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Continue reading →: Baka Siguro Yata: Of hits and misses
By Heinrich Domingo Baka Siguro Yata from beginning to end was testing the waters to seek for effective punch lines. Sometimes it tickles the funny bone but often times become too politically incorrect to be laughed at. The film subtly denounces homosexuality, vilifies abortion, and stands for sexism. With its…
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Continue reading →: Always Be My Maybe: Unpretentious romcom flick
By Kimiyo Meadows Always Be My Maybe offers some well-executed variety on the formulaic Pinoy romcom. Gerald Anderson and Arci Muñoz play Jake and Tintin respectively, two yuppies dealing with bad breakups who quickly become friends. They bond over rants about their exes and failed attempts at trying to set…
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Continue reading →: Kinabukasan (The Day After): Language of the abandoned
By Heinrich Domingo Death is almost always difficult to portray in media. It has a certain foul vibe that is simply not palatable for the mass audience to consume. Kinabukasan introduced death in cinema using a different perspective, one that looks into the eyes of the family members left to…
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Continue reading →: Dahling Nick: Sculpting the bust of a national artist
By Heinrich Domingo The cinema stands between the real and imagined. While it is a reflection of reality, its art usually requires creative alteration to appeal to the crowd. It is a challenge then for filmmakers to tell a beautiful unadulterated story. Dahling Nick embodies this critical position of cinema…
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Continue reading →: Miss Bulalacao: Filipinizing magical realism
By Heinrich Domingo In a far-flung barrio, there lived a transgender woman whose life changed after being crowned as Miss Bulalacao. But being a beauty queen was just the beginning of her colorful life. She was impregnated by an unseen entity, discovered that she was born with a penis-looking vagina,…
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