april 1–15, 2015

Books

  • William Warren, The Truth about Anna and Other Stories
  • Henry James, The Princess Casamassima
  • Henry James, The Reverberator
  • Amitav Ghosh, In an Antique Land
  • Amitav Ghosh, Dancing in Cambodia and Other Essays
  • Baban Phaley, The Land of Martyrs: Andaman & Nicobar Islands
  • R. P. Sharma, Hello Andaman: Amrapali Tourism Hand Book

Films

  • Phase IV, directed by Saul Bass
  • The Hellstrom Chronicle, dir. Ed Spiegel & Walon Green

march 16–31, 2015

Books

  • Norman Rush, Mating
  • Teddy Spha Palasthira, The Last Siamese: Journeys in War and Peace

Films

  • . . . And the Pursuit of Happiness, directed by Louis Malle
  • Song of the Sea, dir. Tomm Moore
  • National Gallery, dir. Frederick Wiseman
  • The Look of Silence, dir. Joshua Oppenheimer & Anonymous
  • Enough Said, dir. Nicole Holofcener
  • Million Dollar Mermaid, dir. Mervyn LeRoy
  • 20,000 Days on Earth, dir. Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard
  • Le Samouraï, dir. Jean-Pierre Melville

Exhibits

  • “Jan Krogsgaard & Liam Morgan: Knowledge Is Everything,” The People’s Gallery, BACC
  • “Alizz Vichchou: Space Within,” The People’s Gallery, BACC
  • “Crossover: The Unveiled Collection,” BACC

march 1–15, 2015

Books

  • Chart Korbjitti, No Way Out, translated by David Smyth
  • Chart Korbjitti, Carrion Floating By, trans. Marcel Barang
  • Chart Korbjitti, The Judgment, trans. Phongdeit Jiangphatthana-kit & Marcel Barang
  • Claudia Rankine, Citizen: An American Lyric
  • Jay McInerney, Bright Lights, Big City
  • Lily Tuck, Siam, or The Woman Who Shot a Man
  • Yukio Mishima, The Temple of Dawn, trans. E. Dale Saunders & Cecilia Segawa Seigle

Films

  • Force Majeure, directed by Ruben Östlund
  • The Innocents, dir. Jack Clayton
  • After the Thin Man, dir. W. S. Van Dyke
  • All Good Things, dir. Andrew Jarecki
  • Phantom Lady, dir. Robert Siodmak
  • Europa Report, dir. Sebastián Cordero
  • Shall We Dance, dir. Mark Sandrich
  • The Tales of Hoffmann, dir. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger
  • Pickup on South Street, dir. Samuel Fuller

Exhibits

  • “Representing Localities: Memory And Experience,” Thavibu Gallery
  • “Pranai Kasemtavornsilpa: Trace of Life,” Number 1 Gallery
  • “Tuksina Pipitkul & Wantanee Siripattananuntakul: State of the Ridiculous,” H Gallery

february 16–28, 2015

Books

  • Pamela Lu, Ambient Parking Lot
  • Veronica Gonzalez, Twin Time: Or, How Death Befell Me
  • Chang-Rae Lee, On Such a Full Sea

Films

  • Vi är bäst! (We Are the Best!), dir. Lukas Moodysson
  • Nightcrawler, dir. Dan Gilroy

Exhibits

  • “Benya Hegenbarth: Encounters,” Soy Sauce Factory
  • “Hamid Sardar-Afkhami: Myanmar Recent Portraits,” Serindia Gallery
  • “Luong Trung: Street Feelings,” Artha Gallery
  • “Siam through the Lens of John Thomson 1865–66,” National Gallery
  • “5 Question Forms,” National Gallery
  • “Joyrukclub: Voice of Calcutta,” Passport Bookshop

february 1–15, 2015

Books

  • Gary Shteyngart, Super Sad True Love Story
  • Haruki Murakami, The Strange Library, translated by Ted Goossen
  • Henry Green, Surviving: The Uncollected Writings of Henry Green

Films

  • Citizenfour, directed by Laura Poitras
  • 21 Jump Street, dir. Phil Lord & Christopher Miller
  • 22 Jump Street, dir. Phil Lord & Christopher Miller 

Exhibits

  • “The great artist of tomorrow will go underground,” BACC
  • “Japanese Tea,” BACC
  • “Barry X Ball: Portraits and Photos,” 100 Tonson Gallery

january 16–31, 2015

Books

  • Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
  • Henry James, The Bostonians
  • Frank Chimero, The Shape of Design
  • Jack Vance, The Dying Earth
  • Jack Vance, The Eyes of the Overworld

