Literary

The Recessional
07
Jun
By Bettina Katryn Reyes
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The Recessional

It takes approximately twenty steps to cross the Arch from Lovers Lane. At the fifth, the screaming begins: a collective, deafening exhale of years of held breath. By the tenth step, the dizziness kicks in. The momentum of my peers carries me forward. Everything is going by too fast—the high…
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Sisa: When women march forward
18
Mar
By The Flame Literary
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Sisa: When women march forward

WHEN THE product of men’s violence and cowardice affects women and children, how does one survive the remnants of a war? Jun Robles Lana’s historical thriller Sisa, set in the waning of American colonization in the Philippines, serves to illustrate the retribution of those women. The film recently won Best Screenplay Award Directors Week…
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The Loved One: Ten years down the drain
05
Mar
By The Flame Literary
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The Loved One: Ten years down the drain

“LOVE MAKES ordinary people into poets, philosophers… and monsters.” The Loved One is a film for those in love and in doubt about their relationship. It is a story of how two lovers lost one another in a decade’s worth of a relationship after failing to realize that differences did not start on…
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Gitling: Yearning in silence
03
Mar
By The Flame Literary
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Gitling: Yearning in silence

SILENCE IS a love language employed when the heart wants to say so much, but is not capable of articulating it fully. In Gitling, the love left unsaid lingers in the air; silence holds more weight, speaking louder than any poetic dialogue or confession of love. Directed by Jopy Arnaldo, the film was…
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Bahay-bahayan
19
Feb
By Bettina Katryn Reyes
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Bahay-bahayan

  SIGURO KUNG puwede, hinalikan na kita. 'Di ko naman dinadamdam sa gabi na maraming puwedeng makakita sa 'tin—prof ko, prof mo, kasama ko sa trabaho, pati nga kung sino mang Diyos na nasa itaas. Pero hindi puwede. mawawala ka at mawawala ako. Maaaring mawala pa tayo sa buhay ng…
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Pahalik sa Makasalanan
10
Jan
By Hjadoeya Calica
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Pahalik sa Makasalanan

  TAHIMIK lahat. Nag-iisang dibdib ang katawan at kaluluwa. Hawak-hawak ko ang lubid, pinagpapasa-pasahan, pilit tinutuwid ang daloy ng mga debotong gaya ko. Sa loob ko taimtim na nagmumuni-muni, “Ilang kamay na ang humawak dito?” Sa pag-iisip ko ako’y nawala, naamoy ang amoy ng insenso’t sigarilyo, kumakapit sa baga kong…
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