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Dunhill: For the driven and distinguished

by Paolo Lorenzana - June 18, 2014 - 12:00am

I don’t think ol’ Alfred Dunhill would have dug the crowd dining at Alfie’s, his namesake restaurant at the massive Dunhill flagship store in Hong Kong. Business lunches abound in a space that resembles...

Making native new

by Paolo Lorenzana - November 22, 2013 - 12:00am

Hardworking, Goodlooking might just be the publisher to attract the world to Pinoy culture. Clara Balaguer seems like the unlikeliest envoy of Philippine culture, much less ethnic Philippine culture. The Spanish...

Alone in Kyoto, forever ago

by Paolo Lorenzana - November 15, 2013 - 12:00am

I should thank Sofia Coppola for giving the aimless night out purpose.

Days of the Condé: Confessions of a former GQ intern

by Paolo Lorenzana - November 8, 2013 - 12:00am

It’s the end of an era, a goodbye to dream internships for magazines like Vogue. But was it ever worth it?

Charged service

by Paolo Lorenzana - September 13, 2013 - 12:00am

It’s been a while since a bartender served me some character with my spirits. When I was living in the States, it wasn’t uncommon to sit solo at a bar and get a conversation going with the person behind...

Shut your piehole, food snob

by Paolo Lorenzana - September 6, 2013 - 12:00am

A couple years ago, I came across a hybrid pastry known as the foie gras doughnut.

The ensemble movie, for better or worse, reinvented: ‘Movie 43’ and ‘Holy Motors’

by Paolo Lorenzana - February 8, 2013 - 12:00am

More than a decade after releasing outrageous comedies Dumb & Dumber and There’s Something About Mary, Peter Farrelly seems desperate to startle audiences once more with Movie 43.

Newmanhood: Because Paul Newman is nobody’s fool

by Paolo Lorenzana - January 11, 2013 - 12:00am

I didn’t know who Paul Newman was until 2008, the year he died. Even then, I was only aware of a mere footnote in his legacy: his style, which menswear articles would sing eternal hosannas about for its exemplary...

Kerouac is still on the move

by Paolo Lorenzana - January 4, 2013 - 12:00am

If On the Road has inspired many a young reader to hit the road and sock conformity in its face, the movement began not too far from here.

Wising up to old age

by Paolo Lorenzana - December 14, 2012 - 12:00am

Acouple weeks ago, I caught the new Marion Cotillard film at New York’s Lincoln Plaza Cinemas, an old movie theater in the sedate, not-so-hip Upper West Side area.

The myth of the dumb Asian

by Paolo Lorenzana - November 16, 2012 - 12:00am

I’m glad I live in a world where Asians get more Hollywood screen time and fat chicks can be ‘It’ girls.

In praise of food fandom

by Paolo Lorenzana - October 12, 2012 - 12:00am

I learned the term “food culture” while listening in on a bunch of chefs.

When a twentysomething gives a teen show a chance-and likes it

by Paolo Lorenzana - August 3, 2012 - 12:00am

Honestly, we didn’t need another truthful teen show. After the juvenile unease we got from Skins and MTV’s redundant—and cancelled—U.S. version, the last thing television needed was more kids...

Young Star Exclusive: Thanks for making it nice and awkward, Brett Davern

by Paolo Lorenzana - July 20, 2012 - 12:00am

MTV’s teen sitcom, Awkward, is pretty accurate in depicting high school as a battleground of sexual tension and inner turmoil.

Puppy love gone feral

by Paolo Lorenzana - June 8, 2012 - 12:00am

As he’s done in films like The Royal .

Watching Manila rock from the sidelines

by Paolo Lorenzana - April 13, 2012 - 12:00am

Such a premium has been placed on making it in America but I’m thinking maybe an even greater feat is making do with Manila — rather, making Manila work.

Letter from New York: Dudes, designer clothes, and the downturn

by Paolo Lorenzana - February 17, 2012 - 12:00am

If clothing is more an investment than extravagance for guys, a designer consignment store like INA Men in New York is the proof of ROI.

Paperweight

by Paolo Lorenzana - November 18, 2011 - 12:00am

Paper magazine’s circulation is about 100,000 but its reach is far more expansive.

All that you can't leave behind

by Paolo Lorenzana - July 29, 2011 - 12:00am

As with school, my country has defined me, yes, but I always sought never to let it confine me.

Adventures in Alco-Ingestion: What's your pretense?

by Paolo Lorenzana - July 1, 2011 - 12:00am

I guess when you grow up tethered to a nanny, you’re bound to get creative — which may explain all the pretend play I did as a kid.

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