The Intriguing Beauty of Contrast
Yong Shu Hoong looks back at Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé's Barcelona.
Vol. 21 No. 1 Jan 2022

Same But Different: The Oddfellows of Past and Present
Yong Shu Hoong on an venerable Singapore band.
Vol. 20 No. 4 Oct 2021

Chris Ho: Between Thought and Expression
Lim Cheng Tju on a true Singapore iconoclast.

Vol. 20 No. 4 Oct 2021

The French Connection: Notes on Some French Films and Cineastes
By Robert J. Cardullo.

Vol. 20 No. 3 Jul 2021

WKW, Leslie Cheung and legless birds
Yong Shu Hoong retrospects on Wong Kai Wai.

Vol. 20 No. 2 Apr 2021

Endless Birds and the Metamorphosis of Festivals
Yong Shu Hoong goes birdwatching.
Vol. 19 No. 4 Oct 2020

Beyond the Looping of Science and Wonder
Yong Shu Hoong explores the parallel worlds of the Loop.
Vol. 19 No. 3 Jul 2020

Love from Eastern Europe: Menzel’s Closely Watched Trains and Makk’s Love
Robert J. Cardullo examines seminal films by Jiří Menzel and Károly Makk.
Vol. 19 No. 3 Jul 2020

Why, the bird does sing, caged!
Yong Shu Hoong on Ben Gibbard's shelter-in-place acoustic performances.
Vol. 19 No. 2 Apr 2020

Case Reopened: Mrinal Sen’s The Case Is Closed
Robert J. Cardullo retrospects on a Calcutta classic.
Vol. 19 No. 2 Apr 2020

What can be gained from loss and love
Yong Shu Hoong on Nick Cave's grief.
Vol. 19 No. 1 Jan 2020

Good Lies and Goodbyes: Thoughts after The Farewell
Yong Shu Hoong on a movie that seeks to express the Asian unspoken.
Vol. 18. No. 4 Oct 2019

What Lola Wants: Lola and the Cinema of Rainer Werner Fassbinder Re-Viewed
By Robert J. Cardullo.
Vol. 17 No. 3 Jul 2018

Georg Kaiser, Expressionism and From Morn to Midnight
Robert J. Cardullo on Georg Kaiser.
Vol. 17 No. 2 Apr 2018

Of Time, Memory, and the Movies: Talking to Terence Davies
Robert J. Cardullo interviews Terence Davies.
Vol. 16 No. 2 Apr 2017

Of Realism and the Miraculous: Vittorio De Sica’s Miracle in Milan
Robert J. Cardullo on Italian neorealist cinema.
Vol. 16 No. 2 Apr 2017

Merlion
by Rohan Naidu.
Vol. 14 No. 3 Jul 2015

Two Art-Poetry Pieces
by Nurul Wahidah.
Vol. 13 No. 4 Oct 2014

Istanbul
Geoffrey Miller photographs the cultural capital of Turkey
Vol. 10 No. 4 Oct 2011

Film Noir Korea
Toh Hsien Min photographs Seoul at night.
Vol. 8 No. 3 Jul 2009

adsurbism #1
Bani Haykal reads a poem (audio).
Vol. 8 No. 3 Jul 2009

Flowers For The Lady
Visual art by Ernest Williamson III.
Vol. 8 No. 2 Apr 2009

Lives Unlived Ignite the Stage
Amos Toh reviews Flare.
Vol. 8 No. 1 Jan 2009

Orange Static
A play by Brennan Kwa
Vol. 7 No. 4 Oct 2008

A Cake Retrospective
Amos Toh reflects on Cake Theatrical Productions
Vol. 7 No. 3 Jul 2008

Staging the Book of Changes
Richard Lord watches the Metamorphoses of chrysalides
Vol. 7 No. 3 Jul 2008

Five Photographs
Photographs by Amy Lai from a round-the-world cruise
Vol. 7 No. 3 Jul 2008

Passengers
Photographs from Stephen Black's Bus Stopping
Vol. 7 No. 2 Apr 2008

Hearing It From The Streets
Richard Lord takes in street singer theatre
Vol. 7 No. 1 Jan 2008

Gifts From Abroad, To Be Gogolized and Pickled
Richard Lord reviews migratory theatre
Vol. 7 No. 1 Jan 2008

Mysteries and Conundra Under The Tree
Richard Lord reviews yuletide theatre.
Vol. 6 No. 2 Jan 2007

Tackling the Great Singapore Question
Richard Lord watches plays that examine the Singapore identity
Vol. 6 No. 1 Oct 2006

