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Rant and Rave: Exploring life beyond ambition with ‘Bar Boys: After School’

‘Bar Boys: After School’ testifies to the crime of overexertion—both within the bounds of its narrative capacity and the arduous burden on our justice system.

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Rant and Rave: We couldn’t be happier with ‘Wicked: For Good’

With its death-defying sequel, Wicked’s cinematic legacy has been changed “For Good.”

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Rant and Rave: Going from zero to hero with ‘Dispatch’

From disgruntled heroes to evolving ex-villains, ‘Dispatch’ proves that everyone—even fans and developers of tired video game genres—deserves a second chance.

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Rant and Rave: When ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ shines too bright

Swift casts the glaring spotlight on the grit and glamor of ‘The Life of a Showgirl.’

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Rant and Rave: In ‘Para Kay B,’ love can stay or stray

This adaptation of Ricky Lee’s ‘Para Kay B’ is a tragic tale of love—in all its misery and mystery.

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25 Cents’ Worth: The 4Ps’ paper-thin fix to poverty

Despite billions in funds, the 4Ps leaves social workers strained and families on a cycle of dependence, not a path out of poverty.

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Project Gunita resists in radical remembrance of Martial Law

Beyond being a digital archive, Project Gunita shines as a beacon of collective action rooted in the radical refusal to let history fade.

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Writer’s Recap: Gaza’s fractured voices reach DLSU in ‘Stories of Displacement: Palestine & Beyond’

Various voices and experts forged solidarity at a dialogue hosted by the Palestinian Collective, bridging the Filipino and Palestinian experiences of war and conflict.

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Rant and Rave: In “Into the Woods,” local artistry shapes our ever after

Audiences were swept “Into the Woods” with a fantastically local rendition of the Stephen Sondheim classic.

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Writer’s Recap: A nation in motion at LSDC-Folk’s ‘Ulayaw’

Last October 25, the La Salle Dance Company-Folk (LSDC-Folk) rekindled the past with the long-awaited second run of their 12th-anniversary dance concert, Ulayaw, at the Teresa Yuchengco Auditorium. Deriving its meaning from the Filipino word for intimate conversations, the event’s title became a guiding light for the troupe as they channeled not just choreographic mastery,…