Hundreds of Indonesian artifacts on display in Belgium museum

Up to 248 Indonesian artifacts are on display at La Boverie Museum in Liege, Belgium, as part of Europalia Arts Festival Indonesia 2017.

Titled Kingdoms of the Sea Archipelago, the exhibition is set to run for more than two months until Jan. 21, 2018.

According to Antara news agency, the artifacts come from the collections of the National Museum in Jakarta and other museums in Indonesia, such as Central Java, South Sumatera, Jambi and Bali.

Intended to describe Indonesia’s maritime history, the exhibition is divided into several sections according to the timeline, starting from the ancient period and pre-modern period, to the early modern period and modern period.

Uwais-Ruhiyan duo at it again in ‘Beyond Skyline’

It was supposed to be an ordinary evening for detective Mark (Frank Grillo), whose wife had recently passed away. His son, Trent (Johnny Weston), gets into a fight, and Mark comes to the police department to bail him out of jail. Both then head home on the train, when, in the middle of a father-and-son moment, their train suddenly stops moving.

After exiting the train, they realize that an extraterrestrial force has begun to invade Los Angeles. Flying above the city’s skyscrapers with its large spaceships, the aliens hypnotize humans using a blue light. The blue light lures people into the spaceships, where their brains are scooped out. Trent is soon captured, and his father has to find a way to save him. The only way to do this is to get inside the aliens’ spaceship and travel to a different country that is also being terrorized by the aliens.  

Beyond Skyline is the sequel to the 2010 science-fiction film Skyline. Liam O’Donnell, who was the cowriter of the first installment, makes his directorial debut and also serves as the writer of Beyond Skyline.

Yogyakarta village eyes ecotourism with organic vegetables

Tompeyan village is one of the 32 villages in Yogyakarta that champion for ecotourism through vegetables.

The village is located in Tegalrejo administrative village and district, Yogyakarta and is close to Diponegoro Museum/Monument and the legendary Soto Pak Soleh restaurant.

In this village a team called Yogyakarta Urban Vegetable Farmers (SPUR Kota) was established with the aim to “make Yogyakarta healthy with vegetables,” said the association’s head, Susilowati.

The association has a program called organic vegetable pathways implemented along the village’s streets.

‘Posesif’: The dark side of puppy love

With 10 award nominations at this year’s Festival Film Indonesia under its belt, Posesif, an Indonesian movie directed by Edwin and written by Ginatri S. Noer, is setting the bar high.

The movie tells the story of Lala (Putri Marino) and Yudhis (Adipati Dolken), two high school students who fall in love.

What seems to be a cutesy teenage love flick quickly turns dark when Yudhis turns violent and he can’t control his temper. His possessive behavior toward Lala becomes dangerous when she realizes she is in an abusive relationship.

Posesif captures the seeds of the violent relationship with a keen eye, careful approach, yet able to make viewers severely uncomfortable. Adipati delivers a stellar performance for his portrayal of a mentally disturbed Yudhis. Meanwhile, newcomer Putri portrays love struck Lala with innocence and enough teenage angst to make the character believable.

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