Overview of articles
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Melancholy
Made with the video function of a mobile phone. And already in 2004. Low resolution. High poetry.Published on: -
Service
An incomplete, or you could say over complete, family runs a shabby family cinema in Manila. Business is far from booming so they facilitate extra…Published on: -
Demons
Original combination of romantic melodrama and realistic indictment of political abuse from the Marcos era with style attributes from the horror and fPublished on: -
In Just the Wink of an Eye
Retired policeman holds a woman and daughter in a claustrophobic grip with his dictatorial behaviour. His son-in-law resists and the result is a confrPublished on: -
The Middle Mystery of Kristo Negro
Maybe animal lovers should come in ten minutes too late. Yet the ritual slaughter of a young water buffalo is a powerful start to a…Published on: -
Purgatorio
It’s not his first or only short film, but a short film by the master of the extremely long film is exceptional. Poetic and political.Published on: -
Jay
Infectious and exuberant satire on reality TV that involves less reality in a country like the Philippines than elsewhere. A young schoolteacher is muPublished on: -
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: -
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: -
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: