04 Sunday Sep 2016
Posted in 2016, Movie Reviews
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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
Posted in 2016, Movie Reviews
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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.
14 Sunday Aug 2016
Posted in 2016, Movie Reviews
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2016, american, Bret Jackson, cinemalaya, Cinemalaya 2016, film review, independent film, indie, indie film, Jason paul laxamana, Kapampangan, mercury is mine, Movie review, Pokwang, xenocentrism
By Heinrich Domingo
Mercury is Mine challenges the viewers to mock and question their beliefs on American superiority. It is an intellectual critique on the long-held xenocentrism of Filipinos. Sadly, the audience has to suffer a bumpy ride before achieving a clear conclusion. They have to wince at times as some sequences go to a point of absurdity.
07 Sunday Aug 2016
Posted in 2016, Movie Reviews
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1-2-3, 2016, Barbara Miguel, carlo obispo, Carlos Dala, cinemalaya, Cinemalaya 2016, filipino, film review, independent film, indie, indie film, Lilet Never Happened, Movie review, Teri Malvar
By Engelbert Rafferty Dulay
Most of us dream of finding greener pastures and living a peaceful and prosperous life. This dream has been instilled in us, hence the emergence of Filipino diaspora. However, there are instances wherein the means of achieving such dream entail taking or being forced to take drastic measures. This is reality. Carlo G. Obispo’s sophomore feature “1-2-3 (wan tu tri)” shows its viewers that reality is hard, rough, and painful (deadly even).
