04 Sunday Sep 2016
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2016, best film, Cinemalaya 2016, film review, Hasmine Killip, independent film, Pamilya Ordinaryo, philippines, poverty, Ronwaldo Martin
By Heinrich Domingo
When you think that Filipinos have been fed up with poverty porn, Pamilya Ordinaryo is willing to challenge you. It entertains the audience with a pang of reality making them realize that cinema is nothing but an extension of actual lives.
23 Tuesday Aug 2016
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2016, Barbie Forteza, best film, cinemalaya, Cinemalaya 2016, film review, independent film, indie film, Laut, Mariquina, Movie review, Nora Aunor, Roderick Cabrido, Tuos
By Engelbert Rafferty Dulay
Traditions are vital for retaining cultural and national identity. This is the reason why we cling onto them despite being archaic and obsolete. In Roderick Cabrido’s Tuos, two women are both entangled in the constricting confinements of their culture. They are in the crossfire between modernity and tradition.
Cinetactic 