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‘The Irishman’ Cometh: Robert De Niro & Al Pacino star in the last great mob epic
Martin Scorsese’s latest film traces the rise and fall of wiseguys and made men in a subtler, more sober, and contemplative manner.
Robert De Niro & Al Pacino: An afternoon with the kings of New York
First of two parts: an afternoon in New York with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, the kings of New York on Scorsese, mortality and the last great mob epic.
How a bullfrog keeps Jaime Laya awake when it rains
Dr. Jaime Laya on the frogs he had shipped in from the Candaba swamp, the somber santos and vintage narra indoors, and the first sentence he labors over.
If Filipiniana is a flower, then Jaime Laya is a gardener
A morning in Jaime Laya’s Quezon City compound: a bahay kubo built without nails, barandilyas off a demolished house, books stacked as a shelter.
At home with Jun & Menchu Lopez: Where every wall is a door and the Force is always brewing
A house tour where every wall turns out to be a door, the coffee is always brewing, and the Force runs through a home in a galaxy not so far away.
At home with Martin Honasan & Barbie Almalbis: Cradle of art, love & a cat named after Vernie Varga
A house tour with Martin Honasan and Barbie Almalbis: a cradle of art and love, boxes of keepsakes nobody throws out, and a cat named after Vernie Varga.
Raul Francisco & Joanna Preysler-Francisco: Dark, seductive art in the house of love
A Parisian dream in the middle of manic Metro Manila: the Franciscos’ art-filled flat, and the love story beneath the chiaroscuro.
Island of souls
Mark Justiniani and curator Tessa Maria Guazon on Island Weather, the glass-and-steel archipelago built for the 58th Venice Art Biennale.
Fr. Jason Dy: The Parable of Dead birds & The red umbrella
Jesuit priest and Ateneo professor Fr. Jason Dy discusses community art, walking Intramuros with a red umbrella, and his custom batik polo shirts.
Bigboy Cheng: At home with the crown prince of Fresh
A house tour with the crown prince of Secret Fresh, where sneakers, designer toys and Filipino contemporary art end up sharing the very same shelves.
Ang himig ni Pepe Smith
A farewell to Joey ‘Pepe’ Smith, father of Pinoy rock: Juan de la Cruz Band, the Jingle years, a shared film set, and the songs too hard to play now.
Charlie Brooker: On designing dystopia
The Black Mirror creator on robot dogs, dark timelines, and holding an Emmy like ‘a medieval soldier clutching the severed head of an enemy.’