Limelight

In a rare occurence, broadcasting giants ABS-CBN Corp. and GMA Network Inc. are set to co-host a public television conference at the former’s Dolphy Theater on November 6 and the Luxent Hotel in Quezon City on the 7th. 

Let me begin this column by offering congratulations. First, to acclaimed actress Shamaine Centenera-Buencamino, who received a best actress nomination at the Ninth Annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards (Apsa) for her marvelous performance in writer-director Sigrid Andrea P. Bernardo’s offbeat comedy Lorna. Her nomination is the only one the Philippines got this year, and the country’s 10th since the Apsa …

By Yuri Kageyama / The Associated Press Tokyo—Celebrated Filipino director Brillante Ma. Mendoza, taking center stage at the Tokyo International Film Festival, is pursuing a collaboration with other Asian filmmakers—a cultural connection that might be as simple as rice. 

In 1979, Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now premiered in Hollywood amid much controversy. Shot in a fishing village in Baler town, Aurora province, the Vietnam War film took way too long to shoot and went way over budget. When Coppola, his actors and his crew left the town in 1977, they had no idea their film would have such an …

Early this month, Sen. Grace Poe-Llamanzares urged public schools to hold screenings of historical films, such as the award-winning Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo and the blockbuster Heneral Luna, for their students and initiate meaningful discussions on these biopics with them.

Review by Lindsey Bahr / The Associated Press Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies, much like its misunderstood litigator, is a film that plays the long game. This complex Cold War drama, soaked in shadows, blues, grays and furrowed brows, is a slow burn that challenges the audience to trust where it’s going.

Late last week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Ampas), the Los Angeles-based organization that hands out the Oscars, released to the media its list of films that will compete for the five slots in the foreign-language film category at the 88th Academy Awards. 

Review by Cristina Jaleru / The Associated Press Sophomore albums are notoriously tricky propositions, but Selena Gomez’s second solo venture, Revival (Interscope Records), breezes through to the finish line—the dance floor—with 11 nearly impeccable tracks that skip from the 1960s to the 1980s to right this minute. 

Review by Mesfin Fekadu / The Associated Press “It was in summer that you left me, the fall and winter never felt so cold, and Lord knows words can never express it, life feels so empty, I miss you much,” Janet Jackson sings about her late brother, Michael Jackson.

New York—Score one for the selfie stick: Cindy Crawford believes those photos of you by you can help boost self-image.