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Continue reading →: 10,000 Saints: An Alternative Narrative
by Heinrich Domingo Here is a film that does not abide to the saleable formula created by mainstream cinema. Imbedded in the concepts of addiction, teenage angst, maturity, friendship, filial relationship, and many others, 10,000 Saints challenges the viewers to value complexity, question the popular, and appreciate reality.
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Continue reading →: Straight Outta Compton: Deromanticizing Resistance
by Heinrich Domingo This film brings the audience into the inside of the gangsta rap culture. It is stinky. It exudes violence, sex, and drugs. But, Straight Outta Compton offers no apology for its ‘art is a reflection of its reality.’
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Continue reading →: Attack on Titan: Titans in Failed CGI Flesh
by Heinrich Domingo Both in manga and in television series, Attack on Titan won over fans all over the world for presenting a post-apocalyptic story discussing human nature, inevitable death, and a haunting past of humankind. The live-action film adaptation cannot bank on this superb narrative as it is dragged…
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Continue reading →: Dagitab: A Spark that Never Goes Out
by Heinrich Domingo Dagitab battles against cinema’s form, convention, and tradition. It is a film that is confident of what it is. Light, consistent, and surreal. It testifies that there is a ray of hope from the next generation of Filipino Independent filmmaking.
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Continue reading →: Papitir: Of Honesty and Falling Short
by Heinrich Domingo A puppeteer is visited by his past shown in a montage of a drowning kid and children’s laughter.
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