Basti Cabasagan

Eight films set in Filipino universities and what they say about love

LOVE IS everywhere, even in the halls of our universities. They say college is where we find ourselves, but more often than not, it’s also where we find love. Not just the kind that sweeps us off our feet, but the kind that changes us—for better or worse. It could be a bond that lasts […]

By Basti Cabasagan and Haseena Montante

February 28, 2025

By Basti Cabasagan and Haseena Montante • February 28, 2025

DRPH Season 3 catchphrases for your everyday puksaans

THEY PROMISED to be the best and most iconic season yet, and oh girl, did they deliver. Drag Race Philippines (DRPH) Season 3 caught the world by storm, becoming the topic on everybody’s glossy lips throughout and even beyond its airing. The third installment of the Philippine edition of the hit reality show RuPaul’s Drag […]

By Yna Abdurahman, Ysa Agdamag and Basti Cabasagan

November 21, 2024

By Yna Abdurahman, Ysa Agdamag and Basti Cabasagan • November 21, 2024

Navigating the volatility of love: MusicArtes’s “The Half-Life of Marie Curie”

TRAVERSING THE world of The Half-Life of Marie Curie, we follow the esteemed physicist, played by Missy Maramara, as she entangles herself with her late husband’s student, Paul Langevin, in a scandalous affair that has tainted her illustrious career. Amid the chaos, she secretly retreats to the British coast with her long-time friend, Hertha Ayrton […]

By Basti Cabasagan

September 26, 2024

By Basti Cabasagan • September 26, 2024