Jun Lana’s latest sexy, disturbing, and cunning film Anak Ka ng Ina Mo (Your Mother’s Son) is a series of tug of war: son versus visitor, love versus taboo, individualism versus collectivism, and the director’s intention of establishing a subtle yet sharp political commentary versus his tendency to focus on
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Urduja Film Festival unveils first ‘Urduja Heritage Film Award’
The Urduja Film Festival honors films that promotes and preserves the country’s cultural and heritage values come to a conclusion as they officially unveil the winners of the 1st Urduja Heritage Film Awards. With all the outstanding movies nominated, a group of professionals gathered to screen all of the entries
Attention, aspiring screenwriters! Jun Robles Lana is offering a free screenwriting workshop this coming January
Jun Robles Lana, alongside The Idea First Company, is hosting a screenwriting workshop free for aspiring screenwriters ages eighteen to forty. The writer-director of the acclaimed Bwakaw and Barber’s Tales, Lana is a terrific storyteller and taking advantage of this free workshop looks like a smart move for anyone who
TSZ #2: ‘Dementia’ (2014)
THE SPOILER ZONE is a haven (on a different dimension, perhaps? Erm, doesn’t matter…) in which one can further discuss a film most elaborate and insightful as possible, in hoping that for a deeper understanding on said film. Here spoiler-y details not only allowed, but encouraged. So step out, if you
Dementia
Dementia is a thing of curious alchemy. There is a scene nearing its end that simultaneously affirms and overturns its ideological confusions: Heavily influenced by New Asian horror, Percival M. Intalan’s debut feature as director is not a story strictly about hateful ghouls, but it is about hurt and betrayal
Barber’s Tales
For most of Jun Lana’s new film Barber’s Tales (alternatively known as Mga Kwentong Barbero), the women who live in the small rural town fraught under Ferdinand Marcos’ regime, in their respective crises are either battered or deprived. If they are not fixtures, they are instruments; never truly people to
