Tag: Cinema of the Philippines

World Cinema Report: The Philippines – Most Anticipated for 2023

In 2022, the Philippines was on quite a roll on the international cinematic arena with local films gaining critical acclaim and Filipino talents getting...

Interview: Erik Matti – On the Job: The Missing 8

In anticipation for the upcoming 95th Academy Awards, I chatted with Erik Matti, whose film On the Job: This Missing 8 is the Philippines’...

When the Waves Are Gone | 2022 Venice Film Festival Review

When Fair is Foul: Diaz Attempts Neo-Noir in Interminable Derivatives In the twenty plus features Filipino auteur Lav Diaz has premiered over the past two...

Genus, Pan | Review

Three Amigos: Diaz Explores Featherless Bipeds in Latest Leisurely Expose on Baseness Running time is always a point of contention when it comes the cinema...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #52. When the Waves Are Gone – Lav Diaz

When the Waves Are Gone Without taking a breath, Filipino auteur Lav Diaz should likely have latest feature When the Waves Are Gone ready for...

Interview: Lav Diaz – Season of the Devil (Ang Panahon ng Halimaw)

Economically shot by this auteur's standards (half the length of 2016's A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery), Lav Diaz's just under four opus cleverly...

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Bunker | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

Atlas Dug: Zeller Teases the Comedy of Obligation It’s become...

2026 TIFF Exclusive: Poster One-Sheet for Ghasideh Golmakani’s ‘Head to Head’ (Discovery Programme)

Among the directorial debuts loading up this year’s Discovery...

The Spiral (L’Estranea) | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

The Devil is a Woman: Strippoli Concocts an Elegant...

Look Back | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

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