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Film critico incognito
By Joel David This year’s just-concluded Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival, the first after a full year of the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos Jr., yielded a few controversies, the latest of which is centered on the pullout of a politically themed film from the opening ceremony – allegedly because it was censored (per political sectors), […]
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Vina Morales makes Broadway debut in ‘Here Lies Love’
The producers of “Here Lies Love,” the groundbreaking musical from David Byrne and Fatboy Slim,are pleased to announce the upcoming Broadway debut of popular Filipino actress Vina Morales, who will join the show performing as Aurora Aquino for a limited guest engagement from Friday, September 22 – Sunday, October 22 at the Broadway Theatre. Morales steps into the role following Lea […]
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From one Barbie Girl to another
By Tracy Dizon It had been almost a year. Yes. I have been anticipating this movie for a long while… I knew since then that this is going to be HUGE! As an artist, I think I have this “Instinctive Spider-Sense” of trends and forecasting those hints of this phenomenon! The Zeitgeist had been leading to this Pink Revolution […]
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One award-winning film after another for composer Nathan Matthew David
The composer behind the new movie “Joy Ride” and the new Stephen Curry documentary “Underrated,” is the award-winning Nathan Matthew David. The Filipino American composer worked to create seamless scores for both projects and helped enhance the storylines to their fullest. For the heartful comedy “Joy Ride,” Nathan worked closely with Adele Lim to craft a musical […]
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Why ‘Oppenheimer’ is relevant as the world confronts threats of a nuclear war
By Wendell Gaa “Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds…” the very text from a piece of Hindu scripture which ran through the mind of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the globally heralded scientist who led the Allied project which gave birth to the world’s first nuclear weapon that ended the Second World War in […]
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HLL is more than an immersive musical; it is my family’s story too
By Tricia J. Capistrano “You can only have one Filipino friend,” I responded to my Irish American bestie, Nancy, when she asked if she could invite Gigi–a Texas native and Filipino American mom who she met at her son’s high school–when we were making plans to watch the musical “Here Lies Love.” Nancy, Gretchen (Irish […]
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Carnal fireworks in ‘Erotica Manila’
By Joel David Pinas fanboy film culture must have worn itself out, or else we’d be hearing lamentations about how our filmmakers have started regressing. After making increasingly longer modernist works, we now find several contemporary talents focused on short-length material, sometimes even geared for TV or streaming. But thank goodness for the dissipation of […]
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Segment on Filipino films part of AAIFF46 program
Asian CineVision will present its 46th annual Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF46) from July 26 – August 6. AAIFF, known as the “First Home of Asian American Cinema,” will feature a segment that tells Filipino storieswhich “reflect AAIFF and Asian CineVision’s hopes of supporting the creative endeavors of community activists and storytellers.” This year’s […]
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A ‘Star Wars’ tour through Kerry, Ireland
By Wendell Gaa As a lifelong fan of the “Star Wars” franchise, taking a guided tour of the Ring of Kerry region in southwestern Ireland was simply a dream realized. In my view it is the greatest cinematic mythology saga of all time. A tour which would exclusively take me to see the on-location filming sites […]