We use cookies to ensure you get the best experience on PhilSTAR Life. By continuing, you are agreeing to our privacy policy and our use of cookies. Find out more here.

I agreeI disagree

generations The 100 List Style Living Self Celebrity Geeky News and Views
In the Paper BrandedUp Watch Hello! Create with us Privacy Policy
About the author

SCOTT GARCEAU, The Philippine STAR

Scott Garceau is desk editor and Lifestyle columnist (The X-Pat Files) for The Philippine STAR. He also paints, writes imaginary novels, and plays guitar and sings alongside his spouse in the alt-pop band, The Garceaus.

Books

Murakami takes a romantic look at the walls between us

March 24, 2025

Art

Art in the Park gives chill vibes after hectic ‘Art Month’

March 17, 2025

Film

A tale of two Mickeys

March 10, 2025

Film

Edifice complex

March 3, 2025

Art

Public art that makes you part of the painting or story

February 24, 2025

Art

Celebrated Filipino artists highlight Manila Liberation Day with WW2 images

February 16, 2025

Movies

Quick pics

February 16, 2025

Movies

Rom-coms: the good, the bad, and the ugly cry

February 12, 2025

Art

The waxing and the waning

February 11, 2025

Art

A glass menagerie inspired by Medusa

February 10, 2025

Art

Bringing the art diaspora back home (through a Nena Saguil lens)

February 3, 2025

Art

(Not so) Bizarre art triangle

January 27, 2025

Film

Quick Pics: No pain, no gain

January 27, 2025

Art

The presence (and absence) of Ryuichi Sakamoto

January 20, 2025

Music

Blood, sugar, breath and cosmos magik

January 13, 2025

Books

Ladies and gentlemen, we are floating in space

January 6, 2025

Art

Trains, boats, planes and buses: The Lakaran Lecture series tours Italy

December 30, 2024

Film

‘Gladiator II’ leaves us only slightly entertained

December 16, 2024

Art

Of mountains and mysteries at Venice Biennale

December 8, 2024

Performing Arts

You think you’ve got problems?

November 25, 2024

Art

Marco Ortiga makes waves with old boats

November 18, 2024

Film

‘Moana 2’ sets sail for fan hearts

November 17, 2024

Recipes

Muy bueno! Flavors from a San Sebastian-trained chef

November 14, 2024

Performing Arts

You are advised to watch Sandbox Collective's ‘Tiny Beautiful Things’

November 11, 2024

Art

Herzog, Kidlat and Enrique Marty have a cosmic encounter

November 4, 2024

Art

A shape-shifting collab gels on canvas

November 4, 2024

Film

Tom Hardy wraps up his alien bromance trilogy

October 27, 2024

Performing Arts

Shh! These two powerhouse actors are in a quiet place

October 14, 2024

Art

Driven to Abstraction

October 7, 2024

Film

‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ is more like ‘Folly à Dud’

October 6, 2024

Film

VAMOS! Time for the 23rd PelIcula Spanish Film Festival

September 30, 2024

Art

MADE comes full circle with a 40-year retrospective

September 26, 2024

Politics

Déjà vu on the campaign trail

September 9, 2024

Film

Does ‘Beetlejuice’ bear repeating?

September 8, 2024

Entertainment

Villains, cruises, and virtual gaming worlds—oh, my!

September 1, 2024

Movies

An inside-out look at success and anxiety

August 19, 2024

Entertainment

Disney’s Bob Iger pulls back the curtain at ‘Ultimate Fan Event’

August 11, 2024

Film

Deadpool’s potty-mouthed love letter to Marvel

July 29, 2024

Art

Art existing outside the frame

July 28, 2024

Film

The (re)write stuff

July 15, 2024

Film

Gone catfishing

July 8, 2024

Art

The perks of being MoCAF

July 1, 2024

Art

The flux — and flex — of art criticism

June 24, 2024

Film

Teen emotions turn Riley inside-out in Pixar’s latest

June 23, 2024

Food

Bringing a Siargao vibe to Poblacion

June 20, 2024

Music

The Pin-Up Girls are back for another close-up

June 17, 2024

Celebrity

Jo Koy’s Father’s Day special

June 17, 2024

TV/Streaming

‘The Acolyte’ takes us deeper into the Jedi Order

June 17, 2024

Art

Reynold dela Cruz at the crossroads with ’Ko-Mix’

