That Florence Welch (and her Machine) of otherworldly, witchy-woman fame has only now sung a track for the pop-culture fantasy phenomenon that is “Game of Thrones” and it is utterly astounding.
Two years after her last release, Baek Yerin delivers an all-English wonder in “Our Love Is Great,” a track from her latest album of the same name.
This one’s totally devoid of romance. Sekai no Owari wouldn’t live up to its reputation as a highly conceptual Japanese pop-rock band if it fed the masses literal, straightforward stuff.
The group can share living expenses, which translates to (a) eating well and healthy or, at the very least, not relying only on instant noodles or nuked frozen meals; (b) booking comfy, well-appointed lodgings.
Barely had the first quarter of 2019 reached its halfway mark and already K-dramaland had released a towering, haunting masterpiece in “SKY Castle.”
And yet we did show up in such a state—a li’l haggard from work, hair disheveled from the quick tricycle ride—one Thursday evening before the Season of Christmas Carmaggedon, for a night of French music with South African saxophonist Adam Campbell and the Philippines’ very own Mariel Ilusorio on the piano.
The crime/detective TV series began its resurgence about a decade ago when the BBC’s modern-day “Sherlock” enthralled viewers worldwide with an excellent display of British screenwriting, acting and sauciness, topped off with the tandem of Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman.
It’s a punch in the gut to have one of the best contemporary Asian films—Hirokazu Kore-eda’s exquisitely devastating drama, “Shoplifters”—be shut out of the Oscar Best Picture race.
We’re betting on two women filmmakers whose works are featured at the 13th Spring Film Festival, the annual showcase of contemporary Chinese cinema spearheaded by Ateneo de Manila University’s Ricardo Leong Center for Chinese Studies.
The name MNL48 stands for the Philippine capital, spelled in the airport code
