YANGON — With turquoise columns propping up a pink and yellow portico, Myanmar’s art deco style Thwin cinema is a rare relic from a golden age of movie-making that dazzled audiences more than half a ...
On Jan. 10, the documentary director was imprisoned for life by Myanmar's military authorities under allegations she funded and helped terrorists. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief The ...
Long before Sony Pictures released The Interview, a comedy about a fictitious CIA plot to kill North Korea’s leader, Pyongyang had declared war against the movie. It has since been blamed for a ...
When Khun Lwici, the secretary of a literary and cultural committee set up by Myanmar’s Kayan ethnic group, came across a movie called Aung Padin Inn Padaung, he was incensed. In the movie, a woman ...
PHNOM PENH, Aug 6 (Bernama) -- The vibrant spirit of Myanmar’s cinemas in 1920 still echoes in Yangon today. Two Nights and Three Days and The Boat are set for release in August. These comedies and ...
People walk past the shuttered Thamada Cinema in downtown Yangon, Myanmar, on March 24, 2022. Myanmar's Ministry of Information has announced to reopen about 60 movie theaters in the country starting ...
Director Na Gyi and actress Paing Phyo Thu, being honored at this year's Oldenburg Film Festival, fled their country following the 2021 military coup but continue to support liberation efforts from ...