One day, he sent me an e-mail,” said producer Paul Soriano, recounting how he came on board “Magellan,” Lav Diaz’s latest ...

The first circumnavigation of the Earth, completed by the expedition led initially by Ferdinand Magellan and later by Juan ...

Lav Diaz's historical drama stars Gael García Bernal and premiered out of competition at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.

With the beach just minutes from the airport, Lapu-Lapu City on Mactan Island—site of the historic clash between chieftain ...

After premiering out of competition at Cannes, writer-director Lav Diaz’s historical drama Magellan, starring Gael García ...

INFLUENTIAL Filipino historian Teodoro Agoncillo explained the onset of Spanish colonialism in the country in this manner: ...

Last month, we were at the Marché du Film of the Cannes Film Festival in France to meet film industry professionals from 140 ...

As sea levels rise, coastal families in the Philippines tackle the fear of displacement—and what it means for the next ...

It is not clear when the first komedia was staged in the different towns of northern Philippines” KOMEDIA, for scores the highlight of many town fiestas ...

While it is disappointing that the Senate decided to reschedule the presentation of articles of impeachment against Vice ...

Limasawa, the smallest municipality in Southern Leyte, is popularly known as the site of the Easter Mass celebrated by the Magellan expedition in 1521. But I visited Limasawa not because of its ...