Walden Bello
Activist • Academic • Journalist • Writer
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Cornering a Predator, Bringing them Back Alive: Review of She Said and Thirteen Lives
If you ask me, two films that should definitely be in contention for best film at the Oscars this year are “She Said” and...
Re: Dolly de Leon’s Nomination as Best Supporting Actress for the Golden Globes
Her performance in Triangle of Sadness, where she turns from a meek OFW to, well, a not-so-meek OFW, was superb and saved...
The Continuing Imprisonment of Leila de Lima Is an International Scandal
Her incarceration for having the temerity to investigate former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is a stain on the...
Spellbinding: Review of Decision to Leave by Park Chan Wook
The professional and the personal merge intricately to create a memorable story of crime and passion set in a Korea...
Towards 2042: Review of Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
Others have made the point that America has a caste system, but no one has made it as effectively as Isabel Wilkerson. By a...
Emancipation Review
You can never fail with a story of someone successfully eluding those chasing him with bloodthirsty dogs. And if it’s a...