In addition to embracing a growing nationalistic fever and populism, he and others are in effect products of Sikolohirang Pilipino, or a need for Filipino beliefs, values and institutions. The Philippines, which actually derived its name from King Philip II of Spain, was ruled by Spain for three centuries. Then, from 1898 to 1946, the United States conquered the Pacific island nation ... for its arrogance....
While the Nigerian government is negotiating the release of another 83 of the Chibok schoolgirls taken in a mass abduction in 2014, officials say more than 100 of the remaining schoolgirls appear unwilling to return home, The Belfast Telegraph reported Tuesday....
Police “arrested a famous Snapchat personality who appeared in video clips dressed like women,” the newspaper with close links to the Saudi authorities reported, adding some Saudi citizens had taken issue with the suspect dressing “inappropriately.”.Saudi Arabia’s strict moral and Islamic laws have seen others arrested for similar offenses ... One of his friends tells the Kuwaiti man Abu Sin is “going to take a while....
Melania Trump rose to her husband’s defense on Monday, describing disgusting comments the Republican presidential nominee made on a leaked 2005 video in which he bragged about groping women as “boy talk.”. Trump, who has kept a low profile during her husband’s presidential bid, gave her first television interviews since the October 7 release of the tape that has shaken Donald Trump’s campaign ... “No....
A top hair and make-up artist and a film production company formed by Ken Loach and others are to be honoured at this year's Bafta Scotland awards. SixteenFilms and Christine Cant will be presented with outstanding contribution awards at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in Scotland (Bafta Scotland) ceremony in Glasgow next month....
We're getting closer to this year's AmericanFilmMarket, which means there will be a lot of announcements of film "packages" – rights to projects with directors and stars attached that will be up for sale to distributors ...There are no better actors to work with Niall to bring this film to life.”....
Gillo Pontecorvo’s 1966 Italian-Algerian film about the French occupation of Algiers in the 1950s is possibly the most realistic feature film about urban guerrilla warfare — and in the era of the Islamic State, it’s never been more relevant....
On Tuesday, the 62-year-old documentarian revealed that he has been secretly working on a film about Donald Trump, "Michael Moore in TrumpLand," that he plans to release in Los Angeles and New York on Wednesday ... The film is based on a one-man show Moore tried to mount in Ohio last month ... According to a synopsis posted on the IFC Center's website, much of the "TrumpLand" footage was likely filmed at that Ohio gig....
In 1987, before Keralites could think beyond the Dashapushpam or of buying blooms from across the State to deck up the Athappookalam, film-maker Padmarajan brought home a flower, or at least a feel of it ... The film was a hit; its name a bigger one ... Writer Sreejith Perumthachan’s latest book Perayaninneyiha is a collection of such stories behind names of famous films and people....
To celebrate election season, Modern Matinees takes a look at elections, candidates, politicians, constituents, rivals, dissenters, lobbyists, and media pundits in films drawn largely from MoMA's collection ... While contemporary films may present cheeky, irreverent, or critical portraits of the Oval Office and its inhabitants, classics like D ... Organized by AnneMorra, Associate Curator, Department of Film....
The 24-minute animated film is included in the new 2-disc DVD set for Jurassic World. Originally, the short film was broadcast as a 5-part series on the Jurassic World and LEGO YouTube Channels ...The newfilm, which will begin production in Hawaii early next year, will once again star Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard and as far as anyone can guess, will not follow the LEGO storyline nor will it be as child-friendly....
"SISTER JAGUAR'S JOURNEY", a documentary film about a nun who travels to Ecuador's rainforest, takes part in a ayahuasca plant medicine ceremony, and finds God, will be screened as part of this year's LaFemme InternationalFilmFestival in Beverly Hills from October 20-23. "SisterJaguar's Journey" tells the story of Sister JudyBisignano, a Dominican nun, who spent sixty-eight years looking for God in all the wrong places ... ....
The film's release comes three weeks before the Nov ... The film is based on a one-man show, "October Surprise," that Moore, a vocal critic of the Republican presidential contender, recently ......