may 1–may 15, 2016

Books

  • Alison Bechdel, Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama

Films

  • The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer, directed by Irving Reis
  • Bells are Ringing, dir. Vincente Minnelli
  • Tea and Sympathy, dir. Vincente Minnelli
  • The Lobster, dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
  • Under the Cherry Moon, dir. Prince
  • Sun Don’t Shine, dir. Amy Seimetz
  • The Leopard Man, dir. Jacquer Tourneur
  • A Face in the Crowd, dir. Elia Kazan
  • Carol, dir. Todd Haynes

Exhibits

  • “Mit Jai Inn: Wett,” Gallery Ver

april 16–30, 2016

Books

  • John Berger & Jean Mohr, A Fortunate Man: The Life of a Country Doctor
  • Thomas Meyer, Beowulf
  • Henry Green, Loving

Films

  • Imagine the Sound, directed by Ron Mann
  • The Jungle Book, dir. Jon Favreau
  • Knight of Cups, dir. Terrence Malick
  • 1991: The Year Punk Broke, dir. Dave Markey
  • A Foreign Affair, dir. Billy Wilder
  • The Panic in Needle Park, dir. Jerry Schatzberg
  • Comfort & Joy, dir. Bill Forsyth

Exhibits

  • “Lines from Three Lives: Chuan Leekpai, Chakrabhand Posayakrit, Nithi Sthapitanonda,” BACC

april 1–15, 2016

Books

  • China Miéville, Embassytown
  • Idra Novey, Ways to Disappear
  • Georges Simenon, Three Bedrooms in Manhattan, translated by Marc Romano & Lawrence R. Blochman
  • Samuel R. Delany, The Jewels of Aptor
  • Samuel R. Delany, The Ballad of Beta-2
  • Helen Phillips, The Beautiful Bureaucrat
  • Georges Simenon, Act of Passion, trans. Louise Varèse
  • Roald Dahl, Switch Bitch
  • Roald Dahl, My Uncle Oswald
  • Samuel R. Delany, They Fly at Çiron

Exhibits

  • Liwan Museum, Guangzhou
  • “Shen Shaomin: There Is No Problem,” Redtory Museum of Contemporary Art, Guangzhou
  • “Chinese Printmaking New Scene,” Tap Seac Gallery, Macau

march 16–31, 2016

Books

  • Álvaro Mutis, The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll, translated by Edith Grossman
  • Georges Simenon, Tropic Moon, trans. Marc Romano
  • Georges Simenon, Dirty Snow, trans. Marc Romano
  • Georges Simenon, Mr. Hire’s Engagement, trans. Daphne Woodward
  • Hisham Matar, In the Country of Men
  • Georges Simenon, Monsieur Monde Vanishes, trans. Jean Stewart
  • Georges Simenon, The 13 Culprits, trans. Peter Schulman

Films

  • Dark Passage, dir. Delmer Daves
  • Macao, dir. Josef von Sternberg & Nicholas Ray
  • The Big Knife, dir. Robert Aldrich
  • The Creature from the Black Lagoon, dir. Jack Arnold
  • The Anthem, dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul
  • Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy, dir. Kelly Makin 
  • The Forbidden Room, dir. Guy Maddin & Evan Johnson
  • The Queen Of Versailles, dir. Lauren Greenfield

march 1–15, 2016

Books

  • Gabriele D’Annunzio, The Child of Pleasure, translated by Georgina Harding
  • Susanne Kircher, A Roman Scandal: The Story of Beatrice Cenci
  • Mihail Sebastian, For Two Thousand Years, trans. Philip Ó Ceallaigh

Films

  • What Happened, Miss Simone?, directed by Liz Garbus
  • Hail, Caesar!, dir. Joel & Ethan Coen

february 15–29, 2016

Books

  • John Keene, Annotations
  • William S. Wilson, With Ray: The Art of Friendship
  • Eka Kurniawan, Man Tiger, translated by Labodalih Sembiring
  • John Fowles, The French Lieutenant’s Woman
  • Ann Beattie, Mrs. Nixon
  • Elizabeth McKenzie, The Portable Veblen

Films

  • Times Square, directed by Allan Moyle
  • The East, dir. Zal Batmanglij

february 1–15, 2016

Books

  • Eugène Sue, The Mysteries of Paris, translated by Carolyn Betensky & Jonathan Loesberg
  • Muriel Rukeyser, The Life of Poetry

Films

  • No, directed by Pablo Larraín

Exhibits

  • “Michael Shaowanasai’s Revisits,” Art Center, Chulalongkorn University
  • “Roa/Kult,” Bridge Art Space
  • “L’Amour,” Sathorn 11 Art Space
  • “Jean-Sebastien Faure: Lonely in Bangkok,” Kathmandu Photo Gallery
  • “Kodsoung Eangubon: Egoism,” Number 1 Gallery

january 16–31, 2016

Books

  • Kamel Daoud, The Mersault Investigation, trans. John Cullen
  • Rattawut Lapcharoensap, Sightseeing
  • Erin Hogan, Spiral Jetta: A Road Trip Through the Land Art of the American West
  • Tove Jannson, Sculptor’s Daughter: A Childhood Memoir, trans. Kingsley Hart
  • Olaf Stapledon, Odd John
  • Multatuli, Max Havelaar, trans. Roy Edwards

Films

  • The King of Comedy, directed by Martin Scorsese

january 1–15, 2016

Books

  • Eka Kurniawan, Beauty Is a Wound, translated by Annie Tucker
  • Jenny Offill, Dept. of Speculation
  • Ellery Queen, Q.E.D.: Queen’s Experiments in Detection
  • Ellery Queen, The Last Woman in His Life
  • Ellery Queen, A Fine and Private Place

Films

  • The Big Short, directed by Adam McKay
  • Kramer vs. Kramer, dir. Robert Benton
  • Cartel Land, dir. Matthew Heineman

december 16–31, 2015

Books

  • James M. Cain, The Postman Always Rings Twice
  • Sudhir Thomas Vadaketh, Floating on a Malayan Breeze: Travels in Malaysia and Singapore
  • Ellery Queen (Avram Davidson), And on the Eighth Day
  • Ellery Queen (Richard Deming), Wife or Death
  • Elena Ferrante, Troubling Love, translated by Ann Goldstein
  • Elena Ferrante, The Lost Daughter, trans. Ann Goldstein
  • Robert Musil, The Man without Qualities, trans. Eithne Wilkins & Ernst Kaiser

Films

  • Sudden Fear, directed by David Miller
  • Ex Machina, dir. Alex Garland

Exhibits

  • “Cory Williams/Allyson Ansusinha: Bend/Altered Space,” Bridge Art Space, Bangkok
  • National Museum of Singapore, Singapore
  • Penang State Museum, George Town, Malaysia
  • Pinang Pernakan Mansion/Straits Chinese Jewellery Museum, George Town, Malaysia