Directed by the late Rattana Pestonji, the 1958 comedy drama and musical tells the story of Nien, (Suebnuang Kanphai), a poor orphan girl who is on the run after stealing some food that a wealthy man had purchased to feed his dogs. A singing garbage collector Choo (Suthep Wongkamhaeng) rescues her by hiding in his garbage cart while the wealthy man and a policeman continue their search. Choo then takes Nien back to his humble shack and gives her shelter. They fall in love but are torn apart when Choo is drafted into the army and sent off to war. Nien takes over Choo’s job as garbage collector before a wealthy woman adopts her. When Choo returns, he is blind and Nien, who has grown accustomed to luxury, is conflicted between maintaining her newfound wealth and returning to a simple life with Choo.

Leading actors Charlie Intaravijit, Suthep and Suebnaung will attend the screening at 1pm at Sri Salaya theatre with Suebnuang then having her hand and foot prints set in concrete at Laan Dara at 3pm. A conversation with the three actors begins at 3.30pm and Suthep will perform the soundtrack backed by the Kanchanaphaline band.

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Directed by Ruj Ronnaphob, the film was released in 1979 and has now been restored by Five Star Entertainment.

The film centres on Plew (Sombat Methanee), a professional assassin who returns to Thailand to find out who killed his father. He is forced by Bunpot to kill Slavut, but instead he accidentally helps Slavut get away. While on the run from Bunpot, he meets Jack (Chatupol Bhuapirom), they decide to flee to Rome. Later they come back to help one of his best friends and kill Bunpot and all of his men.

The film is in Thai with English subtitles and showing at Bangkok Screening Room from February 10 to 25.

Also showing is “Star Sand”, which begins in the closing days of World War II and sees Japanese-American girl Hiromi encountering an American deserter Bob and a Japanese soldier Iwabuchi, living together in a cave on a small island in Okinawa. As both vow never to harm another human being again, Hiromi looks after the deserters until another soldier appears and the peace of the cave is shattered. “Star Sand” will run from February 14 to March 4.

“Malila” will start screening on February 17, two days after its official release and be shown daily through March 4.

The classic film from New Wave French director Alain Resnais, “The Last Year at Marienbad” shows from today through February 18. The black-and-white film won the Golden Lion award from Venice International Film Festival in 1962 and features costumes designed by Coco Channel. It’s the tale of a man and a woman (Giorgio Albertazzi and Delphine Seyrig) who may or may not have met a year ago, perhaps at the very same cathedral-like, mirror-filled chateau they now find themselves wandering. Unforgettable in both its confounding details (gilded ceilings, diabolical parlour games, a loaded gun) and haunting scope, Resnais’ investigation into the nature of memory is both disturbing and romantic.

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News outlet TMZ, citing law enforcement, said Salling had committed suicide by hanging.

“I can confirm that Mark Salling passed away early this morning,” his lawyer Michael Proctor said in a statement.

“Mark was a gentle and loving person, a person of great creativity, who was doing his best to atone for some serious mistakes and errors of judgment.”

Salling was facing sentencing on March 7 after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography under an agreement with prosecutors. He had been arrested in late 2015, and charged in 2016.

Authorities reportedly found more than 50,000 pornographic images and videos of children, mainly girls, on his laptop and an external drive.

On “Glee,” Salling played Noah Puckerman, an angry football player outside his comfort zone when he joins the high school glee club.

According to TMZ, he had previously attempted suicide in August.

Another actor on the hit series, Canadian Cory Monteith, died in July 2013 of an overdose of drugs and alcohol.

“The Salling family appreciates the support they have been receiving and asks for their privacy to be respected,” Proctor said.

Imagine a world that would allow us to save our minds, memories and consciousness before we die, digitally piling them up in a cortical stack then inserting that stack in a new body or sleeve at some point in the future. That’s the premise of the new dystopian series “Altered Carbon” making its debut on Netflix this Friday.

Cast members Joel Kinnaman, Martha Higareda, Dichen Lachman and creator/script writer Laeta Kalogridis recently jetted into a bitterly cold Seoul to introduce their ambitious project.

