Movie News, Reviews
With 100 years on its back, Philippine cinema celebrations have mainly focused on narrative films. A group of filmmakers now feel it is high time that films with real-world impact … Continue Reading Daang Dokyu: A Festival of Philippine Documentaries Launched
Following its open call for long feature fiction films, the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) has extended its deadline for submission of Filipino documentary projects for the First … Continue Reading FDCP’s Call for Documentary Projects for International Film Lab Extended
After a successful and thought-provoking first run, the Office of The Vice President Leni Robredo together with Ayala Foundation and the Film Development Council of th Philippines (FDCP), decided they … Continue Reading Share Your Inspiring Story, Join the Istorya ng Pag-Asa Film Festival
JOURNEYMAN FINDS HOME: THE SIMONE ROTA STORY (2018) Review Directed by Albert Almendralejo, Maricel Cariaga It was one of the most unpretentious documentaries I’ve seen, expecting a biography of a … Continue Reading “Journeyman Finds Home: The Simone Rota Story” Review: A Heartwarming Homecoming
We were invited at the special screening of the award-winning documentary Journeyman Finds Home: The Simone Rota Story sponsored by the Davao Aguilas Football Club (DAFC). The full-length documentary film is about … Continue Reading Filipino Footballer Simone Rota Shares his Life Story in “Journeyman Finds Home” Documentary
Sinag Maynila was born from the vision of Mr. Wilson Tieng and Direk Brillante Mendoza’s wish to have a festival that not only inspires but educates and enlightens Filipino movie audiences. Since its launch in … Continue Reading GUIDE: #SinagMaynila2018 Film Festival
On International Women’s Day, MOTHERLAND (Bayang Ina Mo) by Ramona Diaz returns to Philippine cinema at the Cine Adarna of the UP Film Center on March 8, Thursday, 7pm. This is only the … Continue Reading Multi-Awarded Documentary “Motherland” to Screen at UP Cine Adarna on March 8
The famous microcinema in San Juan, Metro Manila is currently playing the best pictures of the Metro Manila Film Festival of 2016 and 2017. Baby Ruth Villarama’s documentary about the … Continue Reading MMFF Best Pictures “Sunday Beauty Queen,” “Ang Larawan” Back-to-Back at Cinema ’76
Paramount Pictures’ An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power – the sequel to the Oscar-winning An Inconvenient Truth – will be shown exclusively at Ayala Malls Cinemas (Trinoma & Glorietta 4) starting August 30, 2017. … Continue Reading “An Inconvenient Sequel” Opens Exclusively at Trinoma, Glorietta 4 Aug 30
A decade after the Oscar-winning An Inconvenient Truth brought the climate crisis into the heart of popular culture, comes the riveting and rousing follow-up, Paramount Pictures’ An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power. Watch … Continue Reading “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power” to Open at Select Ayala Malls Cinemas August 30
Stories of hope from real survivors of the fiercest and most devastating typhoon that ever hit the Philippines are featured in the highly-inspiring movie “We Call Her Yolanda.” The movie will … Continue Reading Docu-Drama “We Call Her Yolanda” to Have Special Screenings on March 25 & 26
SUNDAY BEAUTY QUEEN (2016) Review Directed by Baby Ruth Villarama First time in a Metro Manila Film Festival that a documentary film is included, and the only entry directed by … Continue Reading “Sunday Beauty Queen” Review: Championing The Filipino Heart & Spirit
Babyruth Villarama’s “Sunday Beauty Queen” is one of the biggest surprises in this year’s Metro Manila Film Festival. The film is the first ever documentary to make it in the … Continue Reading “Sunday Beauty Queen,” A Reality Film For the Whole Family
You must be living under a rock if you have not heard of THE BEATLES. At one point or another, their songs would have been a part of your life … Continue Reading Eight Things To Look Forward to ‘The Beatles Movie’ Philippine Release
By: David Robson/Express It was 50 years ago that the Beatles performed in their last ever public concert and now, a new film looks back at the early touring years. … Continue Reading “The Beatles Eight Days a Week” Explores The Fab Four’s Early Years
