Overview of articles
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Prologue to the Great Desaparecido
Great filmmaker prepares for a historical masterpiece set in an inhospitable, black-and-white jungle. A taster.
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This City Is a Battlefield
A sumptuous Jakarta-set historical thriller fusing sensual romantic drama with gripping political intrigue.
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Electric Child
A man looks to super-intelligent AI to save his sick child. What could go wrong?
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An Errand
A stylish, elliptical neo-noir scrutinising the psychosexual underside of a deeply class-riven society.
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Lilim
Runaway siblings seek refuge in an isolated orphanage controlled by a sacrificial cult.
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Bomba Bernal
Bomba: the controversial sex-oriented genre that defined Philippine cinema from the 1960s to the 1980s.
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Can & Slippers
Piling plays soccer with a tin can through the slums of Manila. A new Maradona?
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When the Waves Are Gone
A contrite policeman must reckon with his political past in a stylised, expansive film noir.
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In My Mother’s Skin
A grisly and captivating coming-of-age fairy tale set in an isolated mansion in 1945 Philippines.
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I Love You, Beksman
Presumed gay, Dali falls for a woman in a buoyant reverse coming-out comedy.
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