ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, REVIEWS
“Anong nangyari?” For those who are not active in participating in the theater arts in the Philippines, Joanna Ampil may not ring any bell. That was a lost for us, because when I saw her in Loy Arcenas’ film adaptation of Nick Joaquin’s Ang Larawan, I was completely blown away. No other actress overwhelmed me with …
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The Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino has announced the nominees for the prestigious film award recognition –the 41st Gawad Urian– happening on June 14 (Thursday) at the ABS-CBN Vertis Tent and will be airing live on Cinema One at 7pm. Leading this year’s list is the film “Respeto” with 12 nominations including Best Picture, Best …
The 43rd Metro Manila Film Festival Best Picture winner “Ang Larawan” will be having its US Theatrical run starting January 12, 2018. In a musical tale about standing together against materialism, two impoverished sisters anguish over whether or not to sell a painting, the final masterpiece by their recluse father. A bitter struggle for survival against betrayal …
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ANG LARAWAN (2017) Review Directed by Loy Arcenas Musicals are rare in Philippine cinema which is rather odd knowing that Filipinos love to sing. But musical films aren’t embraced as warm as romance or comedy films today. Set before World War II, Ang Larawan tells the story of Candida and Paula Marasigan, the single daughters of the …
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“Ang Larawan,” the lone musical entry in this year’s Metro Manila Film Festival, has gotten a grade of “A” from the Cinema Evaluation Board (CEB). The musical written by National Artist for Theater Rolando Tinio and composed by Ryan Cayabyab is the only film this year wherein all CEB eleven members who previewed gave the …
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The film adaptation of Ang Larawan, the musical which is based on National Artist for Literature Nick Joaquin’s three-act English play A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino gets a new poster for its Busan International Film Festival World Premiere and a new teaser featuring its star-studded cast. Check out the new poster and teaser below: …
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