In this time of pandemic, there’s nothing more apt than content that can capture some ideas of how the otherside of the world is doing. Channel Chenes has been active for years now, and has just released what might be its final short film. Hopefully it isn’t. We’re sure there
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These are the many Hollywood film posters about mental health that have handled it with care
Mental Health disorders is not a joke. Film posters have existed primarily to persuade audiences to watch a film. Oftentimes crafted to include a scene, or the leading characters to endorse the film, most movie posters are crafted as marketing and promotional materials, and are also created as a collector’s
These are the Filipino films streaming on Netflix this December 2020
Watch these Filipino films on Netflix. We promise you. You’ll thanks us later. A lot of Filipino films have been making its rounds on Netflix ever since Mikhail Red’s Birdshot made its mark on the streaming service in 2018*. But we couldn’t help but notice how this year’s turning out
Filipino Films You Can Watch on YouTube for Free While “Social Distancing”
Are you at the comforts of your humble abode, distancing yourself from people in order to avoid getting infected by the coronavirus pandemic? How do you spend your time all by your lonesome? With the nation now being placed under enhanced community quarantine, all of your most anticipated events, like
The Best Filipino Films of 2019 (Part 3)
5. Edward Director: Thop Nazareno A good Bildungsroman knows the importance of change and discovery. As we reach certain milestones in our lives, we grow and realize, we understand and act, we create and break. But most of all, we become. Thop Nazareno held a post-screening Q&A of his Special Jury
The Best Filipino Films of 2019 (Part 2)
11. Sila-Sila (The Same People) Director: Giancarlo Abrahan There’s something beyond the intimacy and truthfulness of Giancarlo Abrahan’s films that you just can’t quite put a finger on. Maybe it’s the frankness of the characters that pull us into their small universes. Maybe it’s the created conflicts that feel natural
The Best Filipino Films of 2019 (Part 1)
What has our national cinema achieved in the past decade? It’s 2020 now. This means that everything new is coming our way. This also means that expectations continue to be set at a high bar, as Philippine cinema continues to push the envelope and explore the many realms of our
LIST: 9 films to look forward to this 2019
We’ve only just hit the third month of this year and yet the slate of films that came out in the first quarter had us elated. From local releases such as Alone/Together, Born Beautiful, Elise among others to Hollywood blockbusters like Captain Marvel and Alita: Battle Angel have made great returns in
Ten films and shows on Netflix that are worth your time
Admit it. You’ve googled this before. Terms like “What to watch on Netflix?” or, “Best romantic comedies on Netflix”, “Horror movies netflix”. Well, worry no more. As an expert procrastinator and couch potato lady, I’ve done all that and for the past years (as well as recent ones), here are ten
The FPR United Festival Report: QCinema International Film Festival 2018
Editor’s note: the following reviews are originally posted from each author’s blogs by permission. All opinions are ours, as per usual. Pauline Kael once said, “Movies are so rarely great art that if we cannot appreciate great trash we have very little reason to be interested in them.” This October
9 Arf-solutely Paw-some Dog Films to Binge Watch
We don’t want to spark a debate here but dogs are by far the most desirable pets on this planet. They are simple-minded, loyal and obedient beasts (compared to those scheming cats who explicitly expressed their intentions to rule the world). “A dog is the only thing on earth that
Staff Picks: Our favorite Steven Spielberg films
Steven Spielberg’s new film The B.F.G. came out in theaters last week, and giving our due respects to the great director, we’re dedicating this week’s F.P.R. Picks to celebrate his greatest films. But before that, a bit of introduction to Spielberg and his work: Entering the frame with amassed directing
10 Cinemalaya Films You Can Stream Now on iFlix
I’m quite certain there’s such a thing as a “festival hangover”, the frisson that is watching new films buoyed by the steady stream of tweets and reasonably late writings. It happens all the time, with almost all film festivals I’d say. What we have now, though, is the ability to
Staff Picks: Our favorite found-footage films
The best way to describe the found-footage film is that it’s a cinematic anomaly, which isn’t to say that its existence is a bad thing. What is cinema, after all, if not for accidents and serendipities, right? It’s neither a style nor a subgenre because, as it is, it’s unable
Staff Picks: Our favorite one-shot films
Alfred Hitchcock’s 1948 film Rope is an early work indicative of the filmmaker’s blossoming mastery. It is flirting with suspense; it understands that, in making an audience gasp in shock, suspension is paramount. Hitchcock recognizes that the stretched moments before the jump off a cliff bears the most resemblance to
Staff Picks: Our favorite LGBTQ films
In celebration of the LGBTQ Pride Month, we at F.P.R. share some of our favorite LGBTQ films. Describing the history of queer cinema as “rich” and “vibrant” is flirting with understatement. This is perhaps due in part to the equally colorful history that the LGBTQ community has, of which key
Rebelde Film Camp: 5 Reasons why we’re excited (and why you should, too!)
Summer film camps are fun. This is why we love partnering with such events, including the buzzworthy, 5-day event, the Rebelde Film Camp. The workshop is promised to be Rebelde’s grandest edition yet, featuring key industry figures such as director Kidlat Tahimik (Perfumed Nightmare), cinematographer Larry Manda (Hele Sa Hiwagang
A List of First Times at the #Oscars2016
Smoke hasn’t cleared from the fire that is the 88th Academy Awards—a.k.a. the most awkward Oscars night ever. During the three-hour show: Stacey Dash walked awkwardly on and off stage; Sacha Baron Cohen brought his awkward Ali G. character; and every key figure graced with the elusive audience reaction shot awkwardly
3 Filipino Films to Stream (for free!) this People Power Revolution
While every one is commemorating the anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution, you’re holed up in the dark of your room for some reason. It’s just one of those days, you reason. It’s O.K., really. You needn’t feel shame. Being a cinephile and a slacker—both titles I embrace with
Netflix Philippines is live! Here’s 10 titles you must watch
Here’s the thing: I can’t, in good faith, say that Filipinos are ready for film and television streaming. Not completely, anyway. The reason? You guessed it–slow internet. While the arrival of Netflix to the Philippines is welcome news, there’s still no way of knowing when the sharks will take bait,
The Year In Horror: 16 best horror films of 2015
2015’s horror highlights is comprised of mostly obscure indies that no one seems to appreciate. Take for example Ted Geoghegan’s We Are Still Here, a deceptively complex ghost story which pivots around an old couple. It’s a genre treasure trove which I imagine cultists and academics will look back to
6 tips on surviving the ‘film festival’ season
As if Cinemalaya wasn’t enough… It’s been a long way down the road since Alexis Tioseco’s Wishful Thinking for Philippine Cinema in which he relays what Philippine Cinema has been missing out on in the last half century. But what I followed more closely in that long list was what he said
The Year in World Cinema: 20 Best Movies of 2014
2014 is a pretty interesting year for world cinema! We saw numerous low budget and yet intelligent science fiction movies that resonated to both audiences and critics alike; biblical films continue to preach and fail; summer blockbusters tanked and thank God, we have a comic book adaptation as the saving grace!
The Year in Horror: 15+ Best Films of 2014
Time has struck into the annual season of lists, where selectionis spontaneously divorced from apt and valid criterion; where unjust remarks are made; and people deeming one list fallacious, some reducing others as cheaply formatted posts of embedded film trailers. Amid (and despite) all this commotion, it has become my
6 films released this year that are inspired by John Carpenter
I still hold that his latest film The Ward (2010) is not a John Carpenter film; he is not involved in both the script-work and music, which in itself is pretty self-explanatory. I think it as an unthought-of plunge to quickie horror by a legendary director who has made terrific
