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Patintero – Ang Alamat ni Meng Patalo: Of Heart and Nostalgia

08 Saturday Oct 2016

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90s, children's film, comedy, drama, dramedy, filipino, film, film review, independent film, indie, indie film, mihk vergara, Movie, Movie review, patintero, Patintero ang alamat ni meng patalo, philippines, QCinema 2015, Review

By Justin Rev Ino Tamang

“May laro, may laro, may laro,” yells a scrawny kid as he runs around town to announce an upcoming game of patintero. In the village of San Jose, this game means everything. Youngsters settle their disputes (no matter how trivial) by playing this game. Opposing teams lay down their terms before a match and the losing faction abides by the conditions set by the winner.

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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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Engkwentro: Pungent and raw

24 Sunday Jul 2016

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Clash, Duterte, Engkwentro, filipino, film review, independent film, indie, indie film, Movie review, pepe diokno, philippines, Rodrigo Duterte

By Heinrich Domingo

Engkwentro delivers reality on the screen so raw and so pungent that viewers are awakened to go back to their world. Here, the cinema is no longer an anesthesia. It becomes a reflection of what the Philippines is as Dutertopia.

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Sana Dati: Could’ve been better

10 Sunday Jan 2016

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2013, cinemalaya, if only, independent film, indie, Jerrold Tarog, lovi poe, Movie review, paulo avelino, Review, sana dati, tj trinidad

By Heinrich Domingo

It is difficult to imagine Director Jerrold Tarog pre-Heneral Luna. Looking at his past film Sana Dati, one can notice how he matured as a director in terms of technical directing, plot development, and character presentation. Far different from his recent (and highly successful) film, this movie is profound in its story but lacks in visual display. And for movies to be movies, they are to be visual pleasantries, if not, we might as well just go back to the lost art of radio dramas.

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