Is A Very Good Girl a very good film indeed? Jim is back! He joins John to review one of Philippine Cinema’s highest grossing films of 2023 and Star Cinema’s 30th anniversary offfering. Cess takes the moderator’s seat once again as she finishes some write-ups daw ha ha ha. Be
Tag: Petersen Vargas
Acting Brilliance Meets Dark Comedy in ‘A Very Good Girl’, a spoiler-filled review
John Tawasil writes about Petersen Vargas’ latest Star Cinema film starring Kathryn Bernardo and Dolly de Leon. We have warned you about the spoilers this review may contain. NOTE: I am going to spoil most of A Very Good Girl in this review, so if you haven’t seen it yet,
See you at the Viddsee Juree Awards on Sept. 27 to 29 held at the Pineapple Lab, Makati
Online entertainment platform Viddsee holds its third Juree Awards in the Philippines to celebrate and support filmmakers and film communities in Asia from September 27 to 29. Viddsee Juree Awards (‘Juree’) is an annual industry pick award celebrating best short films from Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines. Several screenings and talks
Yabang Pinoy Relaunches This Year’s Philippine Cinema Sessions with the Theme “The Art of Openness”
Being open entails a lot of meanings. It can be a doorway, a passage, or it may mean transparent. Cinema, as we know, stems from ordinary stories of daily lives in different faces. These representations may be formulaic or experimental, streamlined or self-expressed. And we must look at films with
And He Too Was 2cool 2 Be 4gotten
By now, thousands of people may already have seen 2 Cool 2 Be Forgotten, a gay coming of age story set in the aftermath of Mt. Pinatubo’s explosion in the 90s. The film was lauded by critics and audiences alike that it nabbed the Best Film Award in the 2016
Jason Paul Laxamana on filmmaking in the Philippines
The director of The Third Party, the newest Star Cinema offering starring Angel Locsin, Sam Milby, and Zanjoe Marudo, has agreed to do a sit-down with yours truly to talk about filmmaking in the Philippines. [dropcap size=big]T[/dropcap]he cynicism in Jason Paul Laxamana’s films, scathing as they may, are far too doting
Sakaling Hindi Makarating
Letters and Romance. Since time immemorial the two have been intertwined like the hands of lovers, or in some cases, the fingers of a pleading man in heartbreak. It is through letters that romance can be sparked, it is through letters that said romance can survive or flounder. Of secret notes
Cinemalaya XI announces winners; ‘Pusong Bato’ melts judges’ hearts
After more than a week of Philippine cinema celebration, the 2015 Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival has finally come to an end. Capping of the festival was the awarding ceremony held last August 15 (Saturday) at the the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino. Different from its previous years,
