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to gertjan (mr. g)
Gertjan Zuilhof (1955–2025) Gertjan Zuilhof, or mr. G as i called him, the preeminent programmer of Asian and African cinema and a...

Dan Koh
May 33 min read


remembering laichan
Goh Laichan (1962–2025) [FOTOS: laichan_official/Instagram, Freestate Productions; Courtesy of Channel NewsAsia ] a belated remembrance:...

Dan Koh
Apr 301 min read


after rain x2
After Rain : Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale 2024 catalog ( left ; FOTO: Kaph Books) and visual reader ( right ), both edited by Ute...

Dan Koh
Apr 292 min read


most handsome political candidates, General Elections 2025
it's election season here in $ingapore. with the (cured) sausage fest of political candidates singing songs and doing school cheers,...

Dan Koh
Apr 256 min read


retrospective: Wang Sha & Ye Feng
although they are mostly remembered for their TV skits, the legendary Singaporean comedians Wang Sha & Ye Feng starred in over 40 Hong...

Dan Koh
Feb 13, 20242 min read


unmaking the self
i recently came across this book at Basheer Graphics, Self-made: Creative Lives in Southeast Asia (2020). as told to Stephanie Peh, its...

Dan Koh
Jan 8, 20244 min read


"love & its opposite"
quick note in praise of a song that's been on my mind recently, Aretha Franklin's "Angel" (1973). i admire, so much, its balance of pure...

Dan Koh
Dec 23, 20231 min read


my fave films of SGIFF 2023
some thoughts on the limited films i saw at this year's Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF), its 34th edition (though we were...

Dan Koh
Dec 12, 20231 min read


the long day closes
Terence Davies was easily “Britain's greatest living film director,” as the Evening Standard recognised: from his transcendental trilogy...

Dan Koh
Oct 8, 20231 min read


taipei story
in appreciation of 楊德昌 Edward Yang who, over seven and a quarter films i experienced during a solitary and angry youth, taught me that:...

Dan Koh
Oct 7, 20232 min read
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