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

october 16–31, 2014

Books

  • Janet Hobhouse, The Furies
  • Tew Bunnag, Curtain of Rain
  • Georges Perec, I Remember, trans. Philip Terry & David Bellos
  • Calvin Tompkins, Living Well Is the Best Revenge
  • Susan Howe, Spontaneous Particulars: The Telepathy of Archives
  • Alex Kerr, Bangkok Found: Reflections on the City
  • Qiu Xiaolong, Death of a Red Heroine

Films

  • The Philadelphia Story, directed by George Cukor
  • L’écume des jours (Mood Indigo), dir. Michel Gondry
  • Adieu au langage (Goodbye to Language 3D), dir. Jean-Luc Godard
  • The Journey, dir. Keng Guan Chiu
  • Ernest et Célestine, dir. Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar & Benjamin Renner
  • The Underneath, dir. Steven Soderbergh

Exhbits

  • “Tetragon,” Bridge Art Space

october 1–15, 2014

Books

  • Giorgio Bassani, The Gold-Rimmed Spectacles, translated by Isabel Quigly
  • Barbara Comyns, Our Spoons Came from Woolworths
  • Barbara Comyns, The Vet’s Daughter
  • Walter Abish, Double Vision

Films

  • The Congress, dir. Ari Folman
  • Afternoon Delight, dir. Jill Soloway
  • Roar, dir. Noel Marshall
  • Im Staub der Sterne (In the Dust of the Stars), dir. Gottfried Kolditz

Exhibits

  • “Inson Wongsam: The Autonomous Spirit,” BACC
  • “Thai Charisma: Heritage + Creative Power,” BACC

september 16–30, 2014

Books

  • Flann O’Brien, The Hard Life
  • Peter Robb, Midnight in Sicily

Films

  • Copie Conforme (Certified Copy), directed by Abbas Kiarostami
  • F for Fake, dir. Orson Welles
  • Spalding Gray: Terrors of Pleasure, dir. Thomas Schlamme
  • Nightmare Alley, dir. Edmund Goulding
  • The Hoax, dir. Lasse Hallström
  • Cane Toads: An Unnatural History, dir. Mark Lewis
  • Cane Toads: The Conquest, dir. Mark Lewis

Exhibits

  • “Harit Srikhao: Present: Red Dream & Black Rites,” Kathmandu Photo Gallery
  • “Transmission,” Jim Thompson Art Center
  • “Hà Mạnh Thắng: Fading Dreams – Disintegrating Realities,” Thavibu Gallery

september 1–15, 2014

Books

  • Axel Madsen, Silk Roads: The Asian Adventures of Clara and André Malraux
  • Carol Hollinger, Mai Pen Rai Means Never Mind
  • W. A. R. Wood, Consul in Paradise
  • Ray Monk, Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius

Films

  • Fahrenheit 451, directed by François Truffaut
  • Schizopolis, dir. Steven Soderbergh
  • Sex, Lies, and Videotape, dir. Steven Soderbergh
  • Billy Liar, dir. John Schlesinger
  • 人再囧途之泰囧 (Lost in Thailand), dir. Xu Zheng

Exhibits

  • “Threshold,” Bridge Art Space
  • “Thanet Awsinsiri: Devi,” 100 Tonson Gallery
  • The Prasart Museum, Bangkok

august 16–31, 2014

Books

  • Tove Jansson, The True Deceiver, translated by Thomas Teal
  • Colm Toíbín, The Master
  • Vladimir Nabokov, The Defence
  • Lysandre C. Séraïdaris, King Bhumibol and the Thai Royal Family in Lausanne: Recollections of HM King Rama IX’s Tutor, trans. Jindarat Jumsai Na Ayudhya
  • George Orwell, Burmese Days

Films

  • Pretty Poison, dir. Noel Black

Exhibits

  • “Experimental Video Art Exhibition, Thai-European Friendship 2004–2014,” BACC
  • “MDIII: Fragility & Monumentality,” BACC
  • “Skyler Chen: Peach Blossom Valley,” Serindia Gallery
  • “Wasinburee Supanichvoraparch: Poperomia/Arin Rungjang: Golden Teardrop,” Siam Centre
  • “Krissadank Intasorn: The Remastered,” Number 1 Gallery
  • “Prawit Lumcharoen: Fake Work,” Number 1 Gallery
  • “Tanasan Kanakasem: Her,” Artery Post-Modern Gallery
  • “Elizabeth Preger: Here Are My Teeth: Black with Stars,” Kathmandu Photo Gallery
  • “Panya Vijinthanasarn/Andrew Stahl: Conversations: The Vivid Real,” Thavibu Gallery

august 1–15, 2014

Books

  • George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier
  • Thomas Disch, Camp Concentration
  • George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia
  • Pier Paolo Pasolini, The Scent of India, trans. David Clive Price
  • Alex. McClenaghan, Six Years in Heaven: A True Story of Human Credulity and Unexampled Devotion, Embracing a Complete Expose Of the Abominable Practices and Monstrous Professions of George Jacob Schweinfurth, the False Christ, Whose Main Heaven Is Near Rockford, Illinois, with a Biographical Sketch of This Most Remarkable Religious Pretender of the Century
  • Ken Kalfus, A Disorder Peculiar to the Country

Films

  • Blue in the Face, directed by Wayne Wang
  • A King in New York, dir. Charles Chaplin
  • Thelma & Louise, dir. Ridley Scott

Exhibits

  • “Marsden Hartley: The German Paintings 1913–1915,” LACMA
  • “Expressionism in Germany and France: From Van Gogh to Kandinsky,” LACMA
  • “John Altoon,” LACMA
  • “James Turrell: Ganzfeld,” LACMA
  • “Sam Durant: Proposal for White and Indian Dead Monument Transpositions, Washington, D.C.,” LACMA