Princess Kinoc reviews ‘Mallari’, a fictional account of the first documented Filipino serial killer of the same name. The film is part of this year’s MMFF 2023. The first documented Filipino serial killer is a priest. If that sentence has not brought a weight of thought in your mind today,
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Lav Diaz’s ‘The Halt’ joins this year’s Directors’ Fortnight
The Directors’ Fortnight 2019 lineup has been revealed. As announced on Tuesday, interesting titles coming from anticipated directors like Takashi Miike, Robert Eggers and Lav Diaz are inclusive of this non-competitive film showcase. Lav Diaz’s Ang Hupa (or The Halt) joins this year’s roster of films and is just one of the
Hele Sa Hiwagang Hapis
Hele sa Hiwagang Hapis (Eng. title: Lullaby for the Sorrowful Mystery) is eight hours long. Everybody knows it, the producers made sure of that. This focus on runtime, daresay superfluous for a Lav Diaz film, is unfortunate because it misrepresents what Hele actually is – an epic of magic realism that overlays
‘Hele Sa Hiwagang Hapis’: Lav Diaz’s latest gets a PH release date
Just in: Lav Diaz’s new film Hele Sa Hiwagang Hapis is having its Philippine release on March 26, 2016. The eight-hour epic comes home fresh from its win at the 2016 Berlinale. And knowing that it’s backed by Star Cinema, the country’s largest film outfit, it’s unsurprising to see the film having a considerably
Critics’ Consensus: Lav Diaz’s ‘Hele Sa Hiwagang Hapis’
Lav Diaz’s A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery (Fil. title: Hele Sa Hiwagang Hapis) premiered at the 2016 Berlinale this week to an intriguing mix of reviews. Critics seem irked by the film’s length—clocking in at approximately eight hours—a fact that jumps out of every online appraisal of Diaz’s latest
Trailer debut: Lav Diaz’s ‘Hele Sa Hiwagang Hapis’
New Lav, good friends. The new Lav Diaz film titled Hele Sa Hiwagang Hapis has just premiered an international trailer online. There isn’t much to pick up in the way of story from the eighty-eight second trailer, but we know the film is centered around the search for the body of Andres Bonifacio. The
Piolo Pascual-starrer ‘Silong’ gets nationwide release
Silong is the debut feature of Roy Sevilla Ho and Jeffrey Hidalgo, the latter perhaps familiar to many as an actor and musician. The film premiered at the recently concluded Cinemalaya Film Festival and to positive reviews, including our own Kenneth Borlan, who notes: “The layers in Hidalgo-Ho tandem remove the patented
Silong
To be among the fortunate few to see Silong in August 14th as Cinemalaya’s closing film – tense days followed as I continue to abridge the experience. There is this distinctive atmosphere of muddle, consternation, and abysmal expectation of how the film looks like or how this review will echo. Silong is shrouded
Piolo Pascual, John Lloyd Cruz to star in Lav Diaz epic
(From Marissa D. Soriano: “TEN17P is currently producing and shooting a Lav Diaz film. This film brings together 2 of the country’s biggest actors, Piolo Pascual and John Lloyd Cruz.“) This just in: Piolo Pascual and John Lloyd Cruz headline an epic written and directed by Lav Diaz called Hele
