The Cathay Picturehouse is becoming my favourite movie cinema by virtue of the many edgy, fantastic arthouse films it brings in. What I am saddened by is the idea that people pooh-pooh arthouse films all the time, simply because they don't understand what is going on, or they would prefer frivolous offerings like Epic Movie. I would concur that there are perhaps some arthouse films which are difficult to appreciate and comprehend, but there are many other arthouse films which give voice to the contemporary and give insight into particular issues. Eric Khoo's My Magic for example, and the film I caught yesterday, Talk To Me. Talk To Me is set in the America of the 1960s, 70s and 80s where racism and class differences played defining roles in governing social behaviour (although they still do abeit disguised in other forms). Central to this film is Petey Greene, a rough-talking, ex-convict who becomes a radio disc jockey on WOL radio and it is he who played a definitive part in uniting the Black people during the time of the death of Martin Luther King.

What I liked about the film was how it exposed the different facades we put on, how it explored notions of acceptance and belonging and how we often mould ourselves into people we don't really want to be, just to fit in, or to make others happy. If it weren't M18, due to the use of course language, I would think it's something that everyone should watch, because it's good and that's it.