Vice President Sara Duterte’s cryptic post on Instagram referring to someone as “tambaloslos” (a Visayan pejorative term) is making the rounds on social media as netizens debate on who was the subject of her remark. (Photo from Inday Sara Duterte/Instagram) On Sunday, May 21, the official...
The much-awaited episode is set to premiere this weekend on HBO Go In the Philippine cinema landscape, “ kulam ” or witchcraft have been, for the longest time, at the core of the horror movie genre. It has been depicted in numerous ways that it can, at some point, be hailed as one of the...
A scene from '7 Days of Hell' If you aren’t aware, there’s an excellent HBO Asia Horror anthology series that drops a brand-new episode every Sunday. It’s Folklore Season 2; and on Dec. 5, the episode "7 Days of Hell", comes from the Philippines, directed by Erik Matti. I’ve had the fortune...
Folklore Season 2 Folklore is an HBO Asia horror anthology series that’s now on its second season. The first episode of this new season drops on November 14th, with new episodes every week thereafter. You can stream it on HBO Go, and this season, we find directors from Japan, Taiwan, Singapore,...
Philippine folklore meets local style Aman Sinaya design from the "Simula" Collection Has binge-watching "Trese" on Netflix awaken the Philippine myth geek in you? Don't worry! You are not alone. Our local legends and folklore are some of the products that came from the imaginative minds of our...
Taylor Swift Taylor Swift’s “Folklore” wins Album of the Year on just concluded 2021 Grammy Awards. The “Love Story” singer just got the biggest musical nod for her efforts during the pandemic lockdown of 2020 when her rootsy, minimalist album “Folklore” walked away with one of the...
Get ready to explore the spooky, magical world of Filipino folklore and mythology LET THE GAME BEGIN Some cards for the Lagim game (Images from Lagim Card Game) Composed of more than 7,000 islands, the Philippines is rich not just with natural resources but with colorful traditions. These unique...
Five months after she released the critically-acclaimed album "Folklore," Taylor Swift surprised her fans again with the announcement that she's releasing a new album called "Evermore" at midnight (Eastern Time December 10/Philippine time 1 p.m. of December 11) “There are 15 tracks on the...
Alyx Ayn Arumpac wins in the 12th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival IN GRAVE DANGER A scene from Aswang , the documentary on the war against drugs Despite the pandemic, Asia’s largest documentary festival, the 12th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival took place in Goyang,...
Taylor Swift Taylor Swift dropped a bomb recently with the announcement and release of album “Folklore” on the same day. The set is a collection of 16 tracks penned by the 30-year old singer-songwriter and produced with long-time collaborator Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner (of The National) in...
