The American researcher and photographer's book comes with an impressive collection of photographs and stories from his exploration of the country's fast-fading stand-alone movie theatres. Maybe they're more shocked at the Thai-speaking foreigner, not so much that I'm looking for old movie theatres." Stand-alone movie theatres, small businesses mostly owned and operated by local families, haven't been able to compete and have slowly been pushed out. He pointed to the Scala (his personal favourite stand-alone movie theatre), and how the Film Archive hosted its classic film series there. Philip Jablon

Source: Bangkok Post May 26, 2019 23:26 UTC