Yasmin Ahmad

Malaysia has a long history of conflicts over arts and culture, pitting artists against the…

Two very varied feature films opened recently, the first two parts of a planned trilogy…

Tell us about yourself. Did you, like any other good middle-class child, have to pick…

Some filmmakers use film as a tool to tell narratives and build worlds. Other filmmakers,…

Let’s start with a number of disclaimers: first, I’m writing as an individual and not…

What do the films Lelaki Komunis Terakhir and Gubra have in common? Obvious answer: they…

One should applaud the release of another Malaysian independent feature on local screens – on…

Music as a tool of political consciousness doesn’t happen often enough — perhaps unsurprisingly for…

The media here of late have been reporting and commenting upon a number of issues…

“Sometimes I wonder if you guys realise how hard it is for the rest of…

Masa sekolah rendah dulu aku ramai member Cina, sebab parents aku for whatever reason lebih…

Gubra raises a whole pile of socio-religio issues — some may even consider it somewhat…

Talk about efficiency. For the entire first half of the 18th Malaysian Film Festival 2005…

Sepet: to possess single eyelids, or used pejoratively, slit-eyed. The condition of being slit-eyed sometimes…

We the rakyat, as represented by the Censorship Board, are being spared of Yasmin Ahmad’s…