Based on the cyberpunk novel of the same name by Richard K Morgan, Kalogridis says she initially intended to make “Altered Carbon” as a movie but later expanded the story into a 10-episode series for Netflix.

“It’s about what happens when we develop technology that allows human beings to live forever but are not morally ready for the consequences of that,” explains Kalogridis, who also wrote the scripts for and produced “Shutter Island”, “Terminator Genisys and was executive producer for “Avatar”.

Kinnaman, who is best known for his roles as the RoboCop in the remake of “RoboCop” and also as Rick Flag in “Suicide Squad”, plays Takeshi Kovacs, the lone surviving soldier in a group of elite interstellar warriors known as Envoy who were defeated in an uprising against the new world order. Three hundred years later he is brought back in a new sleeve – as the human body is known here – at the request of the rich and powerful Laurens Bancroft (James Purefoy) on condition that he solves a murder – Bancroft’s own. The latter is one of the long-lived, wealthy and powerful beings classified as the Meth – a Biblical reference to Methusalah)

After waking up in a new sleeve – formerly that of Will Yun Lee – Kovacs not only has to come to turns with his new persona but also finds himself pursued by detective Kristin Ortega. And as he works to solve Bancroft’s murder, he has to find out who wants to kill him and why, now that he has appeared in a new sleeve, he is being chased.

The series is rooted in a neo-catholic world in which believers have arranged that they will not be resleeved as they believe that the soul goes to Heaven when they die, and so would not pass on to the new sleeve. This makes them easy targets for murder, since killers know their victims will not be resleeved to testify. The controversy between believers and non-believers is reignited when a resolution is passed that allows the police to wake up the Catholics who have died to find out who murdered them.

“The book is about the evolution of a new technology that would completely change the way we live. It’s not artificial intelligence; this is more about how we would change ourselves from the inside out, what I would like to call transhumanism,” Kalogridis explains.

“And I wanted to know more about the characters in the book like Ortega and Reileen who weren’t built up in the novel.”

“Altered Carbon” is complicated and non-sci-fi fans risk have problems understanding the futuristic society and being confused by the technical terms used throughout the 10 episodes like stacks, sleeve, Oni and more. Yet the series is undeniably entertaining, offering viewers an unsual glimpse to the world they created. In short, it’s a mixture of “Blade Runner” and “Matrix” with a dash of genres from action. romance, thriller and even social criticism thrown in.

Kinnaman says working on the series felt rather like making 10 movies at the same time. He likes the idea of the stack and sleeve and says he would almost certainly opt for it should it be available in real life, a subject that caused a great deal of heated debate with his wife during shooting. ““She said. ‘go ahead if that’s what you want but get a new wife because I’m only living once,” he laughs.

“At first we were tempted by the idea of getting to live longer as a lot of our fears are connected to death. I think the show says in a beautiful way that the essence of life and the beauty of being alive is that we are going to die. I would probably make the wrong decision and get spun up (as the stack going into the new sleeve is called) and that’s probably not good for society as a whole. But I don’t think I would be able to refuse it,” adds the actor.

His fellow stars, actresses Higareda and Lachman, agree with Kinnaman, saying they’d want to live forever too if the stack and sleeve concept were reality.

Kalogridis is less enthusiastic. “I’m only interested in the human health span and in mental acuity. I’m interested in not taxing the planet and actually think that it’s very bad thing for anyone to live forever because ultimately death is the greatest safeguard we’ve been given against the worst parts of ourselves. It’s the balance of yin and yang,” she says.

Getting that debate across is one reason the writer/producer opted to change from film to series after buying the film rights to the book more than 10 years ago.

“It is hard to pack such a detailed story and characters into a two-hour movie and I became very aware that if you try and cram all the developments and the emotional growth, especially between Kovacs and Ortega into that timeframe, you can’t live any of it,” she says.

Kinnaman agrees, adding: “The book is so dense and so rich that turning it into the equivalent of a short story is impossible. It would really disappoint fans of the book as there’s so much you’d have to omit.”

