom

★★★★★ Dance Review: Sounding Light 定光 by Cloud Gate Dance Theatre

Cloud Gate invites us to pause and appreciate the little things all around us, and to rediscover the wonder and beauty of simply being alive. Duration: 60 minutes What if the world has never been quiet, but we have simply forgotten how to listen? In Sounding Light, which played last weekend as part of the 2026 edition of the Esplanade’s da:ns focus: Connect Asia Now … Continue reading ★★★★★ Dance Review: Sounding Light 定光 by Cloud Gate Dance Theatre

Review: Still Lives – Singapore by Daniel Kok and Luke George feat. RUDRA

Bodies, instruments and histories held in stasis, Still Lives: Singapore turns the act of tying into a meditation on care, memory and the communities that gather around them. Duration: ~105 minutes What does it mean to watch a metal band that cannot play its instruments, in a theatre where nobody is quite required to sit still? In Still Lives: Singapore, four members of pioneering Vedic … Continue reading Review: Still Lives – Singapore by Daniel Kok and Luke George feat. RUDRA

★★★★☆ Dance Review: BATU by Ayu Permata Sari and Hasyimah Harith

A multisensory fever dream that examines femininity in all its sorcery, esoterica, and erotica through the lens of the humble mortar and pestle, and the stories passed down from woman to woman in the kitchen. Duration: 75 minutes You can watch a dance, or you can feel it take hold of your body. BATU does both, pulling you into its strange, increasingly feverish world through … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Dance Review: BATU by Ayu Permata Sari and Hasyimah Harith

Film: Singapore International Film Festival Opens New Worlds of Discovery for Young Audiences and Reimagines the Future of Cinema with Parallax

The Singapore International Film Festival’s Junior Explorers programme pairs three films from Chile, Ireland and Japan with sensory-friendly screenings and hands-on activities, while its new Parallax programme looks at how technology is reshaping the future of filmmaking. A first trip to the cinema can be more than an introduction to the big screen. It can open up new worlds, spark questions about growing up and … Continue reading Film: Singapore International Film Festival Opens New Worlds of Discovery for Young Audiences and Reimagines the Future of Cinema with Parallax

Sounding Light 定光: An interview with Cloud Gate Dance Theatre Artistic Director Cheng Tsung-lung on slowing down

It seems like an impossibility to ever ask people who live in bustling metropolitan cities like Taipei or Singapore to slow down. These are places built around movement: trains arriving and departing, traffic flowing through intersections, people crossing streets with somewhere to be, messages arriving before the previous ones have been answered. There is always another email, another meeting, another decision to make. Even our … Continue reading Sounding Light 定光: An interview with Cloud Gate Dance Theatre Artistic Director Cheng Tsung-lung on slowing down

Art: 10th Singapore Young Photographer Award Showcase – Echoes of Home

What makes a place feel like home? It might be a familiar neighbourhood, the quiet traces of someone who has left, the routines that shape our days or the relationships that continue to anchor us as we grow. For Singapore’s young photographers, these everyday details become ways of exploring a question that is both deeply personal and universally understood. The 10th Singapore Young Photographer Award … Continue reading Art: 10th Singapore Young Photographer Award Showcase – Echoes of Home

Film: SGIFF 2026 Brings Back Its Festival Closing with Asian Premiere of ‘Vintage Violence’

After more than a decade without a dedicated closing event, the Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) is bringing back one final big-screen gathering to round off its 37th edition with a film that promises crime, dark comedy and a distinctly modern kind of chaos. The festival will close on 1 November with the Asian premiere of Vintage Violence, the latest feature from Ukrainian-American filmmaker Eugene … Continue reading Film: SGIFF 2026 Brings Back Its Festival Closing with Asian Premiere of ‘Vintage Violence’