Mar 14, 20174 minDeath, or Endless Charmby Andrea Macalino ▶︎ There is, obviously, something about Neil Gaiman and Mike Dringenberg’s version of Death. An anthropomorphic...
Feb 16, 20177 minThe Uncritical Subjects, OR: How The Empire Strikes Backby Katrina Stuart Santiago ▶︎ One would understand how an exhibit such as Artist And Empire, (En)Countering Colonial Legacies might...
Feb 4, 20175 minIn the King’s Wild Company: Re-Reading Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrellby Andrea Macalino ▶︎ For many years now, I’ve stopped being a re-reader. Whenever I find a book that I feel enchanted with, I gobble it...
Jan 5, 20173 minDealing with a lunatic: A comic book reviewby Andrea N. Macalino ▶︎ No matter what they say, one can’t help but judge a book by its cover. That’s certainly what makes “Lunatic”...
Dec 20, 20167 minMemory notwithstanding: Notes on PBT’s “Filipino Masterpieces”by Joelle Jacinto ▶︎ Philippine Ballet Theatre (PBT) turns 30 this year, and the celebration was both onstage and online —former dancers...
Dec 10, 20164 minLove, labor, lost Jaime Oscar M. Salazar ▶︎ It is this facility for highlighting and chastising human frailty that Molière PMS—an Egg Theater Company...
Nov 6, 20163 minSomething Other Than the Given: on The Passion by Jeanette Wintersonby Andrea Macalino ▶︎ Whenever I write about something that’s been published a while back, I always mull over the irony of the word...
Oct 25, 20163 minTending to 'Wounded Little Gods'by Andrea N. Macalino ▶︎ There’s something always captivating about spirits, gods, and magic lying in wait—and that’s true in the...
Oct 20, 20163 min"Changing Partners": Dazzling despite sentimentalityby Glenn Diaz ▶︎ The most glaring implication of the conceit at the core of Changing Partners is on gender but it manages to do more. In...
Sep 8, 20164 minA plea for policy, a cry for critiqueby Patrick Flores ▶︎ Always, there lurks largesse in political appointments as if it were some natural order of things. Of course there...