‘Quezon’ review: Bold, beautiful, cartoonish
TBA Studios’ Quezon marks the long-awaited conclusion to their so-called Bayaniverse Trilogy that began with Heneral Luna (2015)…
Stephanie Mayo · · 4 min read
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TBA Studios’ Quezon marks the long-awaited conclusion to their so-called Bayaniverse Trilogy that began with Heneral Luna (2015)…
Stephanie Mayo · · 4 min read
A little like the Oscars, but unmistakably Filipino, the Cinemalaya Awards Night on 12 October at Shangri-La Plaza’s Red Carpet Cinemas was anything but…
Stephanie Mayo · · 5 min read
The Goethe-Institut presents the fourth edition of KinoFest, its annual German film festival, running across Southeast Asia and the Pacific from October to…
Stephanie Mayo · · 2 min read
It is impossible not to empathize with their courage: even as families are torn apart and loved ones are tortured or killed, these activists continue their…
Stephanie Mayo · · 3 min read
“For me, the art of life means being free to create and pursue what I believe in without the constant stress of survival. It’s having that comfort and security…
Stephanie Mayo · · 2 min read
Lav Diaz as himself playing Christ, Kidlat Tahimik speaking about inner dwarves as creative spirit and Angel Aquino as a cigarette-smoking Mother Mary. Sounds…
Stephanie Mayo · · 4 min read
With a poster with images of alcohol and a title that plays on the words “beer” and “gin,” Nuel Naval’s “The Last BeerGin” looks, at first glance, like a…
Stephanie Mayo · · 3 min read
The Sinag Maynila Independent Film Festival will close on Tuesday with a lineup of 61 films. I had hoped to catch all five competing feature films, but their…
Stephanie Mayo · · 3 min read