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Continue reading →: Cups Ka Ba?: Of love and comedy
By Heinrich Domingo Love chooses no gender. It does not discriminate. It does not give a rule for loving. What it does is it allows people to fall for each other no matter what race, social class, or gender they belong to. Set in the country’s most progressive learning institution,…
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Continue reading →: Indifference: Of familiarity and unfamiliarity
By Heinrich Domingo For anyone who has seen Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, this film might be too familiar. Two ex-lovers visit a medical center in their aim to lose their love for each other. They are put under series of medications and tests. While the process is effective…
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Continue reading →: Kalaro (Playmate): Of chilling horror and pointless message
By Heinrich Domingo A college student seeks a low-cost room where she could stay through the semester. When the landlord cannot think of any other room that fits her budget, she was offered with a small space haunted by a ghost of a playful kid. Initially, both became friends but…
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Continue reading →: Finish Line: Of simplicity and beauty
By Heinrich Domingo The independent film scene in the country is proud to have provided a space in gender discourse. The likes of Ang Lihim ni Antonio and I Love You. Thank You flooded film festivals in the recent years. In the progress of LGBT fight, Philippine films are once…
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Continue reading →: Caritas: Of good acting and ineffective plot twist
By Heinrich Domingo A young man weakened by AIDS is brought to the hospital after reaching a terminal stage of his disease. With him in the room are two other patients who also suffer from the same condition. He befriends a beautiful nurse who tirelessly cares for him despite him…
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