As the well-worn adage goes, sometimes truth can be stranger than fiction. The story of Thelma Post is certainly a fascinating one – after falling victim to a phone scam that robbed her of $10,000 of her savings, 93-year-old retiree Thelma chose to not simply allow the perpetrators to get away with such a despicable…

Every country has a small set of filmmakers who are usually cited as being the canonical representatives of their cinematic culture. Whether this is through the stories they tell or their revolutionary techniques, we often find these filmmakers are amongst the most important of their respective generations. As far as cinema of the Philippines tends…

Amongst his wide body of notable quotes, Oscar Wilde once famously quipped that memory “is the diary that we all carry about with us” – it is an assemblage of all the moments in our lives that are filed away in our minds to be used when they are necessary. It is also the one…

Being in the public eye is quite an experience – as Andy Warhol famously quipped, we will all have our fifteen minutes of fame. In the case of a select few, they’ll be able to reap the rewards of this momentary prosperity later on in life, earning one of the many lifetime achievement awards that…

Ambition is the lifeblood of any artistic endeavour, but yet we find some industries are openly showing their disdain for those who demonstrate the gumption to go against the grain, despite audiences usually being receptive to works that are unlike anything we have previously encountered. However, this has not prevented many wildly audacious filmmakers from…

“Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional” – this adage has been plastered over many a mug and retirement home common area over the years, and it’s one of those motivational quotes that encourages us to remain young at heart, even when we progress in years. It seems like Stéphane Robelin followed this concept…

There’s nothing quite like summertime when you’re young – the combination of cool air, warm temperatures and the refreshing iciness of whatever body of water we find ourselves in on a hot afternoon has always been something that one tends to remember quite fondly – and it only helps if we’re surrounded by friends and…

There is an argument to be made that, when all is said and done, that Howard Hawks could quite possibly be the greatest film director in the history of American cinema. Perhaps it’s an idea more strongly argued by those who adore Hawks and his unique approach to filmmaking, but it’s difficult to look at…

Who of us doesn’t enjoy a pleasant holiday? The idea of escaping our day-to-day life and spending a certain amount of time basking in the sun or exploring some new location is always appealing, at least in terms of how most of us see these situations. However, for Srdjan Dragojevic, a holiday is a far…

At some point in our childhood, we are all asked a straightforward question: “What do you want to be when you grow up?”, an innocent and pleasant question that usually results in answers that are charming often quite funny, and mostly unrealistic. The reality is that, except for a few people who are traditionally outliers…