June 10, 2024

Art

Unchained melody meets zen on canvas

June 6, 2024

Film

The fast and the ‘Furiosa’

May 27, 2024

Movies

Quick pics: Big monkey energy    

May 19, 2024

Film

Quick pics: Banana republic

May 19, 2024

Art

Banking on Banksy

May 13, 2024

Art

Exit through the Banksy show

May 13, 2024

TV/Streaming

‘The Gentlemen’ rolls another number

May 5, 2024

Film

The enemy within

May 5, 2024

Film

Zendaya’s slick ménage à tease

May 5, 2024

Art

Pinto’s ‘Buen Viaje’ promises to spice things up

May 4, 2024

Theater

This NY-based Pinoy specializes in staging ‘post-colonial space operas’

April 29, 2024

Art

The uncanny lightness of Daniel de la Cruz’s women

April 22, 2024

Movies

Quick pics: Thumbs up for ‘The Fall Guy’

April 14, 2024

Literature

Philippine Book Festival returns for ‘big celebration’ of local literature

April 8, 2024

Art

Charlie Co is still counting crows

April 1, 2024

Performing Arts

What makes ‘Miss Saigon’ still relevant today

March 25, 2024

Performing Arts

Two plays question the shifting sands of memory and time

March 11, 2024

Music

Manila Symphony Orchestra says 'viva la vida' to opera fans

March 9, 2024

Film

A visionary director rises to the level of visionary material in ’Dune Part 2’

March 4, 2024

Performing Arts

‘Spelling Bee’ goes high-tech

February 26, 2024

Art

From utopias to dystopias

February 18, 2024

Art

Untethered artists (in uncharted waters)

February 12, 2024

Art

Mark Justiniani x infinity

February 5, 2024

Art

Art diaspora comes to Singapore

January 29, 2024

Art

Recycling the future of art

January 29, 2024

Art

Tangerine dreams

January 29, 2024

Art

Art Fair PH: An ever-evolving hybrid

January 22, 2024

Anime

Mizayaki’s timeless tapestry

January 8, 2024

Film

’GomBurZa’ traces the seeds of revolution

January 1, 2024

TV/Streaming

So many series, so little time

December 24, 2023

Movies

At the movies: Delights and dampers of 2023

December 22, 2023

Film

The Christmas leftovers

December 17, 2023

Film

A Christmas confection from the Wonka factory

December 15, 2023

Art

‘Voice Against Reason’ challenges us to rise up with tiny fists

December 11, 2023

Hotels

How The Pen coped with lockdown

November 30, 2023

Art

Flower power

November 27, 2023

Art

Can’t spell Jakarta without ‘art’

November 21, 2023

Influencers

Rocket man

November 13, 2023

Horror/Supernatural

Peeling back the layers of horror

November 1, 2023

TV/Streaming

What makes Loki tick?

October 28, 2023

Film

De Niro, DiCaprio, and Scorsese score in true crime tale

October 22, 2023

Food

Breakfast any time of day—the way Pinoys like it

October 19, 2023

Art

Sound and vision with Sansó x Rega

October 16, 2023

Music

Filipinos take Disney fan engagement to the next level

October 15, 2023

Art

Snaring the foreign gaze

October 9, 2023

Film

Watch a Spanish film (and plant a tree)

October 2, 2023

Performing Arts

Birthing a nation (while raising the roof)

September 25, 2023

Travel

A time-machine walk through old Hong Kong

September 18, 2023

Film

Korean thriller shows the dark side of ‘apartment living’

September 17, 2023

Film

Who let the dogs out?