Superfly Slick
Imogen Neale reviews Rock D'Fort.
Vol. 5 No. 4 Jul 2006

Diversity Risks Dilution
Cyril Wong reviews Mobile.
Vol. 5 No. 4 Jul 2006

Heads and Tales
Richard Lord goes on a pilgrimage
Vol. 5 No. 4 Jul 2006

To Sir With Love-Hate
Richard Lord reviews The Dresser.
Vol. 5 No. 4 Jul 2006

Shadows of the Doubt
Richard Lord reviews some criminally good plays
Vol. 5 No. 3 Apr 2006

April Benefits
Richard Lord on April productions
Vol. 5 No. 3 Apr 2006

A Bit of Bitters With Your Music?
Richard Lord reviews Broadway in Singapore.
Vol. 5 No. 2 Jan 2006

Speaking Freely In Harness
Richard Lord listens in to monologues.
Vol. 5 No. 1 Oct 2005

Terms of Betrayal
Richard Lord evaluates the success of acts of betrayal.
Vol. 5 No. 1 Oct 2005

The Art of Mu Xin
Michelle Lim on modern Chinese artist Mu Xin.
Vol. 4 No. 4 Jul 2005

Amour or Less
Richard Lord looks at French and British takes on relationships.
Vol. 4 No. 4 Jul 2005

Maladies d'Amour
Richard Lord watches two love stories without throwing up.
Vol. 4 No. 4 Jul 2005

Out of the Attic, Onto the Couch
Richard Lord checks in on father-and-daughter theatre.
Vol. 4 No. 3 Apr 2005

Sex, Lies and Media Tropes
Richard Lord watches the cheating going on in theatre.
Vol. 4 No. 3 Apr 2005

Negotiating Parts Unknown
Richard Lord watches plays with constituencies.
Vol. 4 No. 2 Jan 2005

Of Good Citizens and Nasty Masters
Richard Lord on recent political plays.
Vol. 4 No. 2 Jan 2005

Beyond the Cuckoo Clock
Richard Lord scales Mount Dürrenmatt.
Vol. 4 No. 2 Jan 2005

Reassembling Vital Parts
Richard Lord looks at fat virgins and private parts.
Vol. 4 No. 1 Oct 2004

Three Women In Three Views
Nine plays in three scripts.
Vol. 4 No. 1 Oct 2004

Crime and Punishment
Richard Lord is Dead Certain about this one.
Vol. 4 No. 1 Oct 2004

Mourning Becomes Electric
Richard Lord takes in Sandakan Threnody.
Vol. 3 No. 4 Jul 2004

Poll Maul
Richard Lord goes to the ballot box.
Vol. 3 No. 4 Jul 2004

Bait and Switch
Richard Lord reviews Prelude to a Kiss.
Vol. 3 No. 4 Jul 2004

Clearly, A Mark Of Some Achievement
Richard Lord on The Gospel According To Mark.
Vol. 3 No. 3 Apr 2004

Laugh Across The Atlantic
Richard Lord reviews recent comedy in Singapore.
Vol. 3 No. 3 Apr 2004

Love Is All You Knead
Richard Lord reviews February drama.
Vol. 3 No. 3 Apr 2004

Shades of Sound
Stella Kon takes in multimedia.
Vol. 3 No. 2 Jan 2004

From Icon to Iron
Richard Lord reviews local renditions of Pinter and Munro.
Vol. 3 No. 2 Jan 2004

Durang-Utans and Other Species of the Male
Richard Lord reviews recent male-oriented theatre in Singapore.
Vol. 3 No. 2 Jan 2004

Horror Raya - Atomic Jaya
Richard Lord reviews Atomic Jaya.
Vol. 3 No. 1 Oct 2003

Groping Towards the Godly
Richard Lord reviews Singapore theatre.
Vol. 3 No. 1 Oct 2003

At the Leipzig Gewandhaus
Jason Wee reviews the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.
Vol. 2 No. 4 Jul 2003

The Monastery of Mercy
Cyril Wong reviews Meredith Monk's mercy.
Vol. 2 No. 4 Jul 2003

Thinking Global, Acting Local
Richard Lord reviews Singapore theatre at the Singapore Arts Festival.
Vol. 2 No. 4 Jul 2003

Comedies of Manners, Manners of Comedy
Richard Lord reviews Nonsensical Idiosyncrasies and The Rivals.
Vol. 2 No. 4 Jul 2003

Resounding Silent Film
Loh Jee Kean reviews Little Toys by Mark Chan and Friends.
Vol. 2 No. 4 Jul 2003

Entering Beauty, Entering Art
Cyril Wong reviews Anaglyphs.
Vol. 2 No. 3 Apr 2003

A Sour View From The Top
Richard Lord reviews Top Girls.
Vol. 2 No. 3 Apr 2003

We Lost It At The Movies
Richard Lord reviews Popcorn.
Vol. 2 No. 3 Apr 2003

Almost Spiritual Exercise
Susan Tsang reviews “Dreams and Portents”.
Vol. 2 No. 3 Apr 2003

