The Film Theorists’ has just uploaded a video essay built around the question of which element do Japanese horror films make them effective. The answer,
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Film Police Primer: Cinemalaya 2015
Onward we keep rolling through The Film Festival Season—undoubtedly the most stressful months every Filipino cinephile goes through, chasing a spree of screenings of worthwhile
I. Am. A. God.: Revisiting Dodo Dayao’s ‘Violator’
As first features go, Eduardo ‘Dodo‘ Dayao’s Violator (’14) is leaned more towards the introduction of a voice rather than the solidifying of a statement. I saw
March 2015 Screenings and Workshops at UPFI Film Institute
Environmental films, Cinema One Originals 2014, women in Philippine Cinema, digitally restored classics, Kidlat Tahimik’s new offering, workshops on photography, scriptwriting, and film criticism are
The Year in Horror: 15+ Best Films of 2014
Time has struck into the annual season of lists, where selectionis spontaneously divorced from apt and valid criterion; where unjust remarks are made; and people
6 films released this year that are inspired by John Carpenter
I still hold that his latest film The Ward (2010) is not a John Carpenter film; he is not involved in both the script-work and
