The Hitchcockian scene is as hard to find these days as it is hard to define. Rare is that scene that bears a propensity for
Author: Armando Dela Cruz
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The Cinephile’s Guide To: The Internet
The cinephile’s life is exhaustiveㅡgrueling. Even for one whose cinephilia is his livelihood, it is less a vocation than a way of life; in the
‘The Look Of Silence’ screens at the UP Cine Adarna
Filipino fans wanting to catch Joshua Oppenheimer’s haunting documentary The Look Of Silence, block your Thursdays this week. CAMIRA Philippines, in cooperation with U.P. Cineastes’ Studio and
This Week In Trailers: ‘Adam Green’s Aladdin’, ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ and more!
This week in trailers: Tom Hanks pitches to the King of Saudi Arabia; Elijah Wood and Nicolas Cage’s cops go dirty after stumbling after a
Tarkovsky’s ‘Solaris’: Science fiction celebrating the human life
The best films come to our lives at the perfect time. Not my first Tarkovsky experience (transcendence!) in the film Stalker nor the words of
‘10 Cloverfield Lane’ is less (and more) connected to ‘Cloverfield’ than you think!
Questions rise aplenty around 10 Cloverfield Lane, a “spiritual cousin” to Matt Reeves’ 2008 modern classic Cloverfield. If we’re seeing past this oh-this-new-film-just-came-out-of-nowhere-is-it-a-cloverfield-sequel marketing hoopla,
Aaron Paul might star in Stephen King’s ‘The Dark Tower’
Stalwart fans of The Dark Tower series are on ’round-the-clock shifts finding the right actors for Stephen King’s beloved epic. Another actor hustled into the rumor mill: Aaron Paul.
‘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
Cinematic Influences that Shaped the Cinema of Quentin Tarantino
Cinematic references have both made and challenged Quentin Tarantino’s filmmaking stature. The indictments span from qualms as tame as reddit threads to accusations as overblown
A Film A Year: The 20th Century Through World Cinema
They say that film in itself is a world—one that magnifies our own; and one that for better or for worse, reflects in a manner
This Week In Trailers: ‘Baskin’, ‘Louder Than Bombs’, ‘The Black Coat’s Daughter’ and more!
This week in trailers: the directors of Inside debut their French spin at the backwood-slasher film; the latest from Terrence Malick gets a new Diplo-infused
The trailer and poster for a new ‘Blue Velvet’ restoration look gorgeous!
Cinephiles, here’s something to make you drool all over. A new restoration of David Lynch’s Blue Velvet is premiering at Film Forum in New York. The newly released trailer
Tom McCarthy’s ‘Spotlight’ returns to select PH cinemas!
Tom McCarthy’s truth-based Spotlight is getting a second release this week (albeit a limited one). Its recent win at the 88th Academy Awards clearly encouraged some film
The Full List of Every Film Award Winner in 2016
The film awards season has recently reached its close. Like any other year, the season wouldn’t close without fire. The Oscars, more notably, trudged through
The Art Of Fading In and Out: 7 Cinematic Examples Of The Dissolve
A “dissolve” is a cinematic device used by filmmakers to gradually transition from one image to another. Plenty of filmmakers use it to great effect,
Luca Guadagnino Wants Dakota Johnson and Tilda Swinton For His ‘Suspiria’ Remake
For better or for worse, a remake of Dario Argento’s Suspiria is happening. The horror classic holds well for almost four decades-old film, still one of the most
‘The Revenant’ makes a second run at PH theaters this week
The Revenant—fresh from its wins at the recently concluded Academy Awards—is returning to Philippine theaters this week, March 2, for reasons already quite obvious. Leonardo
Stephen King: Elba and McConaughey to star in ‘The Dark Tower’ film adaptation
It’s happening. Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series is going to be adapted into a film—and guess who are going to star? Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey
A List of First Times at the #Oscars2016
Smoke hasn’t cleared from the fire that is the 88th Academy Awards—a.k.a. the most awkward Oscars night ever. During the three-hour show: Stacey Dash walked
The full list of #Oscars2016 winners. Do you agree?
The 2016 Academy Awards, unpredictable and controversial in equal measure, just wrapped. Chris Rock made jokes about Girl Scout cookies, Louis C.K. about documentarians. Lady
This Week In Trailers: ‘Whistleblower’, ‘Maggie’s Plan’, ‘Sakaling Hindi Makarating’ and more!
This week in trailers: When a mumblecore script is made a larger-scale production; when two Japanese horror icons clash a la Freddy Kreuger and Jason
3 Filipino Films to Stream (for free!) this People Power Revolution
While every one is commemorating the anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution, you’re holed up in the dark of your room for some reason.
Scream Queens: 13 female survivors from horror movies
Someone emailed me this fun infographic of female survivors who lived through their respective horror films. Knowing that plenty of you are fellow genre nuts, I thought
This Week In Trailers: ‘Confirmation’, digitally restored ‘Belladonna of Sadness’, and more
This week in trailers: Idris Elba and Richard Madden go “reckless and irresponsible” in first trailer for Bastille Day; a trailer for the newly restored animation