September 17, 2023

Film

Score: Denzel 3, bad guys 0

September 10, 2023

Performing Arts

An angsty ‘90s musical is revived for the YOLO generation

August 28, 2023

Books

A hard day’s night in Manila

August 27, 2023

Art

The Fil-Am artist behind amazing colossal art

August 21, 2023

Film

Popcorn movies for adrenaline junkies

August 20, 2023

TV/Streaming

Shady stories for shady times

July 30, 2023

Film

Oppenheimer and the big bang

July 24, 2023

Film

Living in a Barbie world

July 24, 2023

Movies

Now showing: True stories behind the screen

July 23, 2023

TV/Streaming

Art versus chaos in the kitchen

July 17, 2023

Movies

Cruise takes yet another blockbuster leap

July 16, 2023

Art

Jose Tence Ruiz in the age of ‘artificial confusionism’

July 10, 2023

Books

Synesthesia for your coffee table

July 3, 2023

Art

MoCAF ups the energy level

June 26, 2023

TV/Streaming

Back in Black

June 25, 2023

Music

A Fil-Am cinematographer in the L.A. spotlight

June 19, 2023

TV/Streaming

A Marvelous Skrull session

June 18, 2023

Music

Beaucoup fun, music—and love for Philippine waters

June 12, 2023

Art

Going under the surface with Pacita Abad

June 12, 2023

Film

Chris Hemsworth lit himself on fire for you

June 11, 2023

Performing Arts

Every breath you take

June 5, 2023

Film

Spider-Man, times infinity

June 4, 2023

Animation

This Pinoy FX artist took on the new Spider-Verse: ‘It blew my mind.’

May 22, 2023

Film

Racer X

May 21, 2023

Film

‘Air’ swooshes with greatness

May 21, 2023

Art

Into the macro with artist Carlo Magno

May 13, 2023

Food

Asia’s Best Female Chef 2023 Johanne Siy: ‘Sustainability is something I take very seriously’

May 11, 2023

Film

A third serving of candy-colored pop sci-fi

May 7, 2023

Anime

‘Cool new entry points’ to exploring The Force — through animation

May 4, 2023

Art

Antoni Muntadas wants to decolonize the Philippines

May 1, 2023

Film

‘Renfield’ is bloody good fun

April 30, 2023

Film

Guillermo del Toro’s craft on display at MoMA

April 23, 2023

Books

Last fan standing

April 19, 2023

Film

Everything Leonor all at once

April 3, 2023

Art

The unmasking of Hong Kong’s museums

April 2, 2023

Art

The Sistine Chapel comes to Manila

March 26, 2023

Celebrity

Slap happy: Chris Rock opens up about Will Smith’s 2022 Oscars slap on 'Selective Outrage'

March 12, 2023

Books

The tooth is out there

March 6, 2023

TV/Streaming

How to train your Baby Yoda

March 5, 2023

Film

Brendan Fraser overwhelms in ‘The Whale’

February 20, 2023

Film

‘Empire of Light’ is a cinematic love letter

February 20, 2023

Movies

Big trouble in the quantum universe

February 19, 2023

Art

A show of hands for AI-generated art?

February 13, 2023

Music

What inspired some of the greatest love songs?

February 12, 2023

Art

Welcome to the biophilic art jungle

January 30, 2023

Movies

Hooray for Hollywood?

January 29, 2023

History

When Ilustrados walked Manila

January 27, 2023

Film

The year of capsizing capitalism (on film)

January 23, 2023

Chinese New Year

Chinese action stars punch, kick, and block their way into the Year of the Rabbit

January 22, 2023

environment

A labor of light

January 16, 2023

Movies

Best 2022 movies (you probably haven’t seen yet)

January 9, 2023

TV/Streaming

Don’t call it bingeing

January 1, 2023

Books

A ‘dreamlike’ kid’s book for adults

December 26, 2022

Concert

Headstock 2022 and the long goodbye

December 25, 2022

Tourism

From Hokkaido Snow to Fukuoka Soba, Japan offers year-round wonders

December 24, 2022

Film

A bigger splash with ‘Avatar 2’?

