This film, after all, is a collection of memories; what are memories but hazy facsimiles of our experiences?
Category: Reviews
The Classics: Mga Bilanggong Birhen (The Captive Virgins)
Hindi lahat ng mga babaeng karakter sa pelikulang ito ay mga birhen bago sila ikulong ng lipunang ginagalawan. Subalit, ang mga bidang babaeng karakter sa
Past, Present, Perfect Recap (Episodes 1 to 2): Of Words and Past Loves
Our fave gal, FAMAS award-winning filmmaker, Dwein Baltazar has just launched a new project. Past, Present, Perfect? premiered on the online streaming platform iWantTV last May 31st is your post
The Sun is Also a Star Review: Not even the galaxy would approve
Ah, young love. Ry Russo-Young’s The Sun is Also a Star is based on the New York Times’ Bestseller by Nicola Yoon. Crafted to
Tayo sa Huling Buwan ng Taon Review: Flight, Orbit, Gravity
In ‘Tayo, sa Huling Buwan ng Taon’, we find Sam and Isa living lives apart five years after their break-up. The question of ‘what happens next’
Third World Cinema Club: Sinag Maynila Film Festival 2019
So long, farewell Sinag Maynila Film Festival 2019! We were invited by Keith Deligero, Lawrence Ang and company thru Contagious Inc. to discuss the Sinag Maynila Film
Dumbo: The times made it better
I’d hate to talk about how Disney may have overspent on this remake. And since it would appear that a lot of Disney classics are
Pet Sematary: A welcome resurrection
It’s a tried and tested formula for horror movies: the “be careful what you wish for.” The trope itself carries a pathos to it. Its
Eeerie: Paved with good intentions
“The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” I am reminded of these lines in thinking of a throughline for the Mikhail Red-directed horror
Ulan Review: Here Comes The Rain Again
When the teasers and trailer popped up a few months ago, it stirred the internet and television viewers’ expectations: is it a supernatural horror film?
Alone/Together Review: An Ode to Dreams
What does it mean to live in the 21st Century? This is perhaps the thought bubble that Antoinette Jadaone’s Alone/Together stars Enrique Gil and Liza
Bad Times at the El Royale, Hell is Other People
“Hell is other people.” Often quoted, frequently misrepresented, the phrase which originated from philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit—a play about three people trapped in a single
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
There’s no stopping J.K. Rowling’s ever-expanding Wizarding World. It can’t be denied that her world-building talents are magical, so much so that whenever I hear
Review: EXES BAGGAGE (2018), A Man and A Woman Walk into a Bar…
Warning: Full spoilers follow. Tell me if you’ve heard this one before. A man and a woman walk into a bar They loved each
GOYO: ANG BATANG HENERAL, Reversing the Hero’s Journey
Warning: Full spoilers…but come on, it’s a biopic! Are spoilers even possible?!? In the Philippines, we are taught to worship heroes from a young age.
Review: SALVAGE, a Genre Exercise in Subversion
Warning: Full spoilers ahead. “Te, kailangan ba kitang isama sa frame?” [“Sister, do I have to include you in the frame?”] Barbie (Barbie Capacio), the make-up artist, asks between screams, as
“DEADPOOL 2” Raises a Middle Finger to a Supersaturated Genre
It is a marvel how 20th Century Fox, despite (or because of) its limited ownership, have recently conjured a more well-realized oeuvre, raging against
“READY PLAYER ONE,” submitting yourself to The Matrix has never been this fun
Upon exiting the theater after Ready Player One, my immediate takeaway was that “they don’t make films like this anymore.” Based on the 2011 novel
“CITIZEN JAKE” is a wake-up call for both the asleep and woke
Often a trope in movies is when a hermitic, wise — often, cranky — veteran is brought out of retirement to school the youth when
“SI CHEDENG AT SI APPLE” is that ‘tita’ who calls you fat in reunions
Chedeng (Gloria Diaz) finds her true love and Apple (Elizabeth Oropesa) gets away with murder. This is the premise of Si Chedeng at si Apple,
The messy, mundane, and other #BuhayElbi things
Submitted by Cidee Despi Each year, Pelikultura: the CALABARZON Film Festival attempts to showcase the diverse cultures of Los Baños, Laguna through the #BuhayElbi category. The
“RED SPARROW” like its protagonist is calculated, brutal, and frustrating
By the end of its 2 hours and 20 minutes runtime, I was quite confused what to make of Francis Lawrence’s Red Sparrow. In terms of
“THE POST” is a film of the present that happens to be set in the past
Let me be as transparent as possible here. I kind of have a hard time distancing myself enough to give an unbiased (well, all reviews
“DARKEST HOUR” inspires but exists only in the moment
Full disclosure, I had a ton of apprehensions before going into Joe Wright’s Darkest Hour. For one, this Oscars season, it seemed to be the
“THE GREATEST SHOWMAN”, how can something so wrong feel so right
As Hugh Jackman’s P.T. Barnum starts selling the idea that using exaggerations, myths, and tall-tales as thinly-disguised truths are admirable, truth be damned, I couldn’t
