The producers of Heneral Luna and acclaimed director Raya Martin (Buenas noches, España!) have teamed to film the upcoming adaptation of F.H. Batacan’s seminal mystery
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F.P.R. Dailies: ‘American Honey’ trailer, ‘Justice League’ logo, and other news
F.P.R. Dailies is a new feature which will collate news, features, and everything film-related that we think are worth sharing. It’s us wading the internet on
Here’s the trailer for Ivan Payawal’s Cinemalaya entry ‘I, America’
Quickly dropping here the teaser-trailer for Ivan Andrew Payawal’s I America, an indie dramedy starring Bella Padilla. It looks gorgeous by the way, and that’s thanks to
The trailer for queer drama ‘Closet Monster’ is straight-up Cronenbergian
A new trailer has been released for Stephen Dunn’s acclaimed queer drama Closet Monster—and it’s a sight for sore eyes, this gorgeous new film. Check out
Here’s your first look at Paul Soriano’s latest ‘Dukot’
Quickly dropping here the teaser poster (and trailer) for Paul Soriano’s latest film, Dukot, a crime-thriller starring Enrique Gil. The film is produced by Star Cinema
A healthy dose of movie trivia on James Cameron’s ‘Aliens’
James Cameron’s 1986 film Aliens is a continuation of the franchise’s thematic and conceptual tenacity. In it, a reversal of roles typically attributed to a certain gender makes
Mike Cahill is tapped to helm film adaptation of ‘Doctors’
Dash Shaw’s graphic novel Doctors can be described, in a gist, as a story of the dead being haunted by the living. The story follows “a doctor
Contemporary actors re-imagine iconic Alfred Hitchcock films in new Vanity Fair portfolio
Vanity Fair has released a portfolio of contemporary actors re-imagined as characters from Alfred Hitchcock films, and it’s glorious—I, of course, wouldn’t share if it
This Woodwork Artist Spliced Your Favorite Auteurs With Their Films
I’ve come across this astounding collection of woodwork art this morning. The pieces are created by a Seattle-based artist named Mike Leavitt, who, like any
Deathly Infatuated Kiray Celis in trailer for Miko Livelo’s horror-comedy ‘I Love You To Death’
Quickly dropping this fun trailer for the new horror rom-com I Love You To Death. The takeaway: Kiray Celis falls for a man who may
‘Heneral Luna’ announces Deluxe DVD, premiere on free television, online streaming, and more!
Just in time for Independence Day, T.B.A. (Tuko, Buchiboy, and Artikulo Uno) is rolling out a multi-media blitz for their so-far biggest film Heneral Luna. Jerrold
Here’s How You Can Shoot on Super 8 Film in the 21st Century
The discussion of shooting in negatives vs. shooting digital is a futile exercise; let’s face it, the latter is the more convenient and more economical
Charo Santos returns to acting in Lav Diaz’s new film ‘Ang Babaeng Humayo’
Charo Santos just dropped some major news today: she had just finished filming for Lav Diaz’s new film Ang Babaeng Humayo. The nonchalance with which
‘The Man From Earth’ sequel begins filming June
I’ve come to drop by quick on a Sunday, unsure if I bear good or not-so-good news. The 2007 cult-favorite science fiction film The Man
Akira Kurosawa storyboarded films in paint, take a look!
Guess what? Akira Kurosawa, a filmmaker revered by filmmakers you revere, used to be a terrific painter. An even bigger guess-what: he hand-painted storyboards for
Jake Gyllenhaal reunites with director Denis Villenueve for his new film
Jake Gyllenhaal’s last great film is Nightcrawler. (Spare us with your “what about Man Bites Dog” contradictions; Dan Gilroy’s 2014 film on the extremities of ruin media
Andrew Garfield stars in a noir crime thriller, ‘It Follows’ director at helm
The quiet and listlessness of American suburbia are a looming presence in the films of David Robert Mitchell, director of independent sleepers The Myth of
This Week In Trailers: ‘The Neon Demon’, ‘Saving Sally’, ‘How to Build a Time Machine’, and more!
This week in trailers: Elle Fanning star in a Nicholas Winding-Refn drama about the dog-eat-dog world of modeling; Rhian Ramos falls for the geek in
The Ultimate Guide to the 2016 Sinag Maynila Independent Film Festival
Sinag Maynila is back in its second year, with five hard-edged indies by young Filipino filmmakers Adolf Alix Jr., Ato Bautista, Gino Santos, Jay Altarejos,
‘Godzilla Resurgence’ releases first trailer, and it’s glorious!
Folks, it’s here. The trailer for Hideako Anno and Shinji Higuchi’s Godzilla Resurgence (a.k.a. God Godzilla) has just been released, and it looks hands-down, glory-be-to-Godzilla
This Week In Trailers: ‘The B.F.G.’, ‘Just The 3 Of Us’; ‘Rogue One’; and more!
O.K., we have much to cover. This week in trailers is an interesting mix of stories of fatherhood: John Lloyd Cruz fathers Jennylyn Mercado’s child
Daniel Radcliffe’s farts and more in the ‘Swiss Army Man’ first trailer
A common topic among this year’s Sundance reviews and reportages is that of Daniel Radcliffe’s strangely practical flatulence in Swiss Army Man, a film that puts
This Week In Trailers: ‘Elemento’, ‘Lights Out’, ‘Patayin Sa Sindak Si Barbara’
This week in trailers, horror films spill. Chito Roño’s 1995 horror classic Patayin Sa Sindak Si Barbara gets restored; James Wan’s Conjuring 2 has the
Teaser for Quark Henares’ new film ‘My Candidate’ debuts
Quantum Films just debuted this teaser-trailer for Quark Henares’ latest My Candidate, a romantic-comedy set at the heart of a senatorial election. The film stars Derek
Oscar Isaac and Alex Garland reunite for Jeff Vandermeer adaptation ‘Annihilation’
Alex Garland’s Shelley-esque science fiction-thriller Ex Machina is one of the best to come out last year and surely is deserving of its acclaim and
