Veteran Polish director Agnieszka Holland whose films have been nominated three times in the Best Foreign Language film category, namely ‘Angry Harvest’ (1985), ‘Europa, Europa’ (1990), and ‘In Darkness’ (2011), has finally realized her decades long dream project about the enigmatic literary giant, Franz Kafka, in her latest Academy Awards contender, ‘Franz’. The celebrated international filmmaker shares her… Read More »
Ontario is home to one of the largest and fastest-growing Filipino communities in Canada. The Greater Toronto Area alone hosts over 250,000 Filipinos, contributing to a provincial population that forms a significant share of the nearly 960,000 Canadians of Filipino descent nationwide. This vibrant community plays an increasingly visible role in Ontario’s economic landscape—energizing sectors such as food… Read More »
In terms of hiring, I have this, admittedly somewhat idealistic, holistic view: STEP 1: Candidates apply to a job opening. STEP 2: Candidates who applied according to the employer’s application instructions and based on their resume, appear qualified are selected for further assessment. STEP 3: The selected candidate’s LinkedIn activity and digital footprint are reviewed to assess their… Read More »
We have so many things to be thankful for. We are still healthy and enjoying our retirement and doing Balita on the side. Being retired is a blessing as some did not reach this age to enjoy their lives. We are thankful that we are provided for, our government is giving us what we deserved and what we… Read More »
Exhale. Repeat a few times. A relaxed mind is the best tool against your challenges. While I don’t have a crystal ball to predict what the 2026 job market will look like, I do have insights from numerous conversations with recruiters and hiring managers, coupled with a strong gut feeling that leads me to believe the following factors… Read More »
I greet the New Year with great hope and positivity as always, with a solemn prayer for better things tucked in for good measure. Better things because I am feeling blessed as can be, having overcome the greatest hurdles of my life, which come with bringing you the news through Balita. Looking back, it is interesting to note… Read More »
“…To The Victory” is a unanimous choice for this year’s “Platform award” amongst a very strong selection. Bringing cinematic language to its roots and at the same time masterfully playing with audience expectation, this film dismantles convention to reveal deeply resonant universal emotion. Director Valentyn Vasyanovych has choreographed a mise-en-scène, rendered with masterful precision, arriving at the kind… Read More »
This year is winding up, heralding some semblance to contemplate on how the world of cinema has managed to persevere and survive. Every cinephile can attest that the film industry they lean on continues to deal with major hurdles: reduction of audience numbers in theatres, monstrous streaming competition, fractious consequence of artificial intelligence (AI) on creativity, and soaring… Read More »
Strategically appearing as a low-risk candidate is one of the most effective ways to stand out from your competition. Many job seekers love to spend their time and energy criticizing how employers eliminate and hire candidates, which is easy to do when you’re not the one bearing the many risks that come with hiring. When I hear or… Read More »
Guillermo del Toro was seven years old when he first saw ‘Frankenstein’ starring Boris Karloff as the creature. It was his epiphany, vowing to follow his messiah in creating a ‘sacred horror’ of a world. It was spawned by his fear-based religion and Mexican rooted dark imagination. He felt compelled to make his own cinematic version of the… Read More »