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Tag Archives: Cinemalaya 2016

Pamilya Ordinaryo: The anesthetized audience

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.

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Tuos: Breaking the line between old and new

23 Tuesday Aug 2016

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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.

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Mercury is Mine: Road to a long and winding plot

14 Sunday Aug 2016

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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.

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1-2-3 (wan tu tri): Reality check in three, two, one

07 Sunday Aug 2016

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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).

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