Happenings – Film

Bak kwa goes beyond pork

As prices of bak kwa (barbecued sliced pork) continue to soar – tipping $62 a kg at bak kwa specialist Lim Chee Guan – and the queues to bag some grow more epic each day, perhaps it is time to take a look at alternatives. And they are plenty to choose from this year, from […]

South Koreans celebrate historic wins

SEOUL • South Korean social media erupted in celebration yesterday after the dark comedy Parasite became the first non-English-language movie to win the Best Picture award, already having netted three other Oscars in a historic first for the country. Director Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite vaulted over what he once called the “one-inch-tall barrier of subtitles” to […]

Thoughtful and introspective

British pianist Ronan O’Hora has performed around the world and is a teacher and mentor to Lim Yan, who begins his tenure as artistic director of the Singapore International Piano Festival this year. O’Hora’s programme featured some of the best-known works of Beethoven and Brahms, woven together by common threads of passion, angst and unrequited […]