Salaya Doc comes to the city

Today, there are two more entries from the well-made KBS Busan TV series “Power of Asian Cinema”, “Face Taiwan” about the state of contemporary Taiwanese cinema, and “Return to Nostalgia”, which follows the search for a lost classic film of Malay cinema.
There’s also “Visible Silence”, a short doc on the Thai lesbian realm of “toms” and “dees”. It’s by American director Ruth Gumnit.
Tomorrow at 1, there’s a talk about where to get money to make documentaries and the announcement of awards in the Asean documentary competition. And then there’s “Homeland: Iraq Year Zero”, a 334-minute look at Iraq before and after the American invasion.
Salaya Doc winds down on Sunday with “No Lullaby”, on the insidious cycle of sexual abuse by a parent, “When We Talk About KGB”, about a Lithuanian former political prisoner’s search for answers and “Before the Last Curtain Falls”, about ageing German drag queens.
Entry is free. For the complete schedule, check www.facebook.com/SalayaDoc.

Also showing
The Friese-Greene Club – April has “the secret life of secret agents” on Wednesdays, Hong Kong action on Thursdays, “quirky Eighties” on Fridays, “a bright future?” on Saturdays and Akira Kurosawa on Sundays. The ’80s quirk gets underway tonight with one of Martin Scorsese’s best, “After Hours”, with dystopian sci-fi in Terry Gilliam’s “Brazil” tomorrow. Sunday has Toshiro Mifune caught between warring sides in a small town. It’s “Yojimbo”. Next Wednesday has Robert Redford as an intelligence analyst in over his head in “3 Days of the Condor” and Bruce Lee walks on the grass in his directorial debut, 1972’s “The Way of the Dragon”. Shows are at 8pm. For details, check FGC.in.th.

Alliance Francaise – A lawyer who gives up a successful legal career to pursue the sport of show jumping, entering the Olympics with his prize steed in “Jappeloup”, screening at 7 tonight. The Alliance then takes a break for Songkran, with the movies resuming on April 20. For details, check AFThailande.org.