The actor adds that he was pleased with the challenge of playing Kovacs in his new body.

“One of my favourite moments is in the love story with Ortega when I become jealous of myself, jealous of my new sleeve. It’s like the two of us are in a love triangle and I am two parts of that triangle,” he explains.

The female characters play a major role in driving the story throughout the 10 episodes. For example, the relation between Kovacs and his little sister Ray or Reileen is played up much more than in the book and both she and Ortega come across as very strong women.

“In many movies the typical Latina character is a tomboy and we wanted to break with that and turn her into a real person. So Ortega is tough. She’s also feminine but she’s also close to her family and true to her heart. But she has to defend herself in the world and that takes a well-rounded person,” says Higareda whose previous work includes “Street Kings”, “McFarland” and the hit action TV series “Hawaii Five-O.

“I wanted to make Reilleen vulnerable because in Hollywood Asian women are so underwritten and one dimensional. Asian women are much more complicated,” says Lachman whose parents are of Tibetan and German descent. Lachman also appeared in TV series “Agents of SHIELD” and “The Last Ship”.

“I just feel we’re so lucky that we can both represent a part of who we are culturally and bring it to life in a really interesting way,” Lachman concludes.

The channel will feature:

* Disney-Pixar – “Inside Out”, “Finding Nemo”, “The Incredibles”, “Ratatouille”

* Disney – “Tomorrowland”, “Alice in Wonderland”, “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”, “Big Hero 6”, “Brave”, “Tangled”

* Nickelodeon – “Avatar: The Legend of Aang”, “iCarly, “The Thundermans”

* Nick Jr – “Blue’s Clues”, “Wallykazam!”, “Blaze”, “The Monster Machines”

Iflix also added family favourites such as “Rango”, “The Adventures of Tintin”, “Upin & Ipin”, “Upin & Ipin: Jeng Jeng Jeng” and popular local hits from Cartoon Network including “Adventure Time”, “Ben 10”, “The Amazing World of Gumball”, “Clarence”, “Regular Show”, “We Bare Bears”, “Uncle Grandpa”, “Steven Universe”, “The Powerpuff Girls” and “Mighty Magiswords”.

“Kids are a core segment we’re focusing on in 2018,” chief content officer Sean Carey

said. “User-metrics reveal increasing and sustained engagement. We have seen tremendous growth in usage stats, with a 74-per-cent increase in session times on Kids content including a 630-per-cent jump in minutes viewed in 2017 compared to 2016.

“We are thrilled that both our young and young-at-heart users can now easily discover and enjoy some of the world’s best studios, brands and titles for Kids – unscheduled, and on-demand.”

Iflix is now available to one billion-plus consumers in 25 territories throughout Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

Offering consumers top Hollywood, Asian and Middle Eastern regional and local TV shows and movies, including many first-run exclusives and award-winning programmes, each subscription allows access to the service on up to five devices, including phones, laptops, tablets and television sets.

The dystopian sci-fi film, the third and last in the “Maze Runner” series, follows the life-and-death adventures of three young “Gladers,” teens immune to a destructive virus infecting the world.

The film’s release had been delayed a year after star Dylan O’Brien was injured on the set. It has proven “an all-out sensation overseas” while taking in $82 million for the week, according to HollywoodReporter.com.

Sony’s “Jumanji,” which had held the North American lead for three weeks, took in $16.4 million over this three-day weekend.

The family film, starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and funnymen Jack Black and Kevin Hart, follows a group of teens who find themselves transported inside the video game world of Jumanji.

In third place was Entertainment Studios’ “Hostiles,” starring Christian Bale and Rosamund Pike in a gritty Western about a US cavalry officer who has to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family to Montana in 1892. In limited release since late December, the indie film entered wide release on Friday, taking in $10.2 million for the weekend.

In fourth and demonstrating continued drawing power was Fox’s “The Greatest Showman,” with Hugh Jackman as larger-than-life circus impresario P.T. Barnum. The movie took in $9.5 million in its sixth week.

And in fifth was another Fox film, “The Post,” netting $8.9 million in its fifth week.

