Bappi Lahiri talks MC Hammer and Will to Live
Best known for pioneering the use of disco music in Bollywood films, composer Bappi Lahiri has contributed to some of the...
INTERVIEWS
Begging and borrowing: how indie films are made
Last year alone, industry figures show that 58 of the 87 local movies released were considered digital or indie films as...
Shaquille O’Neal Finds New Career on Screen
Retired National Basketball Association star Shaquille O'Neal has signed a deal to join Turner Sports to serve as an analyst. The...
A life in writing: Slavoj Žižek
"There is an anarchist leftist group here in London who hate me," says Slavoj Žižek with a giggle as we settle...
Herwin Cabasal: Inspirational Pinoy visionary artist
His visionary short documentary films about Filipino youth empowerment, faith, and advocacy to the environment has made Pinoy filmmaker, Herwin Cabasal,...
Living on the edge
Dedicating his life to the study of movies, one independent curator and film critic is part Marxist egalitarian and part elitist...
Superstar Rajinikanth returns home, Chennai brightens up
After undergoing treatment for liver and lung ailments in Singapore for more than a month, superstar Rajinikanth is now in good...
Mirana Medina: Independent Advocacy Filmmaker (Second of Five Parts)
Vim Nadera: How did you direct the Deaf? Mirana Medina: I studied Filipino Sign Language (FSL) in 2006 as part of...
Personal Essay: Magical night for Pinoys and the ‘Harry Potter’ cast
It was an emotional premiere for the cast of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II," the last film of...
Postscript to “˜devirginization’
"What's the point of writing an award-winning play if, for decades, it has remained a manuscript in a glass-encased air-conditioned library...
Film Juxtaposes Victory, Tragedy, God’s Deliverance
With God, no dream is too big and no tragedy too great. This is the message behind a new film featuring...
“˜Amigo’: Friendly fire, family fable
As actor Joel Torre puts it, US filmmaker John Sayles knows more about Philippine history, specifically the chapter on the Philippine-American...