Interviews
September 18, 2024
Furiously thrashing Surabaya (an interview with FETTER)
Interviews
September 15, 2024
I haven’t expected anything from the sequel to the 2017 Jailangkung (reviewed here), but for the sake of completion, I’d decided to go through it. For you, guys – so you know it’s either good or a waste of time. Good things first, no matter how many or a few they might be. The yellow camera filter is gone. The cinematography is very nice and Amanda Rawles looks fantastic. Also, the opening with the ship…
Bogor punkers Panic! have a new album out and as I believe punk is one of the genres not represented in my coverage of the Indonesian scene, let’s amend that situation right now! With a total playing time of 16:54 it’s a perfect length to play while I’m walking to the bus station to catch a bus to work. And I don’t mind punk music. Realita is a a punk of melodic variety, with 7…
Also known under the English title “Firegate”, Gerbang Neraka is an adventure/horror movie from the director Rizal Mantovani. Haven’t I told you I’d need to make a special section at IndoKult for him? However, before any of you scream I’m obssessed with Rizal’s work, it’s not true, but when you research his work for the reviews of movies like Kuntilanak trilogy (review here, here and here), I’ve found quite a few other movies catching my…
Kuntilanak 3 from 2008 (also known by its anglicized title The Chanting 3) closed the original horror trilogy from the director Rizal Mantovani, and it goes without saying we’re gonna have a look at it as we did with the previous two movies. The movie ties in directly with the previous one, in which Samantha (Julie Estelle) was told to go to the village of Ujung Sedo to solve the problem with her evoking the…
One of the things I’m usually asking my friends – and people from Indonesia I’m coming in the contact with – for are the recommendations for a good music from this nice country. And I’m so grateful for Slinky Bones’ (the vocalist of The Melting Minds, just in case you’ve missed the fantastic interview with him) recommendations! Thanks to him I now have a pile of great musik Indonesia to enjoy! I’m trying not to…
