The three consecutive films released this year under the direction of Antoinette Jadaone—Beauty in a Bottle, Relaks, it’s Just Pag-Ibig and That Thing Called Tadhana—are all triumphs. They are works that punctuate on their genres (comedy and romance), while refusing insistent conventions. They are products of a refinement that is
Day: November 23, 2014
Hindi Sila Tatanda
Malay Javier’s Hindi Sila Tatanda is an indulgent play at sonic and visual euphoria. The film has earned that merit. It is technically subversive, too; beginning as an innocuous slice-of-life coming-of-age with scenes that are mistakably Sundance-mold, until it plunges to a more sci-fi/genre film vibe, and finally pulls back.