Pas de Deux For Lonely Singles
Richard Lord reviews Modern Dance for Beginners and Confessions of Three Unmarried Women.
Vol. 2 No. 3 Apr 2003

Modish Multimedia Melodrama
Cyril Wong reviews WWW.
Vol. 2 No. 2 Jan 2003

Young Person's Guide to the Apocalypse
Richard Lord reviews Brokenville and Fireface.
Vol. 2 No. 2 Jan 2003

Maps, Maths and Other Madness
Richard Lord reviews Proof and Lonely Planet.
Vol. 2 No. 2 Jan 2003

Random Lovers
A Javascript poem by Toh Hsien Min.  (Click refresh after reading the poem)
Vol. 2 No. 2 Jan 2003

Broken Dreams, from Top to Bottom
Richard Lord reviews Ang Tau Mui and Comrade Mayor.
Vol. 2 No. 2 Jan 2003

But Is It Really A Play?
Cyril Wong reviews godeatgod.
Vol. 2 No. 1 Oct 2002

Living In A Box
Cyril Wong reviews Close - In My Face.
Vol. 2 No. 1 Oct 2002

Squeeze and Please
By Richard Lord.
Vol. 2 No. 1 Oct 2002

Black Cat's Misfortune
Amos Tang reviews Múm.
Vol. 1 No. 4 Jul 2002

Do Not Be Alarmed
Francis Phang reviews Ecnad Project Limited's Missing in Tall Pillars.
Vol. 1 No. 4 Jul 2002

Local Content and Its Discontents
Richard Lord on second-quarter local theatre.
Vol. 1 No. 4 Jul 2002

Action Speaks Louder With Words
Richard Lord on soups, fruits and suits.
Vol. 1 No. 4 Jul 2002

Of Pigs, Poseurs and Parties
Richard Lord on Wild Rice’s Animal Farm and Action Theatre’s Mammon Inc.
Vol. 1 No. 4 Jul 2002

Appreciations: Travellers' Singapore
Liana Chua revisits an alternative anthology.
Vol. 1 No. 4 Jul 2002

Revel Without A Causeway
Richard Lord reviews Causeway.
Vol. 1 No. 4 Jul 2002

Opulent Minimalism
Cyril Wong reviews the Michael Nyman Band.
Vol. 1 No. 4 Jul 2002

Urgency, Power and Sensibility
Francis Phang reviews Compagnie Marie Chouinard.
Vol. 1 No. 4 Jul 2002

Movements in Two-d
Francis Phang reviews Nomadi Productions's Opal-d.
Vol. 1 No. 4 Jul 2002

Triumph of Form over Content
Richard Lord reviews Le Costume.
Vol. 1 No. 4 Jul 2002

Musicians or Music-Gladiators
Loh Jee Kean reviews the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra.
Vol. 1 No. 4 Jul 2002

Cherry Blossoms In China
Richard Lord reviews The Morning People.
Vol. 1 No. 4 Jul 2002

A Forum For All
Richard Lord comments on the Arts Fest theatre forum.
Vol. 1 No. 4 Jul 2002

Cannons and Lilting Conversations
Francis Phang reviews the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra.
Vol. 1 No. 4 Jul 2002

Walking the Plan K
Francis Phang reviews Compagnie Charleroi/Danses - Plan K's Metapolis - Project 972.
Vol. 1 No. 4 Jul 2002

Drama of Trauma
Richard Lord reviews Occupation.
Vol. 1 No. 4 Jul 2002

Leaping from Page to Stage
Richard Lord reviews recent stage adaptations.
Vol. 1 No. 3 Apr 2002

Sexual Identity Checks
Richard Lord reviews Singapore drama in Spring 2002.
Vol. 1 No. 3 Apr 2002

Bound by Nothing in the Search for Beauty
Amos Tang reviews Anja Garbarek's Smiling & Waving.
Vol. 1 No. 3 Apr 2002

Chemistry Lessons
Richard Lord on recent drama productions.
Vol. 1 No. 2 Jan 2002

Departures
An art-poetry piece by Amy Tan.
Vol. 1 No. 2 Jan 2002

Elton's still standing after a long, dry spell
Yong Shu Hoong reviews Elton John’s latest album, Songs From The West Coast.
Vol. 1 No. 1 Oct 2001

Autumn of the Matriarch
Richard Lord reviews Wild Rice's production of the Singapore classic Emily of Emerald Hill.
Vol. 1 No. 1 Oct 2001

Tracing Mental Images
Li Xueying investigates identity and existence in the postmodern landscape of eXistenZ and I Love a Man in Uniform.
Vol. 1 No. 1 Oct 2001

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