Literary Archives - Page 58 of 65

In Neomanila, Mortality Rises while Morality Loses

03

Nov

0 Comments

In Neomanila, Mortality Rises while Morality Loses

HUMANS HAVE the tendency to struggle for their survival. When circumstances born out of naturalism render them marred, they respond to the situation by defense. This defense manifests in the form of violence. There is always a propensity to fight—to emerge from the tumultuous arena that is the world victoriously.…

02

Nov

By Editor in Chief

0 Comments

The Chanters: More Than A Tribal Legacy

By CORHEINNE JOYCE B. COLENDRES FOR THE last chanter of their tribe, Ramon Navarro (Romulo Caballero) considers chanting to be beyond telling the story of a great epic, and merely keeping up with his tribe’s tradition. Chanting has evolved to become a means of preservation for their tribe’s entire history.…

BALANGIGA: Howling Wilderness – Painting the Unspoken in a Dreamscape

31

Oct

By Maria Antoinette Malicse

0 Comments

BALANGIGA: Howling Wilderness – Painting the Unspoken in a Dreamscape

By MARIA ANTOINETTE A. MALICSE CARL JUNG a Swiss psychoanalyst, believed dreams to be the direct and natural expression of the present condition of the dreamer’s internal state. In the QCinema 2017 Circle Competition entry, director Khavn De La Cruz artistically makes use of dreaming as an instrument to highlight…

28

Oct

By Editor in Chief

0 Comments

Refraction

THE WEIGHT of the sea seemed to settle at the pit of my stomach, and for the first time in a long while, I felt substantial. As I stood by the coastline watching the water steadily ebb and flow, the wind gently brushed against my face as if consoling me…

Riding in Tandem: The Narrative Behind Every Gunshot

28

Oct

By Editor in Chief

1 Comment

Riding in Tandem: The Narrative Behind Every Gunshot

By JESSICA MAUREEN P. GAURANO LIFE HAS always been a never-ending struggle to stay alive. However, at one point in everybody’s lives, man will always find himself moving closer towards the edge of his end. Riding in Tandem, an entry for this month’s Cinelokal, offers an answer as to where justice is written…

25

Oct

By Editor in Chief

0 Comments

Ultramarine

PEOPLE HAVE spent their early mornings beneath ultramarine skies, waiting for the train to arrive. Everyone waits in line, on dilapidated platforms to hop aboard the train to places scattered underneath this blue royalty. People are catapulted into the day without knowing what is bluer, our lives and transgressions or…

14

Oct

By Editor in Chief

0 Comments

One to Two Steps at a Time

AFTER A long day of festivities and celebration, she sat at the edge of her king-sized bed in solitude. To think that from someone who sold pirated DVDs, she had become an award-winning film director. Life sure could be funny. In her hand was a trophy decorated with authentic gold—nothing…

Captive: Capturing the Dualistic Nature of Man

11

Oct

By Maria Antoinette Malicse

0 Comments

Captive: Capturing the Dualistic Nature of Man

By MARIA ANTIONETTE A. MALICSE IT IS naïve to think that something as complex as a human person only has a single facet. In his film Captive, Brillante Mendoza attempted to capture the dualistic nature of man, and through injecting a flare of humanity in his characterization of the members…

07

Oct

By Editor in Chief

0 Comments

The Memory of a Flame

HE WAS a steady flare full of ambitions and goals. When he was a student of mine, he used to talk about going places and leaving a legacy behind and every time he stepped out of the classroom, he walked as if he was already taking on the world. However,…

Singing in Graveyards: The Reality of Retributions

05

Oct

By Adrian Paul Tañedo

0 Comments

Singing in Graveyards: The Reality of Retributions

By ADRIAN PAUL L. TAÑEDO PLANNING COMEBACKS in real life is sometimes nothing more than a wish to return to halcyon days, and most of the time, those attempts prove nothing to be futile. Some obsess over the past and hope that they could relive it, while others keep waiting for…