Groundbreaking YA book features Filipina protagonist
By Camille Anne M. Arcilla
IT IS PRETTY SAFE to say that among books released internationally, there has never been a female Filipino protagonist. But...
Fitz and The Tantrums find pop not a ‘dirty word’
NEW YORK — Fitz and The Tantrums won acclaim with its brand of infectious retro soul but when it came time to write new...
Magnificent obsession
By Noel Vera
MARIO O’HARA’s follow-up project after his World War 2 epic Tatlong Taong Walang Diyos (Three Years Without God, 1976) and producer Armida...
Netflix scores a bull’s eye with Stranger Things; HBO better do better than Vice...
By Kevin McDonough
OUR RETURN to the 1980s continues with the eight-part drama Stranger Things, now streaming in its entirety on Netflix.
From its title card...
Refrains in a song
By Noel Vera
Video
Dung-aw
Directed by Lino Brocka
LINO BROCKA’S Dung-aw (Dirge, 1976), his musical adaptation of the life of Gabriela Silang, is one of the less...
The Wave, How to Get Away with Murder, Workaholics, more on home entertainment
By Angela Dawson
Front Row Features
INSPIRED by true events, an inescapable tsunami engulfs a seemingly idyllic Norwegian tourist destination in The Wave now available on...
Punishing
By Noel Vera
Television
Daredevil Season 2
Netflix
(Warning: story and plot twists of the Netflix series discussed in detail.)
WAS DAREDEVIL SEASON 2 an improvement over the first?...
A part of history
IN CELEBRATION of its 100th anniversary, the Philippine National Bank (PNB) launched a 300-page coffee table book titled PNB: One Hundred Years of Service...
Popes and uniforms
FLAG CARRIER, Philippine Airlines (PAL), is celebrating its diamond anniversary with a coffee table book meant to “honor the past, celebrate the present and...
Penny Dreadful drops the ghastliest twist of all: It suddenly ends.
10 reasons to binge-watch the literary horror series
The Binge
Jessica Zafra
FOR THREE SEASONS the fans of Showtime’s Victorian drama Penny Dreadful have reveled in its...
Game set match
By Noel Vera
(Warning: surprise twists and plot details, of both series and novels, to be discussed!)
Season 6 of Game of Thrones has just ended...
Fake or Fortune?The Winslow Homer in the trash, the fakes at the Courtlaud, and...
The Binge
Jessica Zafra
BLINDING sums of money are being made in the Philippine art boom. Art is the “It Bag” of the moment: anyone with...