Festival Report
Cinema One Originals 2016 Report: Imagining A Nation
The power of Piding (Gym Lumbera and Paolo Picones) lies in more than just the empirical beauty of the island but in th…
Review
Wading Through New and Familiar Storms
The reality of the storm as experienced by Filipinos in the Eastern part of the Philippines has not yet fully sunk in t…
Review
Mirroring conservatism and modernity in Daughters of the Three Tailed Banner
The characters find solitude in their own silences where their ill-fated aspirations continue to dwell. The new fi…
Interview
"Cinema seeks to be eternal": Conversation with Teng Mangansakan
It is rare for Teng Mangansakan these days to enjoy his morning coffee leisurely. He is currently shooting a documentar…
Review
A rainy day in the ‘gates of hell’:The Filipino family in the claws of poverty in Brillante Mendoza’s Ma’ Rosa
Ma’ Rosa , Brillante Mendoza’s third film to enter into main competition at Cannes opens with the Rosa (Jacklyn Jose …
Review
Children of the storm: Documentary cinema and the ubiquity of the Storm in Filipino culture
“We are the storm people. The storm could be the Filipino’s original Anito (God)… So, yes the storm gives the Filipino …
Yearender
Traversing Time: Personal Best of 2015
Lucky Kuswandi's The Fox Exploits the Tiger’s Might is nothing short of a revelation. 38,000 feet above groun…
Yearender
Persistence of Brief Visions: Best Filipino Short Films
Jose Ibarra Guballa's Ang Maangas, ang Marikit at ang Makata is a study of patriarchy and gender roles. Filipin…
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