05 Sunday Aug 2018
Posted in Movie Reviews
Regional films are treading on a very thin line: they either snob their rural context and environment or they do so much to the point of exoticization. Amusin Pa traverses this line at ease. It situates the audience in a Southern Tagalog setting without necessarily alienating them or the characters in the narrative.
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01 Sunday Jan 2017
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2016, Best Director, elora españo, erik matti, filipino, film, film review, honor thy father, indie film, Metro Manila Film Festival 2016, MMFF, MMFF 2016, Movie, Movie review, Seklusyon
By Heinrich Domingo
Seklusyon begins with an interesting story. It is set in the 1940s, with religion and mysticism luring viewers to dip into its narrative. But as it progresses, this inviting story turns into a murky narrative that engulfs the viewers to a mar of confusion and disappointment. It is a story coming in so strong but failing to land with a solid end.
16 Tuesday Feb 2016
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crime, crime noir, drama, elora españo, film review, independent film, jm de guzman, king palisoc, mmff new wave 2015, Movie review, nico antonio, noir, rochelle pangilinan, Tandem, Zig Marasigan
Tandem wandered confusedly throughout its one and a half hour running time between two themes: one is a commentary on the dysfunctional system in the country that breeds criminal activities and the other is a presentation of an endearing fraternal relationship webbed between romance and crime. In the end, it defined itself as the latter and didn’t disappoint.
