A STUNNING PERFORMANCE Harrison Ford stars alongside Phoebe Waller-Bridge as they try to locate the Dial of Destiny My generation was about seven years old when we met Dr. Henry Walton “Indiana” Jones, Jr. (Harrison Ford) on the big screen with *Raiders of the Lost Ark* (1981) and now, after...
It’s that time of the year when the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), the cultural arm of the government, is calling for proposals for its competitive grants program. We will discuss the grants from the National Committee on Cinema (NCCinema) which, is one of the 19 national...
Filipino movies, surprise us in 2023! With the movie audience inching their way back to the cinemas during the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF), we hope to see more people patronize local films. We hope to see young, maverick filmmakers cross over and successfully transition to the entertainment...
Define American’s guide to creating genuine immigration TV and movie flicks We got hold of Telling Authentic Immigrant Stories: A Reference Guide For The Entertainment Industry from Define American, a non-profit organization committed to humanizing immigrants through media. Why do genuine...
You’re going to hell because you’re gay! GAY TOGETHER Cast looks good onscreen and has rapport We have seen Gameboys The Movie on its third week at https://www.ktx.ph/ and it pretty satisfies our need for lockdown entertainment this ECQ. The voice of the young LGBTQ+ is loud and clear in a...
Get to know the filmmaker behind the country’s longest and slowest films GRAY AREA Melancholia starring Angeli Bayani and Perry Dizon Lav Diaz sent to Manila Bulletin Lifestyle a short anecdote on a local film that influenced him the most. He described the night in the mid-1970s when he was going...
A look at the dialogues of different movie eras Motion picture was introduced in the country toward the end of the Spanish rule in the 1890s and it was during the American period in 1919 when the first Filipino film, Dalagang Bukid , directed by Jose Nepomuceno,was produced. Adapting film to a...
Meisner Institute graduate Angeli Bayani (top first row, second from right) held a talk with actors and directors Last Aug. 3, actress Angeli Bayani, a recent graduate of Meisner Institute, an acting school founded by Sanford Meisner shared her learnings on how to be a “feather in the...
After music and fashion, filmmaking is her new passion MODERN RENDITION OF A CLASSIC Kate Torralba as Lidi Makbet, the Visayan incarnation of Lady Macbeth There is a new director on the block—musician and fashion designer Kate Torralba! We were invited to critique the “recital” of Mowelfund...
The Diamond Jubilarian publishes her first poetry book Lualhati Bautista is one of the awardees of the prestigious 2020 Gawad CCP Para sa Sining, the highest award given by the Cultural Center of the Philippines, but due to the country’s current health situation, the awarding ceremonies will take...
Spotlight on Filipino-American documentary director PJ Raval and his Call Her Ganda Supporters hold up posters of transgender Filipina Jennifer Laude during a protest near the courthouse in Olongapo City, Philippines, on February 23, 2015 (AFP Photo/Noel Celis) Straight from the airport, Fil-Am...
