From left: KD Dizon, Head of Globe Business; Lino Victorioso Jr., Head of Corporate Financial Services Group for Megaworld; and Xav Desmet, Asia Enterprise Sales Head, Zoom. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology is becoming the norm for businesses following the move of tech giants...
MEET THE DIRECTOR Samantha Lee returns to the 19th Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival with *Rookie* (Photo Trish Shishikura) After directing *Baka Bukas (Maybe Tomorrow)* and Billie and Emma, Samantha Lee is back with *Rookie* for the 19th Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film...
For indie enthusiasts, August is the time to flock to the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ grounds to witness new works by upcoming filmmakers. On its 19th edition, the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival finds a new home at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC), CCP...
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...
Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. sought to deliver a privilege speech during plenary session Monday, March 20. However, things didn't go as planned for Teves, who remains out of the country. A letter addressed to House Majority Leader and Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep....
'All Quiet on the Western Front' guns for nine Oscars A number of war movies have won best picture at the Oscars namely, Apocalypse Now (1979), Platoon (1986), Schindler’s List (1993), Braveheart (1995), The English Patient (1996), and The Hurt Locker (2009). Apocalypse Now and Platoon were both...
SS Rajamouli’s RRR amazes critics worldwide SS Rajamouli's RRR is in Tollywood—not Bollywood—style. It is in Indian-Telugu language, the second most popular language in the world’s seventh largest country. SS Rajamouli RRR won best song and best foreign film at the Critics Choice Awards. It...
Are we expecting cinemagoers back with a vengeance at the 2022 Metro Manila Film Festival? If there is a tourism revenge, will the moviegoer return to the theaters with a vengeance for the 2022 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF)? Noel Trinidad and Liza Lorena, stars of 'Family Matters' film The past...
Chai Fonacier uses folk magic for revenge in the Irish-Filipino collaboration film Nocebo Nocebo is a revenge battle between successful children clothes’ designer Christine (Eva Green) and Filipina housekeeper Diana (Chai Fonacier) with Irish director Lorcan Finnegan using faith...
Soliman Cruz, Bart Guingona, and Noel Sto. Domingo give thrilling performances on international waters The pandemic has given our “small” actors big roles in the international art film arena. We have Dolly de Leon in Triangle of Sadness , Stefanie Arianne in Plan 75 , Chai Fonacier in Nocebo ,...
Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. "lectured" the House Committee on Appropriations Monday, Sept. 5 during the resumption of the budget deliberations on the proposed P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023. Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. (Screenshot from Zoom)...
