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Death in the Land of Encantos
Lav Diaz is the master of the full-length film. Of the very long film, rather. A spontaneously made film against the background of the natural…Published on: -
Years When I Was a Child Outside
A film that openly describes the childhood of the film maker and his father who also had children outside their family. The frankness is cloaked…Published on: -
Tropical Manila
For adult viewers. Sex and violence, in other words, but also a beautifully photographed and intense family drama. A Korean father and his half FilipiPublished on: -
Philippine Bliss
Tempestuous film maker held his breath for once and made an almost matter-of-fact portrait of several inhabitants of a decaying Filipino apartment disPublished on: -
Drumbeat
Jason (14) lives in a slum district of Manila. Jason can drum better than anyone, but he doesn’t have a drum kit. He probably won’t…Published on: -
Standing Up
Documentary maker Waise Azimi followed the four-month military training programme of young Afghani recruits. Trained by a combination of Afghan, AmeriPublished on: -
3rd World Hero
One of the great contemporary Filipino directors, Mike de Leon, here returns on top form with an often witty and certainly ironic investigation into tPublished on: -
Misericordia: The Last Mystery of Kristo Vampiro
Anyone lulled by Khavn’s strikingly accessible Mondomanila is in for a shock. The Filipino film beast punishes his audience here again, just like oldPublished on: -
Lukas the Strange
John Torres is the poet of Philippine cinema. A poet with his own rules and ways of working. He can announce to make a film…Published on: -
Big Boy
Some films want to capture life the way it was. Or how the filmmaker thought it was. Not all attempts succeed, but this one does.…Published on: