Limelight

The Goethe-Institut proudly presents the fourth edition of its annual German film festival, KinoFest, taking place across Southeast Asia and the Pacific from October to November 2025. This year’s program brings the newest German films to audiences in the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand, Thailand, Vietnam, and Timor Leste. KinoFest 2025 offers a diverse line-up spanning documentary, adventure, drama, …

by Boy Villasanta It takes a school teacher to redirect the path a remote barrio has embarked to attain progress in many levels of its rural life. This is the defining moment of the film “Madawag ang Landas Patungong Pag-asa” that won the Best Film plum at the awards night of the 7th Sinag Maynila Film Festival held at Gateway …

by Boy Villasanta Because “Food Delivery Fresh from the West Philippine Sea” which was a selection from the 2025 Cine Panalo Film Festival but was dropped from its roll, cancelled its screening at the last minute, embargoed for years by the organizer itself, the producer, Voyage Films, deemed it right to market and promote it by themselves. The power couple …

Deja vu. These twin rallies in Metro Manila commemorating the 53rd anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law. The “Trillion Peso March” at the People Power Monument in EDSA and the “Bahain ang Luneta: Aksyon Laban sa Korapsyon” at Rizal Park constituted a collective outpouring of anger and disgust of the Filipinos against erring public officials who are supposed to …

After Luneta, I went straight to EDSA. By two o’clock in the afternoon, the stretch from Shaw Boulevard to EDSA Shrine in Ortigas Avenue to Santolan/Boni Serrano Avenue, was filled with people although as early as the break of dawn, there were already marchers on the highway. Varied chants filled the air: “Mga Kurakot, Ikulong na ‘Yan (Corrupt, Jail Them),” “Jinggoy, …

Let me walk you through these mass actions on a Sunday, morning and afternoon, while typhoon Nando threatened to intensify. Literally, walking down T.M. Kalaw, goosebumps slowly creeped my skin as I witnessed the sea of people from all walks of life swelled in defiance of the massive corruption in government. I was teary-eyed at the enthusiasm and passion of …

This is a pre-All Souls’ Day homage to dearly beloved departed show people and our unforgettable encounters with the loved ones they left behind. Aside from my social media contact points with Cherie Loanzon Dumaual, the widow of the late ABS-CBN Entertainment Bureau Chief Mario V. Dumaual, I am reunited with Mario and Cherie’s friend Grace David. Grace and Cherie …

It’s already out. No, not Jinggoy Estrada yet. It’s actor Robby Tarroza who has let the cat out of the bag. It’s Robby who spilled the beans that Jinggoy is gay. In his Facebook wall, Tarroza posted an acerbic expose.  “Jinggoy mag resign ka na (resign) kundi (otherwise) i will be forced to tell the country about your double life!!! …

BEYOND ELLIPTICALBy Rose Marie de la Cruz For the longest time, farmers and fisherfolk have been denouncing the surge in importations of almost all food items in the country, to a point of robbing them outright of their share of the local market. But most of the time, their clamor had fallen on deaf ears. This is just from legitimate …

By Boy Villasanta After Maine Mendoza issued her first statement about the involvement of Arjo Atayde in the anomalous transactions of contractors with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) where she vehemently generally defended her husband against the accusations, the actress comes out more openly. “Forgive me for speaking up again this time. I know it may be …