When the cheering and emotional acceptance speeches settled down at the Oscars, only one thing was clear: it was the night of the Asian story, the Asian actors and the…
Category: Arts and Culture
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
ORAS DE PELIGRO IS MOST POWERFUL FILIPINO FILM OF THE DECADE
Many things stay in the mind long after you have watched Joel Lamangan’s Oras de Peligro. It has news reels of the 1986 People Power which got world-wide attention for…
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NINOY AS EVERYMAN ACCORDING TO VINCE TAÑADA
Ako Si Ninoy is Vince Tañada’s second film musical after Katips. The first set the martial law experience into a musical. By turns, it is jarring, if, powerful. It got…
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DIOMEDES SARAZA, JR. AT THE MET FEB. 24
Violinist Diomedes Saraza, Jr. reaches a full musical cycle when he reprises the Sibelius violin concerto as soloist of the Philippine Philharmonic under the baton of Chinese conductor Haoran Li.…
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BATTLE OF NINOY FILMS AND A GEM OF CINEMA ON A BATTERED HUSBAND
Every new year, there is a curious tradition in Minalin, Pampanga where menfolk cross-dress and join a parade and even join beauty local contests. The folk tradition is called Aguman…
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GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA, 95 & MANILA CONNECTIONS
On a Tuesday morning, the world woke up to the news that the Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida died on a clinic in Rome, Monday, January 16. She was 95. Also…
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NEW YEAR WITH GRANDCHILDREN & A WEEK OFF IN AMANPULO
Eldest daughter’s Christmas message was too good to be true. Bring my nephews and nieces for a three-day staycation in a Makati hotel on a weekend and let’s have a…
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WHEN STILLNESS BECOMES LIFE
To wake up With the cold night air Suddenly engulfed By the nocturnal View of the islands And the stillness stuns You are looking At the big wide sea And…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
TRIUMPH AND DISCORD IN THE 2022 MMFF
The 2022 48th Metro Manila Film Festival started with a bang with the traditional parade that stalled traffic in the Quezon City thoroughfares before opening day on December 25. Eight…
BEFORE NEW YEAR, MY SON-IN-LAW FOLLOWED MY DAUGHTER KERIMA
I never though t lightning would strike twice in a couple of years As I write this, it’s been a month since another family tragedy struck. On the day the…