This year’s government-backed film festival has not been particularly good. In my report of the fest, I expressed my contempt for three-quarters of the whole
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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
Watch: Trailer for Terrence Malick’s new film Knight of Cups, starring Christian Bale
Terrence Malick’s new film Knight of Cups, starring Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett and Natalie Portman, has a first-trailer released, and, as most Malick trailers do,
Five on five—MMFF 2014 New Wave entries
Aside from the primary—essentially mainstream—line-up of films, the annual Metro Manila Film Festival has also committed to an “indie” section called New Wave, which
Watch: Cinemalaya 2014 award-winning short film Lola debuts online
Kevin Ang’s entry about a disillusioned grandmother (portrayed by Erlinda Villalobos) won all Best Director, Best Screenplay and Audience Choice awards at the recent Cinemalaya Film
Starry Eyes
Starry Eyes begins with a deceptively auspicious start—an obsessed starlet (played by Alex Essoe) stumbles to her first acting job—relying on studious atmospherics that evoke
WATCH: “Too scary” — MTRCB bans trailer for Tragic Theater
The above trailer for the new film by Tikoy Aguiluz (director of Segurista) is banned, for some reason, and was given an “X rating” by the
Watch: The trailer for David Robert Mitchell’s It Follows is genuinely unsettling
David Robert Mitchell launched It Follows at Cannes to thunderous raves, with critics already honouring it one of the best horror films of recent. We have
We are spilling details on the upcoming J.J. Abrams sci-fi feature—it’s top-secret!
The modest success of lo-fi found-footage Cloverfield has launched Matt Reeves to the world as an able storyteller, succeeding with much bigger projects such as
Watch: This Wes Anderson cut of the Star Wars VII teaser-trailer is c’est drôle
Remember the first three Star Wars parody trailers we shared? Well apparently the internet simply could not move past them because someone has made a Wes Anderson
#TWD 5.8: “Coda”
The collective effort that The Walking Dead took in order to up the ante for its fifth season is, it can be said, squandered, with
Bond 24 debuts official title ‘Spectre’; unveils cast
The twenty-fourth Bond film, alternately referred to per accustomed tradition as Bond 24, has unveiled its official title. The upcoming film directed by Sam Mendes is going
Grace of Monaco
According to the crimson text that opens it, Oliver Dahan’s Grace of Monaco is “a fictional tale inspired by real events,” and in sitting through
Onto our worthwhile procrastination of the week: ‘Star Wars VII’ parody trailers
Cards on the table: at this point, any Star Wars film not-directed by George Lucas is goldmine. There is an unspoken and collective frustration felt
#TWD 5.7: “Crossed”
The fifth season of The Walking Dead has so far been a whirlwind, with consistently solid episodes that keep formidable emotional groundings. It helps that
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
It is from the fest circuits of ’04 and ’05 that Paul Etheredge-Outzs’s film Hellbent is unwarrantedly announced as “the first homoerotic slasher.” However, cultists who
Nightcrawler
It is interesting that when Rick (Riz Ahmed) nervily assesses his employer—“your problem is you don’t understand people,” he notes—Louis Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal), the employer
Attention, aspiring screenwriters! Jun Robles Lana is offering a free screenwriting workshop this coming January
Jun Robles Lana, alongside The Idea First Company, is hosting a screenwriting workshop free for aspiring screenwriters ages eighteen to forty. The writer-director of the
Watch: Official trailer for Dan Villegas’s ‘English Only, Please’ debuts online
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
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;
Two Cents and Too Cents: On an unspoken dilemma in film criticism
The world we live now is at an age for free-thinkers. Liberals, the fancier folks call them. There are good and bad sides to that.
Four hours of bonus content to come in upcoming ‘Ang Nawawala’ DVD release
Digital distribution in the Philippines is at a depressing point where home video is alarmingly scarce. Case in point: if you walk in a video
Two new Lana Del Ray songs in Tim Burton’s ‘Big Eyes’
That Oscar snub at Lana Del Ray’s soundtrack contribution to Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby robbed her track “Young & Beautiful” due recognition. But that is a thing
#TWD 5.6: “Consumed”
Carol’s transit from small to major character is, as is the normality in the series, especially ugly, having to witness the true death of her