December 18, 2022

Art

All eyes on Picasso in 2023

December 12, 2022

Christmas

Let the slay bells ring

December 11, 2022

Performing Arts

Reasons to watch a new REP version of ‘Carousel’

December 5, 2022

Movies

Dolly de Leon is the new captain. Deal with it.

December 4, 2022

Travel

My lunch with a Maasai warrior

November 27, 2022

Books

Eye in the sky

November 21, 2022

Art

Haegue Yang’s cones of concern and hybrid intermediaries

November 14, 2022

Movies

Wakanda Vision 

November 13, 2022

TV/Streaming

The curious cabinet of Doctor Del Toro

November 6, 2022

Books

Heart in hand

October 31, 2022

Art

Emerging from the pandemic into bold, artistic vision

October 30, 2022

Celebrity

Isabelle Huppert on playing ‘difficult’ characters, being a Godard ‘orphan,’ and doing the ‘Spaghetti Dance’ in the Philippines

October 27, 2022

Technology

3D that’s visible to the Naked Eye

October 21, 2022

Performing Arts

REP returns to stage with a postmodern, woke spin on ‘Carousel’

October 17, 2022

Film

Is a Clooney-Roberts screen rematch just the ticket?

October 9, 2022

Film

The unglamorous glamour of Marilyn

October 2, 2022

Events

A crafty kind of Oktoberfest

September 29, 2022

Art

Artcrawling in Jakarta

September 26, 2022

Movies

Don’t Worry — no spoilers, Darling

September 25, 2022

Film

Jo Koy’s ‘Easter Sunday’ pulls its Pinoy punches

September 21, 2022

Film

Djinning up a good story

September 19, 2022

environment

Fighting chainsaws with truth

August 28, 2022

Film

Close encounters of the Jordan Peele kind

August 21, 2022

Rock

Did you know one of the most important female bands in rock were Fil-Ams?

August 14, 2022

Art

‘Natasha’ puts a name to the face of Singapore Biennale 2022

August 8, 2022

Film

Murder and mayhem on the Brad Pitt Express

August 7, 2022

Restaurants

Oui, you can find live music with French food at this supper club

July 28, 2022

Art

A new art space in Poblacion

July 25, 2022

TV/Streaming

80’s vibes

July 11, 2022

K-drama

Meet the execs who shape Netflix Korea content

July 10, 2022

K-drama

A café in Seoul full of mystery, humor and romance

July 10, 2022

Art

Ghosts in the machine

July 4, 2022

Art

French-Filipino art collab hatches

July 2, 2022

Film

Baz Luhrmann captures the beating heart (and thrusting pelvis) of Elvis

June 26, 2022

K-drama

Meet the new crew: ‘Money Heist’ shifts to Korea

June 25, 2022

Film

Nic Cage in a daddy-buddy movie

June 19, 2022

Film

When dinosaurs ruled the screens

June 12, 2022

Film

The code-switching complexity of ‘Severance’

May 30, 2022

Film

Tom Cruise proves why he’s still Top Gun

May 29, 2022

Film

‘Downton Abbey’ goes back to the movies

May 22, 2022

environment

What’s the sound of saving the planet?

May 21, 2022

Movies

Watching movies: 10 iconic movie watches to die for

May 18, 2022

Movies

Space invaders

May 16, 2022

Film

Doctor Strange battles a seriously angry Scarlet Mommy

May 8, 2022

Art

Art takes a walk beyond the park

April 25, 2022

Art

Monster mashup, or how public spaces could now coexist with NFTs

April 25, 2022

Trending

Louis CK’s (not so welcome) comeback

April 24, 2022

Art

The digital art museum that Filipinos deserve?

