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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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Continue reading →: Gods of Egypt: Lost in its own fuzz
By Justin Rev Ino Tamang Hollywood films that dabble in mythology tend to be bad almost all the time. Clash of the Titans, Immortals, and Wrath of the Titans are proof of that. Gods of Egypt had the chance (and the budget, to boot) to be different, to be actually…
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Continue reading →: Partee: A path to cloud nine
By Heinrich Domingo After Jim Libiran’s Ninja Party brouhaha, it is difficult to watch again an independent film that speaks of house parties. Yet, Director Jill Singson Urdaneta proved that he can tackle more than alcohol and women’s breasts. His film brings the audience into a psychedelic experience brought by…
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