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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Exclusive Trailer: The American Dream is Pure Fantasy in Nellie Kluz’s ‘The Dells’

Selected for showcases at the 2024 Visions du Réel,...

2025 Cannes: Directors’ Fortnight Section Say Oui to Nadav Lapid’s ‘Yes’

Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid was tipped as a last...

Puissant Paris: Huppert, Efira, Cassel, Niney & Adam Bessa Topline Asghar Farhadi’s ‘Parallel Tales’

Megawatt quintet Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Efira, Vincent Cassel, Pierre...