Philippines
The Food Scene
A New Crop of Unapologetic Sandwiches
Sanwits, in the old Rowdy Rooster flagship spot, serves a glorious mashup of American sandwich styles and frank Filipino flavors.
The Front Row
Sundance Is a Feast of World Cinema
This year’s edition of the prime showcase for American independent filmmaking offered two instant classics, “Filipiñana” and “zi,” made in Asia.
The Food Scene
The Casual Confidence of Lola’s
An alumna of Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group offers a Southern-inflected menu that subtly sings.
Q. & A.
A Journalist Exposes the Philippines’ Extralegal Killings
The reporter Patricia Evangelista discusses the country’s drug wars, Rodrigo Duterte’s murderous rhetoric, and how she manages the difficulties of covering trauma.
The Political Scene Podcast
Rodrigo Duterte’s Deadly Promise
When an outrageous yet charismatic candidate for President promises to kill suspected criminals, the reporter Patricia Evangelista says, we should listen: it may not be just a talking point.
The Political Scene Podcast
The Nobel Prize Winner Maria Ressa on the Turmoil at Facebook
Ressa, a Filipino American journalist, discusses the latest revelations of the social network’s failure to control disinformation and hate.
The Front Row
What to Stream: “Bontoc Eulogy,” a Filipino Filmmaker’s Docu-Fiction About His Grandfathers’ Disappearances
Marlon Fuentes’s only feature to date relates his own family history to colonialism past and present.
Photo Booth
Trees Reduced to Twigs: A Haiyan Portfolio
Repo Dept.
New Old Car
Photo Booth
Martin Roemers’s Swirling Megacities
Briefly Noted
God’s Arbiters
The Political Scene
Romney’s Dilemma
Page-Turner
The Exchange: Eliza Griswold
A Reporter at Large
The Mastermind
A Reporter at Large