‘Death Whisperer’ Filmmaker Thai Horror ‘1 After One’ Boards Chada Entertainment for Sales Ahead of Cannes Market (EXCLUSIVE)

Chada Entertainment has taken on international sales rights to Thai supernatural horror “1 After One” ahead of the Cannes Film Market, with a first-look image unveiled. The project is produced by Taweewat Wantha – whose “Death Whisperer” franchise ranks among the highest-grossing Thai films ever made – alongside Sangar Chatchairungruang of Transformation Films. Wantha built…

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Book Review: ‘The Hothouse’ and ‘Death in Rome,’ by Wolfgang Koeppen

For all its concerns with Germany’s future, it is perhaps most fruitfully read as a novel about fathers and sons. Judejahn (the name translates roughly to “Jew hunter”), an extraordinary monster of insecurity and wounded pride, greets his semi-estranged son’s religious turn with incomprehension and mockery. Pfaffrath, a politician formerly under the Nazis who is…

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‘Tracey Emin said they’re all about death’: Johnnie Shand Kydd on his dog-walk photographs – and capturing the hard-partying YBAs

‘Finn! Finn! FINN!” Johnnie Shand Kydd is having trouble keeping his inquisitive lurcher in sight. Finn may be an incredibly sweet-natured dog but he’s hard of hearing – and has previous for disappearing on this particular walk. At least the photographer has experience in dealing with unruly characters. In the 1990s, he found himself embedded…

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