The creative industry in the Philippines is often celebrated as a progressive force, a promise of jobs, visibility, and cultural pride. Yet behind the...
Whether you are a writer, a visual artist, a filmmaker, a dancer, or work in any other creative field, one of the very first things you must understan...
What do I mean when I say we need a nurturing art community? I mean a community that recognizes the dignity of every artist and every form of artistic...
Yesterday, after Karina Bolasco read and commented on one of my film reviews posted on Facebook, she shared a thought that stayed with me. She suggest...
There is something defiant about making a crime thriller rooted in historical reality at a time when film festivals increasingly favor escapism. Manil...
This New Year arrived with a heaviness that celebration could not erase. As fireworks lit the sky and noise filled the streets, there was an undeniabl...
I borrowed the title The Taste of Home from an essay by the late Doreen G. Fernandez that was published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on December 2...
This is not a trashy film, though it is not perfect either, and it certainly cannot be dismissed as just another loud MMFF entry meant only to sell ti...
This Christmas, I found myself completely absorbed in a book I had personally purchased directly from its author, Emmanuel Lerona. “Graciano’s Dirty F...