MMFF REVIEW: 'I’mPerfect' stops at representation
While watching 'I’mPerfect', this year’s Metro Manila Film Festival Best Picture, I kept thinking about Garry Marshall’s 1999 cult film 'The Other Sister'.
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While watching 'I’mPerfect', this year’s Metro Manila Film Festival Best Picture, I kept thinking about Garry Marshall’s 1999 cult film 'The Other Sister'.
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If viewed strictly from an anti–Martial Law sentiment, sure, its silences may feel meaningful, or even terrifying. But strip an audience’s ideology away, and…
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Why the New Year is shaping up to be a thrilling chapter for Philippine cinema.
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Award-winning filmmaker Jun Robles Lana has never been one to shy away from difficult conversations, especially when it comes to the future of Philippine…
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Police are investigating whether criminal charges will be filed following a firecracker explosion in Tondo that killed a 12-year-old boy and injured another,…
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‘We were told that someone used firecrackers there last night. One exploded, but the other did not and was reportedly doused with water.’
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Eggs and flour are for making bread and pancakes. But residents of Ibi town in southeastern Spain have a different use for the baking ingredients.
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For decades, LGBTQ characters in Philippine films were often confined to caricature—comic relief, tragic figures, or sidekicks whose queerness existed only to…
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At first glance, a film trophy is an object of celebration—a gleaming symbol of victory, applause, and artistic recognition. But for artist Toym Leon Imao, the…
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When Jun Lana accepted the Gender Sensitivity Award at the 2025 Metro Manila Film Festival for Call Me Mother , he did not frame the moment as a personal…
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The death toll from the bus accident in Del Gallego, Camarines Sur, a day after Christmas, has risen to six, police confirmed on Sunday.
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The 51st Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) made history this year as all eight official entries surpassed the P1 million mark in gross receipts on their…
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ILOILO CITY — Persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the Iloilo City District Jail–Male Dormitory (ICDJ-MD) in Barangay Ungka are gearing up for a return to the…
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All eight official entries of the 51st Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) grossed at least P1 million each on the first day of screening on December 25,…
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Silence fell over the 51st Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) Gabi ng Parangal as the screen dimmed and a familiar name reclaimed the room—not through applause,…
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Apat na katao ang kumpirmadong nasawi habang 23 naman ang nasugatan matapos mahulog sa bangin ang isang pampasaherong bus sa Andaya Highway sa Barangay Magais…
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The festive spirit is alive and glowing in Zamboanga City, where the historic Spanish-inspired façade of City Hall lights up every night with the dazzling…
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