Rozz Lapitan

Ateneo ENTABLADO’s MAKIBAKA! Huwag…  fearlessly unpacks labor woes across the decades

PROTEST TAKES many forms—each one requiring immense courage to carry over a resounding message. To start their 43rd season, Ateneo ENTABLADO mounted MAKIBAKA! Huwag…, a twinbill production that boldly highlights the plight of Filipino workers who have endured—from picket lines to online discourse. The show’s two-hour runtime is divided into adaptations of both classic and […]

By Rozz Lapitan

November 28, 2025

By Rozz Lapitan • November 28, 2025

Vantage Magazine’s 2024 Oscars Picks and Predictions

Best Animated Feature Nominees:  The Boy and the Heron Elemental Nimona Robot Dreams Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Vant Fave: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse The second installment in the Spider-Verse franchise definitely lived up to our expectations. It highlighted a more expansive world of spider-people and their spider-ventures, along with a captivating array of animation styles […]

By Alyssa Adul, Chanel Ang, Rozz Lapitan and Tan Dela Cruz

March 10, 2024

By Alyssa Adul, Chanel Ang, Rozz Lapitan and Tan Dela Cruz • March 10, 2024

Queering the horror scene: How the community transformed its shadowy spaces

HORROR HAS always been queer. Since the genre’s conception, horror characters have long hidden their repressed selves behind the campy make-up of the supernatural. If the idea behind horror is about wanting to look at what you should not see, no one can relate more to the suppression of natural desires than the LGBTQIA+ community. […]

By Alyssa Adul and Rozz Lapitan

December 4, 2023

By Alyssa Adul and Rozz Lapitan • December 4, 2023