Erik Matti’s latest film has dropped, and we have some thoughts. As the first Upstream Original, A Girl and A Guy is raunchy, it’s sexy, and yet the message isn’t towards us, his first audience to his older and bolder works. This specifically is dedicated to the generation of his
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Seklusyon
A take on battling one’s inner demons, Seklusyon is Erik Matti‘s return to cinema’s most difficult genre to pull off: horror. It requires the utilization of its various resources – sound, editing, cinematography, and most of all, story – with utmost precision. In this regard, it follows that any attempt
Power Mac Center presents series of film workshops in ‘Cinemansanas’
Mobile filmmaking is on a slow, assured rise: Sean S. Baker’s transgender drama Tangerine—shot entirely on iPhone—is currently making waves in the film festival circuit. Television’s “Modern Family”, on a thirty-minute episode called “Lost Connection”, utilized the iPhone’s industry-standard camera to tell the story of the Dunphys. Carly Rae Jepsen’s music video for “Run
Honor Thy Father
When I think about Christmas, the first memories that surge through me are that of family, simbang gabi, warm bonds, and that of all things good and right in the world —even just for one day. Well Honor Thy Father, which opened Christmas Day as part of the Metro Manila Film Fest 2015,
The official MMFF trailer for ‘Honor Thy Father’ is here!
Erik Matti makes happy pandas tonight. [inlinetweet prefix=”WATCH:” tweeter=”@FilmPoliceRevs” suffix=”#MMFF2015 #honorthyfather”]The official trailer for MMFF entry Honor Thy Father has just been released[/inlinetweet] via Facebook (like their page here!), a few hours after this new groovy one-sheet. The film, written by Matti’s frequent collaborator Michiko Yamamoto, finds a family “caught in a financial ruin after being involved
Slick MMFF one-sheet for ‘Honor Thy Father’ confirms the film gets to retain title
We’ve all been walking on tightrope as days to the upcoming Metro Manila Film Festival go by. For a time we were under the impression that the film Honor Thy Father, directed by Erik Matti and starring John Lloyd Cruz, is going to play in the festival retitled Conman. While the latter isn’t “wtf that’s
Guns and aswangs in trailer for Borgy Torre’s new film ‘Resureksyon’
When Erik Matti isn’t busy making films about swindlers, he continues to explore Filipino vampirism. This time, he fills the shoes of a producer to director Borgy Torre’s new film Resureksyon, a vampire thriller starring Jasmine Curtis-Smith and Isabelle Daza. Paulo Avelino stars too, as a detective who investigates a freak
The ABCs of Death 2
The ABCs of Death anthologies do not necessarily invite to winnow of treasures on a proverbial pile of manure; they encourage its viewers, instead (for the lack of a daintier term), to dig right into the said pile-o’-shit, for there to discover rewarding and beautiful oddments. The finds are unusually
Kubot: The Aswang Chronicles 2
A modest slice of entertainment, “Kubot: The Aswang Chronicles 2” is a return to the communal fun of adventures like Gagamboy (’03) and Magic Temple (1996).
Watch: Teaser for Erik Matti’s ‘Kubot: The Aswang Chronicles 2’
We have been itching to share this with you; this statement being inspired by so much hair in this teaser. Erik Matti’s Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicles pushed past budgetary constraints and made for a thrilling, full-on asuang film. The backdrop is entirely blue/green-screened, the majority of its environment added in-post. It is fair to describe
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Thank God it’s ‘Sabado’ [bukas]! The new music video from Eraserheads is here…
Taking to his Facebook profile this morning, Erik Matti shares the latest of his labors of love: a music video, in true laid-back E-heads spirit, for what is set to be their comeback hit, Sabado (click here to read our track review). The video, commissioned by Esquire Philippines (whose special September issue is
Watch: Bloody Red Band Trailer for ‘ABC’s of Death 2’
The crimson-blood, very red-band trailer for the much-awaited sequel ABC’s of Death 2 is upon us; and it must have been a painfully slow wait but it looks like all is worthwhile. There’s one scene, for instance, in grim stop-motion and another, in true ABCs of Death form, putting a grotesque spin at