April 18, 2022

Art

Hidden gardens

April 4, 2022

Celebrity

Oscar shockers, surprises and mishaps through the years

April 3, 2022

Film

A ‘9-1-1’ of an action thriller

March 21, 2022

Film

Into the Pinoy web of Spider-Man’s lola

March 19, 2022

Film

Ryan Reynolds finds his inner Adam

March 13, 2022

Art

Art in the year of the hybrid

March 7, 2022

Film

A new Batman is more sleuth than superhero

March 6, 2022

Film

The man who would be king

February 27, 2022

Film

A bro-venture set in an imaginary Philippines

February 27, 2022

Film

Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (Gaga Schemes and Denzel Stubbles)

February 21, 2022

Film

Love Japanese films? Your perfect date starts today

February 14, 2022

Film

Living La Vida J-Lo

February 11, 2022

Film

A Murakami short story takes a long journey on film

February 6, 2022

Music

Missing live music? These 2021 music docs rock

January 31, 2022

Film

Controlling the Filipino narrative in Hollywood

January 23, 2022

Film

Spidey’s identity crisis

January 16, 2022

TV/Streaming

Best TV shows from 2021: A series of fortunate events

January 9, 2022

Culture

Vanille Velasquez on repping a unique Filipino voice for 'Valorant': 'She's not a Maria Clara. She's a badass'

January 7, 2022

Movies

The crafty world of Wes Anderson

January 3, 2022

Film

The good, the bad, and the filthy

December 27, 2021

Film

What if the world ended (And nobody noticed?)

December 20, 2021

Film

Daniel Craig returns for his last 007 mission

December 13, 2021

Film

Leo, Meryl, JLaw & Adam Mckay are here to save the world

December 12, 2021

Christmas

Where Christmas streams all year round

December 10, 2021

TV/Streaming

The Beatles get back their groove

December 6, 2021

Music

Velvet goldmine

November 21, 2021

TV/Streaming

‘Succession’ straps in for a bumpy ride

November 21, 2021

TV/Streaming

Game on as ‘Arcane’ hits global screens

November 14, 2021

Film

Brillante Mendoza: ‘COVID should not stop us from continuing our work’

November 8, 2021

Art

Kidlat Tahimik’s cultural dogfight circus

November 1, 2021

Music

Lollapalooza of the flies

October 24, 2021

Music

The McCartney variations

October 24, 2021

environment

A planet of possibility

October 22, 2021

Art

Now Iloilo can claim its foods are really works of art

October 7, 2021

Art

‘Navigating crisis’ through art criticism

September 25, 2021

Photography

A deep dive into saving the planet

September 24, 2021

Art

The Zen appeal of Bob Ross

September 6, 2021

TV/Streaming

‘The White Lotus’ gives tropical paradise the ‘Black Mirror’ treatment

August 22, 2021

Film

This little piggy (went missing)

August 16, 2021

Icons

Bumping against the walls of heaven

August 15, 2021

Movies

What will your kids be watching during ECQ?

August 10, 2021

Sports

Bringing pictographic joy to the Tokyo Olympics

August 1, 2021

Science & Exploration

Billionaires in space!

July 25, 2021

Movies

‘Black Widow’ and the return of big Hollywood movies

July 17, 2021

Art

CCP announces 13 Artists Awardees for 2021

July 5, 2021

Internet

How ‘Network’ became our reality

June 28, 2021

History

Discovering the ocean’s deepest mysteries beyond the ‘Titanic’

June 26, 2021

Art

Singapore Children’s Biennale goes ‘phygital’

June 14, 2021

TV/Streaming

How I’ve become Pinoy (almost) in thought, word and deed

June 12, 2021

Art

Load up your cart with art

June 7, 2021

Science & Exploration

WTF?? Now it’s UFOs!?

May 30, 2021

Performing Arts

A look back at Celia Diaz’s life onstage (and off)

May 24, 2021

Art

Experiencing the virtual ArtFairPH

May 17, 2021

Music

Girls got the beat

May 16, 2021

Designers

Can young designers change the world?

May 1, 2021

Books

Ishiguro returns to our dystopian future

April 25, 2021

Art

Art Fair Philippines is back – in a digital, eye-popping way!

