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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Overview of articles

  • 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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