11 Tuesday Aug 2020
Posted in Movie Reviews, Video Essays
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cinemalaya 2020, film criticism, Kapampangan, Pampanga, Quing Lalam Ning Aldo, Review, short film
Quing Lalam Ning Aldo is a story of a transgender parent who anticipates the arrival of her son from overseas. While she prepares the entire home, she reminisces the good old days they spent in the kitchen.
10 Thursday Mar 2016
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Ana Capri, Badjao, Barbie Forteza, drama, film review, Laut, Luisito Ignacio, Mabalacat, movie revew, Pampanga, poverty, Sama D'laut, Singkuwento International Film Festival
When you fear and feel powerless, create an art work they say. Shout your advocacy through artistry, through beauty, through cinema. But what if, you cannot comprehend art. What is artistic expression to you if you are hungry in the middle of the night, if you are landless all your life, if you have to watch your sick children die? They are the Sama D’laut group, the subject of Director Luisito Ignacio’s film Laut. Seen on the big screen is the reeking condition of a displaced community and their constant fight to continue living.
30 Wednesday Sep 2015
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balut, Balut Country, class struggle, film review, independent film, indie film, Kapampangan, Movie review, Pampanga, Paul Sta. Ana, Rocco Nacino, Ronnie Quizon, sinag maynila
Great artistry does not only happen under the limelight. Sometimes, those located at the periphery are the ones who bring the best of the movie. Ronnie Quizon (playing caretaker Dado), as the supporting actor, embodies forbearance. He is one among many Filipinos who are willing to accept pain, let go of its source, and be happy again. The uncertainty in balut business is a reminder of our prevailing culture to willingly suffer long months of hard work without any promise of good return. Balut Country brilliantly captures the Philippine social and class struggles enveloped within a conservative blanket of Filipino culture. Though the film might not look appetizing at first, giving it a try is a must.
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