Films

  • Birdman, dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu

Exhibits

  • “Boonhlue Yangsouy: Behavior = Identity,” Number 1 Gallery
  • “Manit Srisuwan: Hope: Me My Mind: Part II,” Number 1 Gallery
  • “Alison Wilson & Dominic Fonde: Syrinx,” Thavibu Gallery
  • “Gems of Hanoi – A Dao Hai Phong Retrospective,” Thavibu Gallery
  • “Prasert Yodkaew: Predetermined,” Tang Contemporary Art
  • “Nipon Intarit: Man’s Religion,” Kathmandu Photo Gallery
  • “Threshold Part II,” Bridge Art Space

january 1–15, 2015

Books

  • Henry James, What Maisie Knew
  • Henry James, Daisy Miller
  • Henry James, Washington Square

Films

  • Top Hat, directed by Mark Sandrich
  • Swing Time, dir. George Stevens
  • Ida, dir. Paweł Pawlikowski
  • The Gay Divorcee, dir. Mark Sandrich
  • Flying Down to Rio, dir. Thornton Freeland
  • City of Joy, dir. Roland Joffé
  • かぐや姫の物語 (The Tale of the Princess Kaguya), dir. Isao Takahata
  • Popeye, dir. Robert Altman
  • Bernie dir. Richard Linklater
  • Foxcatcher, dir. Bennett Miller

Exhibits

  • “Ren Hang: Hide,” Soy Sauce Factory

december 1–31, 2014

Books

  • William T. Vollmann, Into the Forbidden Zone: A Trip Through Hell and High Water in Post-Earthquake Japan
  • Hugh & Graham Greene, eds., The Spy’s Bedside Book
  • W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil
  • Amitav Ghosh, The Glass Palace
  • Henry James, Watch and Ward
  • Henry James, Roderick Hudson
  • Henry James, The Europeans
  • Henry James, Confidence
  • Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice
  • Norman Lewis, Golden Earth: Travels in Burma

Films

  • Kaos, directed by Paolo & Vittorio Taviani
  • Maps to the Stars, dir. David Cronenberg
  • What Maisie Knew, dir. Scott McGehee & David Siegel

Exhibitions

  • National Museum, Yangon, Myanmar
  • Mahamuni Museum, Kyauktaw, Myanmar
  • Rakhine State Cultural Museum, Sittwe, Myanmar
  • Bagan Archaeological Museum, Bagan, Myanmar

november 16–30, 2014

Books

  • Andrew MacGregor Marshall, A Kingdom in Crisis: Thailand’s Struggle for Democracy in the Twenty-First Century
  • William Stevenson, The Revolutionary King: The True-Life Sequel to The King and I
  • Jan Morris, Hong Kong: Epilogue to an Empire
  • Geoff Dyer, Working the Room: Essays and Reviews 1999–2010
  • Tracey Thorn, Bedsit Disco Queen: How I Grew Up and Tried to Be a Pop Star

Films

  • Criss Cross, directed by Robert Siodmak
  • The Wrong Man, dir. Alfred Hitchcock
  • Happy People: A Year in the Taiga, dir. Dmitry Vasyukov & Werner Herzog
  • Beauty Is Embarrassing, dir. Neil Berkeley
  • It Came from Kuchar, dir. Jennifer M. Kroot

Exhibits

  • “Monologue,” Bridge Art Space
  • “Phaptawan Suwankudt: Days of (Endless) Meaninglessness,” 100 Tonson Gallery

november 1–15, 2014

Books

  • William Goldman, The Princess Bride
  • Joanna Ruocco, Dan
  • Michael Allen Zell/Louviere & Vanessa, The Oblivion Atlas
  • Nell Zink, The Wallcreeper
  • Amina Cain, Creature

Films

  • The Princess Bride, directed by Rob Reiner
  • เอวังฯ (So Be It), dir. Kongdej Jaturanrasamee 
  • Y/our Music, dir. Waraluck Hiransrettawat Every & David Reeve
  • Last Holiday, dir. Henry Cass
  • The Unknown Known, dir. Errol Morris
  • Whiplash, dir. Damien Chazelle
  • Hangmen Also Die!, dir. Fritz Lang

Exhibits

  • “Manit Sriwanichpoom: Bangkok In Technicolor,” Kathmandu Photo Gallery