by Daryl Cheong | Dec 7, 2022 | Announcements (2022)
This year’s Perspectives Film Festival introduced a new video series that aimed to broaden the discourse and appreciation for films. By connecting individuals in the Singaporean film industry with the international programmed films at the festival, conversations were...
by Daryl Cheong | Dec 2, 2022 | Interview (2022)
For many Singaporean filmgoers, we might not be familiar with the iconic Scala Cinema in Thailand that was demolished during the pandemic. Despite that, any audience member watching the film Scala would relate to the communal sense of loss from that historic site....
by Daryl Cheong | Dec 1, 2022 | Panel (2022)
In this new age of streaming and dwindling cinema patrons, there is a growing sentiment that cinema is dead. With mm2 shutting down The Cathay Cineplex or Filmgarde closing the Bugis Plus branch, cinematic spaces are threatened by changing financial and viewership...
by Daryl Cheong | Oct 29, 2022 | Opinion (2022)
We should celebrate going to therapy. For the longest time and for some sub-cultures today, to declare that we go for therapy sessions might be synonymous with a declaration of weaknesses. Even though counselling services populate schools, government agencies,...
by Daryl Cheong | Oct 28, 2022 | Opinion (2022)
I used to walk around Dakota Crescent in its final days, a quiet antique place filled with secrets no one would know now. Walking back recently, the facade of the neighbourhood barely looks recognisable. . The ‘crane’ might be the national ‘bird’ of Singapore filling...
