[Editor’s note: the following is a press release from Los Otros] Los Otros co-presents with UP Film Center a free screening of Daniel Hui’s critically-acclaimed
Author: Tristan Zinampan
"Look at me, Look at me. I am the captain now."
Pet Sematary: A welcome resurrection
It’s a tried and tested formula for horror movies: the “be careful what you wish for.” The trope itself carries a pathos to it. Its
Eeerie: Paved with good intentions
“The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” I am reminded of these lines in thinking of a throughline for the Mikhail Red-directed horror
Bad Times at the El Royale, Hell is Other People
“Hell is other people.” Often quoted, frequently misrepresented, the phrase which originated from philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit—a play about three people trapped in a single
Review: EXES BAGGAGE (2018), A Man and A Woman Walk into a Bar…
Warning: Full spoilers follow. Tell me if you’ve heard this one before. A man and a woman walk into a bar They loved each
GOYO: ANG BATANG HENERAL, Reversing the Hero’s Journey
Warning: Full spoilers…but come on, it’s a biopic! Are spoilers even possible?!? In the Philippines, we are taught to worship heroes from a young age.
Review: SALVAGE, a Genre Exercise in Subversion
Warning: Full spoilers ahead. “Te, kailangan ba kitang isama sa frame?” [“Sister, do I have to include you in the frame?”] Barbie (Barbie Capacio), the make-up artist, asks between screams, as
“READY PLAYER ONE,” submitting yourself to The Matrix has never been this fun
Upon exiting the theater after Ready Player One, my immediate takeaway was that “they don’t make films like this anymore.” Based on the 2011 novel
“CITIZEN JAKE” is a wake-up call for both the asleep and woke
Often a trope in movies is when a hermitic, wise — often, cranky — veteran is brought out of retirement to school the youth when
“RED SPARROW” like its protagonist is calculated, brutal, and frustrating
By the end of its 2 hours and 20 minutes runtime, I was quite confused what to make of Francis Lawrence’s Red Sparrow. In terms of
“THE POST” is a film of the present that happens to be set in the past
Let me be as transparent as possible here. I kind of have a hard time distancing myself enough to give an unbiased (well, all reviews
“DARKEST HOUR” inspires but exists only in the moment
Full disclosure, I had a ton of apprehensions before going into Joe Wright’s Darkest Hour. For one, this Oscars season, it seemed to be the
“THE GREATEST SHOWMAN”, how can something so wrong feel so right
As Hugh Jackman’s P.T. Barnum starts selling the idea that using exaggerations, myths, and tall-tales as thinly-disguised truths are admirable, truth be damned, I couldn’t
Sundance Review: “SWEET COUNTRY”, A powerful slowburn on australia’s not-so-sweet history
Warwick Thornton’s Sweet Country opens with Sam Neill’s preacher Fred Smith sharing a meal with his Aboriginal farmhands Sam and Lizzie Kelly (exceptional newcomers Hamilton Morris and Natassia
Ang Larawan
There are projects that beyond their flaws you’ve got to praise for brazenness, the amount of love put into their creation. There’s this air of
Smaller and Smaller Circles
Serial, Making a Murderer, The Keepers, deep dives that have sprung forth from the recent death of Charles Manson; a jarring insight commonly seen in
Changing Partners
In the first minutes of Changing Partners, Agot Isidro’s Alex (don’t be confused, there’ll be two Alex’s here — that’s kind of the concept of the
Nervous Translation
People often say “see the world through the eyes of a child,” acting as if these words are the remedy to cynicism. Somehow this phrase
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
In social psychology, there’s this concept known as moral self-licensing. Moral self-licensing is what we call the tendency of man to succeed an act of
A Guide to the 13th Cinema One Originals Film Festival
The 13th Cinema One Originals is just around the corner and it’s promising to come into our theaters more fearless than ever. This year’s fest brings
Neomanila: Earned Redeption Failure
Warning: Full spoilers below. Neomanila has the uncanny ability to disorient. The film initially posits that in the underbellies of Manila, its inhabitants learn how
The Chanters
There’s a certain nostalgia that James Mayo’s The Chanters exudes even though set in the present, with social media frenzy playing a part in its story. The
Loving Vincent
There’s this scene from the Doctor Who episode “Vincent and The Doctor” back in 2010 where the titular doctor takes Vincent Van Gogh himself to