An award more special than others By Nick Tayag This Dec. 7, NCCA Chairman and CCP President, and Manila Bulletin Lifestyle Arts + Culture columnist Arsenio “Nick” J. Lizaso received the Fernando Poe Lifetime Achievement Award from the Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP). According to the...
All we can say is ' hAiszxt !' Photo from Penlab After 10 months in community quarantine, many of us have already adjusted to life indoors. Many have found the simple joys of having a hobby these days. While some no longer deal with early morning traffic jams, OOTDs conundrums, and never-ending...
A true league of legends Online games have been a part of everyday life for many Filipinos even before the pandemic. But during the community quarantines, online platforms, such as various forms of digital entertainment, have redefined what it means to be connected. Apart from the bonds made, these...
“Chinatown is not a place,” declared journalist-author Jullie Yap Daza to her friends. Now that sentence is the title of her latest book. Technically, Chinatown is only one square kilometer in size, an area surrounded by streets whose real estate values rival Makati’s. If it’s not a place,...
'We will fight back and end your toxic masculinity.' Last week, the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) announced its roster of films for its first ever digital showcase. While there are the usual Pinoy favorite comedies and romantic flicks, there are also some interesting picks that make the...
'I feel lucky to be writing this. To be here. To have arrived at this place in my life.' Elliot Page (Photo from @ theelliotpage ) The Umbrella Academy star Elliot Page now lives his truth as a transgender. The actor who became an Academy nominee for his performance in 2007 movie Juno shares his...
Asia’s first silent film festival goes digital this month Even in its earliest days, film and music go hand in hand. In the era of silent films, music was one of the potent tools used not just for effective storytelling, but also to convey emotions and help the pacing of the movie flow smoothly....
What is it to be a woman in our time? What does femininity actually mean? What is the definition of feminine power? “The Divine Feminine” explores what may be the source of a woman’s power, the female spirit which thrived in the more woman-oriented goddess cultures, only to be...
Image from Netflix K-drama lovers and Money Heist fans, unite! Netflix announced that the hit Spanish series La casa de papel is having a Korean adaptation. Set on the Korean peninsula, the K-drama version of La casa de papel will be directed by Kim Hong-sun , who has helmed TV dramas like The...
Back in 2013, the local arts scene celebrated Andres Bonifacio ’s 150th birth anniversary through different exhibits and staged shows, one of which is Dulaang Unibersidad ng Pilipinas’s (DUP) Teatro Porvenir: Ang Katangi-tanging Kasaysayan nina Andres Bonifacio, Macario Sakay, at Aurelio...
Director Jose "Joey" Javier Reyes trended again on social media, praising Korean shows for their variety and unique take on drama. And his analysis is pretty spot on, bringing out the same sentiments from K-drama-loving Filipinos online. " Start Up is about setting up businesses. It's OK Not To Be...
This national conference is what everyone needs right now in the transition to the technological period When we say literacy the first thing that comes to mind is the ability to read and write. As defined by the Oxford dictionary, its secondary denotation, on the other hand, is “competence in a...
