Gael Garcia Bernal is alluring in Slow Cinema pioneer Lav Diaz's unconventional biopic, which deromanticizes the brutal colonialist Ferdinand Magellan ...
The director and star reveal why the "hero" of the Philippines was actually a myth, how historical records lied about the ...
The new film Magellan chronicles the life of Portuguese colonizer Ferdinand Magellan, the first person to circumnavigate the globe. Known for his voyage crossing the Pacific Ocean and landing on the ...
This year’s International Feature Film shortlist reflects a category shaped by urgency. The selections favor films responding to active pressure points, wars, courts, borders, labor systems, and ...
AROUND this time of year in 1521, the explorer Ferdinand Magellan was in Philippine waters. In a little over three weeks from today, 504 years ago, he would be dead, killed by tribesmen led by ...