Robert Eggers, director of the Sundance hit The Witch, engaged with his audience in an insightful forum that happened on Reddit yesterday. The thread—titled “I’m Robert Eggers, writer/director
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Stephen King’s ‘It’ gets an R-rated film iteration; filming begins this year
A new film adaptation of Stephen King’s horror novel It is happening after all, and fans might be getting the R-rated iteration we rightfully deserve. News comes
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
The ‘Deadpool’ Effect: Fox says ‘Wolverine 3’ will be Rated R
Fox is making sure that Wolverine 3 will get an R-rating—reports per Comic Book Source. An ironic turn of events, in that the character whose mouth
This Week In Trailers: ‘Equals’, ‘River’, ‘Ang Tulay ng San Sebastian’
This week in trailers: Nicholas Hoult and Kristen Stewart discreetly screwing in teen dystopia Equals; Tom Hiddleston’s naked sun-bathing in Ben Wheatley’s latest High-Rise; and Kevin Bacon
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
kogonada releases terrific video essay “Godard in Fragments”
If you’re not a fan of video essayist kogonada or video essays in general, this is the day to rethink life. Criterion Collection’s go-to essayist
‘X-Men: Apocalypse’, ‘Jason Bourne’, and more: Watch every super bowl movie trailer this year!
The folks here at Film Police Reviews are Filipinos and therefore have only a faint idea about football. So, why is the “big game” a
This Week In Trailers: ‘Elle’, ‘Green Room’, ‘Always Be My Maybe’, and more!
Isabelle Huppert in a Paul Verhoven film, Don Cheadle playing on O.G. jazz musician, and Robert Egger’s The Witch being destabilizingly terrifying up to the
Everything About Her
Women” and “power” rarely form a sentence that doesn’t draw prejudice. Yet, in Joyce Bernal’s latest Everything About Her, these two words become the foundation
Power Mac Center presents series of film workshops in ‘Cinemansanas’
Mobile filmmaking is on a slow, assured rise: Sean S. Baker’s transgender drama Tangerine—shot entirely on iPhone—is currently making waves in the film festival circuit. Television’s “Modern Family”,
‘Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo’, ‘Heneral Luna’ make their online premieres on Cinetropa
The Philippines is seeing a drastic shift in media consumption. There is now a deluge of online streaming platforms that provide their users the luxury
‘Heneral Luna’ breaks DVD sales records, and why that’s a big deal
Heneral Luna breaking sales records should surprise no one. Great films deserve great reception. At least that’s how it should be. About a month in its home
17 student films to be shown at the 12th annual P.O.V. (Piling Obrang Vidyo)
U.P. Cinema’s interschool video competition [inlinetweet prefix=”” tweeter=”@FilmPolceRevs” suffix=”@UPCinema”]P.O.V. (Piling Obrang Vidyo) is happening on January 31st at the U.P. Cine Adarna Theater[/inlinetweet], University of the
Criminal Activities
There’s enough pomp, violence, and foul-mouthed thugs in Jackie Earle Healey’s Criminal Activities to do some classic Tarantino good. The film however views like a
Jun Lana’s free screenwriting lab CinePanulat rolls out this February
Attention, filmmakers—and aspiring screenwriters! [inlinetweet prefix=”” tweeter=”@FilmPolceRevs” suffix=”#CinePanulat2016″]Jun Lana’s free screenwriting workshop CinePanulat is back[/inlinetweet] this February. Why this should set your butts ablaze, I
Lumayo Ka Nga Sa Akin
The definition of the word ‘satire’ has evolved from being a legitimate genre of literature to a now undervalued niche category in our Thought Catalog-driven
Trailer for ’10 Cloverfield Lane’, as expected, came out of nowhere
Internet broke with the release of a trailer for a mysterious science fiction film called 10 Cloverfield Lane. The film is directed by Dan Trachtenberg
Netflix Philippines is live! Here’s 10 titles you must watch
Here’s the thing: I can’t, in good faith, say that Filipinos are ready for film and television streaming. Not completely, anyway. The reason? You guessed
The final trailer for ‘The Witch’ is here + Philippine release?
[inlinetweet prefix=”” tweeter=”@FilmPoliceRevs” suffix=”#theWitchMovie”]A24 just released a final trailer for Robert Eggers’ The Witch, obviously saving their best for last.[/inlinetweet] If you’ve seen a bare second of
‘Free the State of Jones’ trailer premiere: McConaughey rebels against the confederacy
When you put Matthew McConaughey in a film about American freedom, he’s bound to be pretty much the film’s most valuable commodity. Lines like “Last
Trailer for Ben Wheatley’s ‘High Rise’ is here, and hot damn is it beautiful.
Ben Wheatley’s latest looks gorgeous. A Field Of England is one of my favorite films of recent, so you’d imagine my enthusiasm when the [inlinetweet
Throwing up in Balenciaga bags (ft. Vilma Santos in ‘Everything About Her’ trailer)
There it goes. Star Cinema is pulling a Devil Wears Prada to us. It sounds like an excuse to showcase all the camp Ate Vi harbors inside her, and it’s
The Year In Horror: 16 best horror films of 2015
2015’s horror highlights is comprised of mostly obscure indies that no one seems to appreciate. Take for example Ted Geoghegan’s We Are Still Here, a
Haunted Mansion
Betrayal underlies the conflict in most of Jun Lana’s films. Whether it’s prejudice or acts of sheer deceit—one woman is berated by her own people,