Have time, will hike
By Michael Angelo S. Murillo
Book
Day Hikes and Nature Walks from Manila
By Gideon Lasco
“YOU NEED not go far to find beautiful places; many of them...
The Wine Show: Getting to know the grape with Matthews Goode and Rhys
The Binge
Jessica Zafra
THE WINE SHOW answers the age-old question: good looks or personality? Specifically, would you rather spend time with two very attractive men...
Mother lover
By Noel Vera
DVD Review
Goodnight Mommy
Directed by Severin Fiala
and Veronika Franz
SEVERIN FIALA and Veronika Franz’s Goodnight Mommy is perfect Mother’s Day fare -- if your...
Happy 30th Birthday, Ferris Bueller
By Richard Roeper
FOR THE RECORD: No, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is NOT my favorite movie of all time.
I’ve been hearing that one for at...
Better Call Saul Season 2: Jimmy tries to think inside the box, kicks through...
The Binge
Jessica Zafra
ONE OF THE THINGS we loved about Breaking Bad was its sheer nerdiness. By nerdiness I mean a laser-focused expertise that manifests...
Back to the future
DVD Review
Peppermint Candy
Directed by Lee Chang-dong
By Noel Vera
Lee Chang-dong’s sophomore feature Peppermint Candy (1999) is perhaps his most formally innovative, starting with a man’s...
Booker triumph ushers in new era for South Korean writers
By Giles Hewitt Hwang Sung-Hee
SEOUL — South Korean writer Han Kang’s Booker prize marks a major victory for a decade-long effort to drag one...
Hamilton: The romance of history, rendered in hip-hop
The Binge
Jessica Zafra
WHAT A COMFORT it is after an intense and contentious election to hear a musical that makes you want to give standing...
Hamilton adored by scalpers too with $12.5-million windfall
THE BROADWAY HIT Hamilton is making millions. It could be making millions more if not for scalpers snapping up seats and hawking them for...
Saul surfer
By Noel Vera
DVD Review
Son of Saul
Directed by Lazlo Nemes
LAZLO NEMES’ extraordinarily shot and executed debut feature Son of Saul answers a question I (and...
Radiohead inches back to rock roots on bleak new album
NEW YORK — Radiohead, the band for two decades synonymous with experimentation, has inched back to its rock roots on a long-awaited album that...
Game On: The most obsessively watched show on television begins its sixth season
The Binge
Jessica Zafra
WARNING: Here be dragons and spoilers.
It ended with a corpse, and it begins with a corpse. Then other corpses. Many, many corpses.
The...