ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, REVIEWS
A hundred years since Filipinos started capturing in film the story of their islands and their people, recorded facts, narratives, and perspectives have been shaped and developed. This year marks a special occasion for this collection of Filipino stories as they are set to be celebrated in Daang Dokyu, the first Philippine documentary festival. Daang …
The UP Cineastes’ Studio presents a special screening of Glenn Barit’s debut feature film Cleaners this coming March 13, 7PM at the Cine Adarna, UP Diliman. Part of the QCinema 2019, Cleaners is hailed as one of the best local films of 2019. It won Best Picture, Best Screenplay, and Audience Choice Award in the …
After ‘TPO’ in 2016, ‘Tale of the Lost Boys’ in 2018 and ‘Jino to Mari’ in 2019, writer and director Joselito “Jay” Altarejos returns to the Sinag Maynila Film Festival this 2020 with the political drama ‘Walang Kasarian ang Digmang Bayan.’ Walang Kasarian ang Digmang Bayan (The Revolution Knows No Gender) chronicles the journey of filmmaker, Paolo, played by Oliver Aquino, …
From Korea at the Busan International Film Festival, to Tokyo at the Tokyo International Film Festival, to Egypt at the Cairo International Film Festival, to Estonia, to India and to Taiwan, Brillante Ma Mendoza’s ‘Mindanao’ is finally coming home to the Philippines this Christmas for the 45th Metro Manila Film Festival. The film tells the story …
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Fresh from its successful world premiere in Europe where director Jun Robles Lana was awarded Best Director, Kalel, 15 will finally be screened in selected Philippine Cinemas this Wednesday, December 18. Kalel, 15 is the story of a 15-year old son of a priest who discovers he is HIV positive. It is the last in …
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For its fifteenth year, Cinema One Originals loudly and proudly declares what it’s stood for all these years, originality in all its permutations, and challenging old and new audiences if they’re ready for the Cinema One Originals Experience—an experience that goes beyond cinema, beyond cinephilia, beyond entertainment. All these years, the Cinema One Originals …
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The coming-of-age drama film “John Denver Trending” by TV writer-turned-director Arden Rod Condez competed at the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF)’s New Currents section, the festival’s main competition section. “John Denver Trending” follows the tale of a student who is wrongly accused of theft. He then becomes a victim of cyberbullying after a video of …
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A girl, a gun, and desperate times. After being pushed to the edge most of her life, a girl discovers how much power owning a gun can give her and decides she’s had enough of being the underdog. CIGNAL ENTERTAINMENT, in partnership with EPICMEDIA, present BABAE AT BARIL, an official entry to the QCinema …
Being part of the Metro Manila Film Festival is one thing, but to get high praises from a National Artist who is also the head of the selection committee is a validation that the people behind a film is doing the right thing. Or maybe even more. That’s what happened to the most controversial entry …
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CLEANERS (QCinema 2019) Review Directed by Glenn Barit With no star power on its cast, Glenn Barit’s Cleaners is making noise for its visuals prior to its release but you’d be surprised on how warm, funny and deeply nostalgic this film is. And it’s stories will probably stay longer than I expected them to be. Imagine a …
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