April 19, 2021

Celebrity

Women can use the pain they’re struggling with and make it into something positive

April 18, 2021

Movies

An Oscar-worthy trailer mix

April 11, 2021

Art

How Filipino art blew up in the new millennium

April 5, 2021

Movies

Binge on these ‘alternative’ Holy Week flicks

April 4, 2021

Art

Yayoi Kusama to infinity (and beyond)

March 29, 2021

Movies

Is Zack Snyder’s 4-hour ‘Justice League’ the lockdown movie we deserve?

March 28, 2021

Art

What does $69 million for a JPEG even mean?

March 22, 2021

Celebrity

Harry and Meghan drop major truth bombs

March 13, 2021

Movies

When lolos and legal guardians break bad

March 6, 2021

TV/Streaming

Walking the talk

February 27, 2021

Music

Can P-Pop become the next K-Pop?

February 21, 2021

Cocktails

We proclaim this gin to be Pinoy-forward

February 17, 2021

Film

Recut ‘Godfather 3’ pulls us back in again

February 14, 2021

Books

Notes from Filipinas abroad

February 7, 2021

Books

A frontliner nurse with a poetic take on COVID-19

February 7, 2021

Music

McCartney releases a ‘rockdown’ album during pandemic

February 6, 2021

Art

Prints charming

January 31, 2021

Trends

Food trend-spotting in 2021

January 27, 2021

TV/Streaming

Tiger, Tiger, burning bright

January 23, 2021

US Politics

Are we living through ‘Avengers: Endgame’ right now?

January 17, 2021

Movies

Charlie Brooker salutes 2020… with one finger

January 9, 2021

Art

Grogu works his way into our lives… and our art

January 3, 2021

TV/Streaming

The man who wrote ‘Citizen Kane’

December 27, 2020

Movies

Pixar’s ‘Soul’ train

December 26, 2020

Ideas

These baby names are cute, funny… and illegal

December 19, 2020

Film

A James bond-style thriller that messes with time

December 12, 2020

Music

Eternal illumination

December 12, 2020

Food

‘Tis the season of spirits

December 9, 2020

TV/Streaming

I need space!

December 5, 2020

US Politics

Obama on racism, democracy and Trump

November 29, 2020

TV/Streaming

Is ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ really the ‘female Bobby Fischer’?

November 21, 2020

COVID-19

Tracking the next pandemic... in Bohol bat caves

November 20, 2020

COVID-19

Plantita, Zoombie, and other ‘So 2020’ buzzwords

November 14, 2020

Film

‘Borat’ returns to America’s gullible arms

November 7, 2020

Film

'Rebecca' vs. 'Rebecca'

November 1, 2020

COVID-19

What’s scarier than Halloween? A pandemic without masks

October 31, 2020

Books

A long, strange trip to utopia

October 24, 2020

Online schooling

Classes cancelled (due to karaoke)

October 17, 2020

Art

Museums selling their art to stay alive during COVID

October 11, 2020

Books

Jessica Zafra pens a wry coming-of-age tale

October 10, 2020

TV/Streaming

A town like Fargo

October 3, 2020

Games

Pinoys put their own spin on lockdown entertainment

September 6, 2020

Restaurants

Wine Story Academy: Homeschooling never tasted this good

September 3, 2020

Celebrity

Nespresso is the new normal

August 27, 2020

Ideas

When will the COVID war be over?

August 23, 2020

Books

Jim Carrey, Charlie Kaufman are unmasked in two novels

August 16, 2020

Books

Diagnosis: Trump

August 9, 2020

Ideas

How to be a good virtual parent

August 4, 2020

TV/Streaming

Who would you spend eternal lockdown with?

August 2, 2020

Trending

Bat's Entertainment

July 12, 2020

Books

An inside look at Trump's 'chaotic' White House

July 5, 2020

Restaurants

Shangri-La rolls out the 'welcome back' mat

July 2, 2020