Isang Himala teaser offers *stunning* new visuals that will surely interest new audiences come December 25 for the 50th MMFF. We’re all familiar with the story of Himala (‘Miracle’), the 1982 film by Ishmael Bernal and that Ricky Lee wrote it, and that it starred one of the country’s greatest
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GomBurZa MMFF 2023 review: Martyrs Among Us
What makes a martyr? Is it what they did in life that turns them into one? Is it what they stand for? Or is it something in between that makes them what they are? This story needs no spoiler warning because even if we don’t know the specific details, we
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Pepe Diokno is no stranger to breaking trends in cinema. His first film Engkwentro, a film about two boys on the run from a vigilante death squad was produced under a meager budget of 20,000 USD. His second film Above the Clouds, which was a little more personal, about a grandfather and grandson’s
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
QCinema 2015 announces 8 full-length films in competition
On its third year, QCinema International Film Festival, the official film festival of Quezon City, the City of Stars, unveils its line-up of eight locally-produced full-length features for the Circle Competition 2015. Ang Huling Habagat by Mario Cornejo Patintero: Ang Alamat ni Meng Patalo by Mihk Vergara Iisa by Chuck
