P ortugal was an incredible sea power during the 15th and 16th centuries, and they traveled all over the world, gaining new ...

With the beach just minutes from the airport, Lapu-Lapu City on Mactan Island—site of the historic clash between chieftain ...

The first circumnavigation of the Earth, completed by the expedition led initially by Ferdinand Magellan and later by Juan ...

The dawn of the age of European exploration in the 16th century was absurdly dangerous ...

People only have four days left to the the historical Spanish ship, Nao Victoria, in Plymouth. The ship is a replica of the ...

The slow-cinema maestro’s rare color film views history as more than just black and white The post The austere poetry of Lav ...

Last month, we were at the Marché du Film of the Cannes Film Festival in France to meet film industry professionals from 140 ...

Magellan, the latest film of Filipino director Lav Diaz (inset, with shades), premiered at the 2025 Cannes International Film ...

The Cannes Film Festival may be hosting yet another virtual-reality programme this year, but the most immersive event on the ...

By the standards of Filipino formalist and running-time maximalist Lav Diaz, his latest opus “Magellan” qualifies as a ...

Since the arrival of the United States in 1898, the first week of March has been a time to commemorate the time at which Ferdinand Magellan’s voyage to circumnavigate the world made contact with ...

Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal stars in a new film which re-examines the discovery of the Philippines by European explorers ...