REVIEWS
Brace yourself, “One More Chance” is now a musical, thanks to the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA). Is it good? We check!
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- Newsmakers
CCP Thirteen Artists Awards exhibition now open to the public until January 12, 2026
MSO Concerto Competition 2025 sets October 8 deadline
Curiosity and connection: Derek Tumala and his artistic journey
CCP partners with JRU and PLM to nurture art appreciation among Filipino students
Free Mendiola 216, hold corrupt accountable, and not the youth fighting for their future under a rotten system — Sining Lila
- Art attack
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao showcases works of Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
SEX NOW exhibited at NRW-Forum Düsseldorf
Opera Gallery presents ‘Jean Dubuffet, L’Hourloupe et son sillage (1962-1982)’, a major solo exhibition dedicated to Jean Dubuffet
Serpentine presents ‘House of Music’, featuring the works of Peter Doig
UP Vargas Museum exhibits ‘All Living Things are Breathing Now’ until August 30
- Sound
MATÉO’s ‘Lalim’ nominated for Folk Song of the Year at first-ever Filipino Music Awards
Tiggi Hawke releases new single, ‘Man In The Corner’
PPO marks 41 years of musical flexibility in ‘VERSATILE’
‘Dancing with Tchaikovsky’ scheduled on September 27 at Aliw Theater, Pasay City
PETA’s ‘Walang Aray’ musical cast recording now available on Spotify
- On-screen
Cinemalaya sails to bigger and better shores with new venue partners this October
37th Gawad Alternatibo ignites new narratives with Pasiklab
Chinese film ‘Dead to Rights’ tops global weekend box office
‘Salt Water’ to be released on June 24; explores identity, trauma and forbidden connection
‘Fathers of Circumstances’ film exhibit scheduled on June 14-15
- Onstage
CCP National Theatre Live brings to PH screen two iconic plays on the performative self
FEU Theater Guild cooks up a thrilling, filipino dark comedy with ‘Karne’
VLF XX: Hinog reschedules its special one-night only extension this August
CCP and BOGT Philippines present “13th of September” this August 10
Salome’s dangerous obsession in CCP’s The Met: LIVE in HD
- Style
Sephora expands partnership with Haus Labs by Lady Gaga
Essential organic cotton button-up shirts for a stylish, sustainable spring
Fashion and visual arts merge in CCP’s ‘Filipiniana x Obra’ exhibit at the National Museum of Fine Arts
Ben Sherman showcases latest collection of button-up shirts as ultimate go-to for early spring season
DOST-PTRI, Bayo Manila partner to turn textile waste into tomorrow’s fashion through TexRev’s ‘Fabric-to-Yarn’ innovation
- Goods
Insta360 introduces Flow 2, the next-generation, creator-friendly evolution of its beloved smartphone gimbal
Canon introduces two new video-centric cameras to meet new creative needs
Canon’s top of the line EOS R system camera is geared up to ace the action
Canon launches EOS R1 as first flagship model for EOS R SYSTEM
Sony Electronics announces compact wide-angle FE 16-25mm F2.8 G zoom lens
- Reviews
Staging the overdramatic Pinoy via PETA’s ‘One More Chance: The Musical’
Co-opting the OFW story via ‘We Don’t Dance for Nothing’?
That shaky attempt to tackle abortion via ’12 Weeks’
Missed opportunities via the confused ‘Ang Mga Nawalang Pag-asa at Panlasa’
Discovering dialogue-driven storytelling via ‘The Dust in Your Place’
FLICKS
This is a story of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) told by a "Chinese–Greek American director raised by dancers in New York" (using the words...
FLICKS
As its attempt to tell a story about abortion in the Philippine context, Anna Isabelle Matutina's "12 Weeks" is, in a word, shaky. Lemme...
FLICKS
Is Kevin Ayson's "Ang Mga Nawalang Pag-asa at Panlasa" a film on Ilocano cuisine, PR mat for the "saviors" of Ilocano culture, or "buhat-bangko"...
FLICKS
You can have many reasons to like this film – e.g. Mylene Dizon’s acting, Kit Thompson’s nudes (if this whets your fancy); the witty...
FLICKS
ANi (The Harvest) as an attempt to be a sci-fi film a la A.I., Ready Player One, Chappie; fantastical a la Pan’s Labyrinth and...
Musicals
We take another look at “Rak of Aegis” to see what makes this iteration worth it…
Plays
“The Kundiman Party”, Floy Quintos’s play that was first staged by Dulaang UP just last year, so that it is somewhat new. This makes...
REVIEWS
If board games interest you, then this resto in Quezon City, aptly named Snacks & Ladders (a play at Snakes and Ladders), should also...
FLICKS
From the get-go, you know Afi Africa mimics Poj Arnon’s “Bangkok Love Story” in “The Lookout”. Sadly, this isn’t a great copy.
FLICKS
That everyone will age, and yet not everyone will have lived is what "Kung Paano Hinihintay ang Dapithapon (Waiting for Sunset)" by Carlo Enciso...
FLICKS
In Musmos na Sumibol sa Gubat ng Digma, Iar Lionel Arondaing attempts to tell a Mindanawon story in a Palawan setting. The lofty goal...
FLICKS
In the Philippines, it isn’t always that we see films with stories revolving around old(er) characters. And so it is refreshing seeing Mamang by...
FLICKS
If you’re a fan of the likes of Lasse Hallström’s 2000 film Chocolat or Tim Burton’s 2003 film Big Fish, then Pan De Salawal...