To be among the fortunate few to see Silong in August 14th as Cinemalaya’s closing film – tense days followed as I continue to abridge the experience. There is this distinctive atmosphere of muddle, consternation, and abysmal expectation of how the film looks like or how this review will echo. Silong is shrouded
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Taklub
[highlight color=#939393 ]This review tackles a few scenes from the film in detail. Tread lightly if you haven’t seen the film. Mild spoilers ahead![/highlight] There’s a different speculation towards Brillante Ma. Mendoza’s new film that can only be summed up in one word, one that film buffs and his fans
Apasol
Peace. Tranquility. Contentment. Heartbreak. A muddle of all these fashions the unparalleled feeling that engulfs someone, observing the relentless receding tide, the fiery blends of red, oranges and yellow, and the underlying heartbeat of farewells and promises. This is how Ryanne Murcia’s Apasol breathes the salty air of leave-takings, love and uncertainties.
Kyel
There are no clocks in hell according to Frank Ferguson Jr.’s unnamed druggie, who we only know through his (possibly drug-induced) fits of rage and breakdowns. The dark room where this scrawny persona holes in doesn’t have clocks, either; but if need be the space looks just the part. We find
Wawa
If you come in to Angelie Mae Macalanda’s short film Wawa, expect anything but the myth of Bernardo Carpio enduring two mountains apart or the enkantada who entrances unsuspecting male tourists. The heart of the film, while it dwells in darkness, is something far more familiar to us—perhaps all too vividly—than folklore. Its
MUST-READS OF THE WEEK: AUGUST 2 – AUGUST 8
Let us fill your 1st week of August with some essential reads in World Cinema! … No Film School’s Joe Marine illustrates how casting can change a movie: This just shows (two videos shown) how many different interpretations one can have for a particular piece. Not only would different casting
Imahinasyon: The Cinemalaya Filipino Imaginarium
Cinemalaya is a gigantic stage to making every filmmaker’s dream real and involved. And every film complements a stratum of profundity as great as of the many graphics in movie world. Read more: Complete screening schedules of Cinemalaya 2015 This is an extraordinary year for Cinemalaya for it is on its
Cinemalaya 2015 screens its best films in retrospect
For the past eleven years, as a cinephile in the Philippines, going to Cinemalaya is like going to Pilgrimage. You get to watch films that rarely make it to the chopping block of mainstream media; films that enrich the mind (in my perspective, at least), inform the public of the existential
Film Police Primer: Cinemalaya 2015
Onward we keep rolling through The Film Festival Season—undoubtedly the most stressful months every Filipino cinephile goes through, chasing a spree of screenings of worthwhile films, some of which if we’re being honest we will probably end up torrenting anyway. READ MORE: Complete screening schedules of Cinemalaya 2015 Cinemalaya, one
Cinemalaya 2015 broadens horizon with Asian Showcase section
Cinemalaya 2015 reels in new, award-winning selections from different parts of the ASEAN region in its INDEPENDENTS: ASIAN SHOWCASE section. Some are winning entries from the NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema), while others have garnered recognition from other film festivals in Asia. READ MORE: Complete screening schedules
