ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, REVIEWS
ABOUT US BUT NOT ABOUT US (2022) ReviewDirected by Jun Robles Lana From reminiscing sweet moments to realizing you don’t really know the people close to you, Jun Robles Lana’s ‘About Us But Not About Us’ is a smart and perfectly paced drama thriller you’ll go nuts how the film will go from cute to …
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Manila, 13 March 2023 – Five Films for Freedom, the world’s widest-reaching LGBTQIA+ digital campaign, returns this March. For this year’s run, the British Council in the Philippines is partnering with Film Development Council in the Philippines (FDCP) to bring free screenings at Cinematheque Centres in the country from 21-22 March 2023. Five Films for …
ANIMA Short Film Lab entry “HITO” joins the youth-focused category of the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) happening on February 16 to 26, 2023. Together with other international entries, “HITO” enters the Generation14 programme that caters to audiences under 18. “HITO,” directed by Stephen Lopez, is one of the products of the ANIMA Short Film …
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ABS-CBN Film Restoration honors the countless contributions of veteran cinematographer Romeo “Romy” Vitug in Philippine cinema in the latest edition of its Sagip Pelikula Spotlight series, featuring the online screening of the 1977 classic “Mga Bilanggong Birhen” on KTX.ph. Directed by Mario O’Hara and Romy Suzara, and produced by Armida Siguion-Reyna, the period-drama classic serves …
MY FATHER, MYSELF (2022) ReviewDirected by Joel Lamangan Probably one of the most controversial films to be released on the big screen, Joel Lamangan’s family drama tackles not only just infidelity but also gay love. It’s not the usual story we see in cinemas during the holiday season but like what Lamangan said, these stories …
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“Bakit hindi natin ipakita ang istorya na kapupulutan ng aral? Bakit natin kakalimutan? Na ang buhay ay hindi romanticism. Ang buhay ay ‘yung totoong nangyayari hindi ‘yung naitatakip ng katotohanan. Ipakita natin ‘yan. Kasi paano nila mauunawaan ang mga nangyayari sa kapaligiran kung hindi natin ipapakita ang mga tinatagong kasaysayan? Bakit itatago? Ipakita para kapulutan …
For a remarkable feature debut commandeered by two riveting lead performances, offering a very intense, haunting cinematic experience, Autobiography by Makbul Mubarak wins the Asian Next Wave award of QCinema. The award, which focuses on emerging filmmakers from Southeast Asia and East Asia with less than three features, made a comeback in this year’s edition of QCinema. …
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TBA Studios is bringing the critically acclaimed satirical dark comedy film Triangle of Sadness to the QCinema International Film Festival 2022, premiering as the festival’s opening film on Nov. 17 at Gateway Cineplex in Quezon City. While the premiere is by invitation, moviegoers can still catch the second screening of Triangle of Sadness during the …
Heralding new directors and their acclaimed new works, QCinema celebrates outstanding debut or second features in its special 10th edition line-up this November 17-26, 2022. New Horizons, QCinema’s exhibition section which was first introduced in 2019, returns with a line-up of outstanding fresh auteurs from all over the world. Saint Omer, Venice Silver Lion Grand Jury …
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Now a regular feature in QCinema, this specially-curated program showcases the most interesting new short films from the region, including two from the Philippines. In exploring diverse cinematic approaches, the line-up of six shorts range from the fiction narrative to social critique and to experimental styles of filmmaking. This section, curated by filmmaker Carlo Manatad, …