may 16–31, 2014

Books

  • Luke Rhinehart, The Dice Man
  • Eleanor Antin, Conversations with Stalin
  • Amitav Ghosh, The Shadow Lines
  • Geoff Dyer, Zona: A Book about a Film about a Journey to a Room
  • David Grubbs, Records Ruin the Landscape: John Cage, the Sixties, and Sound Recording

Films

  • Jodorowsky’s Dune, dir. Frank Pavich
  • La Cravate, dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky
  • Veronica Mars, dir. Rob Thomas

may 1–15, 2014

Books

  • Clamenç Llansana, Goliard Songs, trans. Kit Schluter
  • Michel Faber, Under the Skin
  • Patti Smith, Just Kids

Films

  • The Lunchbox, directed by Ritesh Batra
  • My Dog Tulip, dir. Paul Fierlinger
  • Manhattan Melodrama, dir. W. S. Van Dyke
  • The Great Moment, dir. Preston Sturges

april 16–30, 2014

Books

  • Amit Chaudhuri, Calcutta
  • Rayne Kruger, The Devil’s Discus: An Enquiry into the Death of Ananda, King of Siam
  • Satyajit Ray, One Dozen Stories, translated by Satyajit Ray & Gopa Majumdar
  • Satyajit Ray, The Diary of a Space Traveller and Other Stories, trans. Satyajit Ray & Gopa Majumdar
  • Amitav Ghosh, The Calcutta Chromosome
  • Robert Walser, Berlin Stories, trans. Susan Bernofsky
  • Upamanyu Chatterjee, The Mammaries of the Welfare State
  • Robert Walser, A Schoolboy’s Diary and Other Stories, trans. Damion Searls

Films

  • Inside Llewyn Davis, directed by Ethan & Joel Coen
  • Calcutta, dir. Louis Malle
  • Under the Skin, dir. Jonathan Glazer
  • 崖の上のポニョ (Ponyo), dir. Hayao Miyazaki
  • Manhattan Melodrama, dir. W. S. Van Dyke

Exhibits

  • “Bangkok, Anytime: Paintings on Glass by Dani Monfort Gil,” Serindia Gallery
  • “Burma: The Quiet Violence. Political Paintings by Myint Swe, 1995–2005,” Thavibu Gallery

april 1–15, 2014

Books

Films

  • Destination Moon, directed by Irving Pichel
  • Zardoz, dir. John Boorman
  • となりのトトロ (My Neighbor Totoro), dir. Hayao Miyazaki
  • Dallas Buyers Club, dir. Jean-Marc Vallée

Exhibits

  • Indian Museum, Kolkata
  • “Unravelling a Modern Master: The Art of Lali Mohan Sen (1898–1954),” Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata
  • Rabindranath Tagore House, Kolkata
  • Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
  • Marble Palace, Kolkata
  • Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling

march 16–31, 2014

Books

  • Sara Maitland, A Book of Silence

Films

  • Enemies of the People, directed by Rob Lemkin & Thet Sambath
  • Mud, dir. Jeff Nichols
  • The Blue Dahlia, dir. George Marshall
  • Capturing the Friedmans, dir. Andrew Jarecki
  • L’image manquante (The Missing Picture), dir. Rithy Panh
  • Breaking Away, dir. Peter Yates
  • La Bella del Alhambra, dir. Enrique Pineda Barnet

Exhibits

  • Kamthieng House Museum, Siam Society

march 1–15, 2014

Books

  • Lydia Peelle, Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing
  • Alberto Moravia, Paradise, translated by Angus Davidson
  • Edmund White, Chaos: A Novella and Short Stories
  • Philip Short, Pol Pot: The History of a Nightmare
  • Paul Metcalf, Both

Films

  • Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak, directed by Lance Bangs & Spike Jonze
  • This Gun for Hire, dir. Frank Tuttle
  • Her, dir. Spike Jonze
  • The Lego Movie, dir. Phil Lord & Christopher Miller

Exhibits

  • “Radiation: Art and Queer Ideas from Bangkok and Manila, Un-Compared,” Chulalongkorn University Art Center
  • “Scot Cotterell: Everything all at once now (and then some),” Speedy Grandma
  • “Daniel Cordonnier: The Beauty of Peace,” Modern Gallery
  • “Wittawat Tongkeaw: Essence,” La Lanta Fine Art
  • “Hello World,” Thailand Creative & Design Center

february 1–14, 2014

Films

  • Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa, directed by Jeff Tremaine

Exhibits

  • “Andrew J. West: Three Worlds,” BACC
  • “Concept Context Contestation: Art and the Collective in Southeast Asia,” BACC
  • “Media/Art Kitchen: Reality Distortion Field,” BACC
  • “Pradi Tungpasartwong: Confrontation: The Three Elements of Life,” Chulalongkorn University Art Centre
  • “Fernando Aceves Humana: Opening Wounded Eden,” Toot Yung Art Center
  • “Brand New 2013 Art Project,” WTF Bangkok

january 16–31, 2014

Books

  • David Bellos, Is That a Fish in Your Ear? The Amazing Adventure of Translation
  • Aleksandar Hemon, The Book of My Lives
  • Aleksandar Hemon, The Question of Bruno
  • Henri Mouhot, Travels in Siam, Cambodia, Laos, and Annam
  • Lawrence Wright, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, & the Prison of Belief
  • Norman Lewis, A Dragon Apparent: Travels in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam

Films

  • The Sin of Harold Diddlebock, directed by Preston Sturges
  • Casanova Brown, dir. Sam Wood
  • Holiday, dir. George Cukor
  • Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife, dir. Ernst Lubitsch

Exhibits

  • “Alexface: The Underground Adventure,” Artery Post-Modern Gallery
  • “Poom Pachavanish: When I Was Just a Little Boy,” Number 1 Gallery
  • “Jackkrit Anantakul: Shape and Form,” Speedy Grandma