The Steven Spielberg film, featuring mega-stars Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep as Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee and publisher Katharine Graham, depicts their tense legal battle to publish the Pentagon Papers, which exposed the lies behind US involvement in the Vietnam War.

Rounding out the top 10 were:

“12 Strong” ($8.6 million)

“Den of Thieves” ($8.4 million)

“The Shape of Water” ($5.7 million)

“Paddington 2” ($5.6 million)

“Padmaavat” ($4.3 million)

 Focusing on a serial killer, “Rellik” begins with the capture of the suspect and moves backwards in time

to the crime itself, gradually unravelling the truth. Richard Dormer plays Gabriel Markham, an obsessive

UK police detective, and Jodi Balfour plays Elaine Shepard, his bright and intense partner. As Markham’s

personal and professional lives unfurl alongside a thrilling chase to catch a brutal killer, “Rellik” explores

the very nature of motivation and how our pasts make us who we are.

Markham was a traditional alpha-male until the moment his world came crashing down in the

aftermath of a brutal attack. A brave and highly commended police officer, he has a self-destructive

streak that has led to years of drinking, drugs and womanizing.

Shepard has a natural intelligence which, combined with her warmth and determined intensity, make

her a skilled detective. Newly transferred to Markham’s team, the two of them have an undeniable

connection, and as he starts to unravel over the course of the serial killer investigation, Shepard

continues to support him, protecting him from the worst of himself.

A professional psychiatrist, Isaac Taylor (Paterson Joseph) use his warm, calm and collected demeanour

to win the trust of his patients. He is intelligent and extremely observant, but suffers from extreme OCD.

Isaac has a lofty impression of his chosen profession – bordering on a saviour complex – and believes

that by delving into people’s dark pasts, he is fixing them and making the world a better place.

Quietly imposing, Martin Brook (Michael Wildman) is a reassuring presence in the station, particularly

for Markham, who trusts him more than any of his other colleagues. He works hard and methodically,

and he does things by the book, meaning that he finds some of Gabriel’s more unorthodox methods of

policing uncomfortable to witness.

The series will be streamed on HBO GO via AIS Play and AIS PlayBox.

The story kicks off when fanatical terrorist Omair Idrisi escapes the Syrian authorities with plans to launch an unprecedented attack that could change the face of modern warfare. The ensuing manhunt can only be entrusted to counterterrorism’s best and brightest. Enter Section 20 — the elite, multinational, covert special ops team tasked with tracking down Idrisi and his British co-conspirator wife, Jane Lowry.

The main characters include Lance Corporal Gracie Novin (Alin Sumarwata), a crack shot and ready-for-anything gearhead who is looking to make the step up. Genuine and honest to the point of bluntness, she’s the heart and soul of the team.

Sergeant Samuel Wyatt (Daniel MacPherson) is best when working alone and has no intention of being dragged into a team situation. But what he wants and what he gets are rarely the same thing.

Captain Natalie Reynolds (Roxanne McKee) comes from a military family, and excels at psychological profiling and identifying weaknesses in others, while Sergeant Thomas “Mac” McAllister (Warren Brown) is a man of his word, physically capable and driven by a desire to avenge the team he’s lost.

Their action-packed manhunt will take the unit across North Africa, the Middle East and Europe, from glitterati soirees to underworld cage fights, as they uncover and attempt to dismantle a vast global web of interconnected criminal and terrorist activity.

TrueVisions and Gem, the Japanese-based entertainment TV channel, will have a booth at the event with entertainment and activities surrounding movie and drama series from Japan.

“There will be lots of entertainment and drama-related activities directly brought to you from Japan,” TrueVisions said in a media statments. “Drop by Gem’s booth for a day of fun-filled activities and bring home some exclusive premiums.”

TrueVisions is offering its latest value packages at the event, including its Platinum HD and Gold HD packages with free installation and 50 per cent off the deposit. Other specials include a Bt3,500 gift set after subscription. Existing TrueVisions subscribers who show their latest invoice will get umbrella at the event.

Details on TrueVisions channel 244.