Day x of quarantine. The outside world is not safe. Every space that can be stepped foot on is a death march waiting to happen, a genocide at the hands of the assassins lurking in the streets, one tangible and another the exact opposite. People are inside their houses, looking
Tag: Dan Villegas
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 other once. Each had baggage they couldn’t get over. Like a cigarette half-smoked and a song half-played, their relationship — like so many others —
Changing Partners
In the first minutes of Changing Partners, Agot Isidro’s Alex (don’t be confused, there’ll be two Alex’s here — that’s kind of the concept of the whole film) expresses her excitement over watching the new season of her favorite prime-time musical soap opera. Her much younger boyfriend Cris (Sandino Martin, one
The First of Its Kind: Online Film Festival via GIFF
Globe entered the world of cinema by launching its first film festival entitled, “Globe Independent Film Festival” or GIFF. This film festival is an addition to the ever growing industry where local filmmakers are given the chance to showcase their talents and passion for moving pictures. Interestingly, the aspect that makes this
Always Be My Maybe
Director Dan Villegas (English Only Please, The Breakup Playlist, and most recently Walang Forever) continues his magical streak of directing hit romantic comedies for the masses – this time starring Gerald Anderson and Arci Muñoz. In Always Be My Maybe, not only do we feel the sweetness that a budding
#WalangForever
There’s a line in Dan Villegas‘ new film, Walang Forever (often stylized as #WalangForever) which I like and perhaps may complement the film as a whole. It is when Cai Cortes‘ character quips to Jericho Rosales‘ Ethan, “Isn’t that what they say about artists? They get immortalized through their works—may it be
March 2015 Screenings and Workshops at UPFI Film Institute
Environmental films, Cinema One Originals 2014, women in Philippine Cinema, digitally restored classics, Kidlat Tahimik’s new offering, workshops on photography, scriptwriting, and film criticism are abound this March 2015 at the Film Center of the UP Film Institute in UP Diliman. For admission information, call 9262722; 9263640. Luntiang Tabing Environmental
The Virtue of Naivety: the romantic dramedies of Antoinette Jadaone
Antoinette Jadaone is on the crusade of deciphering love—the great mystery she synonymizes to “katangahan” or naivety, so indulgently she chews in and spits out, and with which she ultimately wins the collective heart of the peoples. When she appears the vindicator of this laughable anomaly, she comes out a noble
English Only, Please
English Only, Please is a romantic-comedy film rooted on a typical premise but fashioned differently yet relevant in our age: A meets B, falls in love, and lives happily ever after. This is the dreamy innocent romance. A meets B, falls in love, and wham! Deus ex machina. Two possible
Watch: Official trailer for Dan Villegas’s ‘English Only, Please’ debuts online
The three consecutive films released this year under the direction of Antoinette Jadaone—Beauty in a Bottle, Relaks, it’s Just Pag-Ibig and That Thing Called Tadhana—are all triumphs. They are works that punctuate on their genres (comedy and romance), while refusing insistent conventions. They are products of a refinement that is
