You Are the One (2006)

You Are the One (Cathy Garcia-Molina, 2006) I caught this one on cable television. I've heard some good stuff about this rom-com, but ea...

Bug (2006)

Bug (William Friedkin, 2006) A sweeping view of nowhere, America opens William Friedkin's terrifying Bug. Acres and acres of fallow lan...

Kuroneko (1968)

Kuroneko (Kaneto Shindô, 1968) English Title: Black Cat From the Grove With Kuroneko ( Black Cat From the Grove ), director Kaneto Shindô d...

The Invisible Man (1933)

The Invisible Man (James Whale, 1933) You can definitely predict the spectacle, that beneath the horrid bandages and the sunglasses is nothi...

Tatarin (2001)

Tatarin (Tikoy Aguiluz, 2001) English Title: Summer Solstice Don Paeng (Edu Manzano) and Lupe (Dina Bonnevie) Moreta are trapped in a diffic...

Ang Tatay Kong Nanay (1978)

Ang Tatay Kong Nanay (Lino Brocka, 1978) English Title: My Father, My Mother Lino Brocka's Ang Tatay Kong Nanay ( My Father, My Mother ...

Jose Rizal (1998)

Jose Rizal (Marilou Diaz-Abaya, 1998) Coinciding with the centennial celebration of Philippine independence from Spain, Jose Rizal was duri...

Babae sa Breakwater (2004)

Babae sa Breakwater (Mario O'Hara, 2004) English Title: Woman of the Breakwater Yoyoy Villame is one of the most underappreciated musici...

Time (2006)

Time (Kim Ki-duk, 2006) Korean Title: Shi gan Kim Ki-duk's thirteenth film Time opens with a montage of nearly unwatchable footages of a...

Nostalghia (1983)

Nostalghia (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1983) Removed from his native Russia, Andrei Tarkovsky creates his penultimate film Nostalghia in Italy. Not s...

Mirror (1975)

Mirror (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1975) Russian Title: Zerkalo A young man (Ignat Daniltsev) turns on the television set; the program shows a stutte...

Sicko (2007)

Sicko (Michael Moore, 2007) Michael Moore, ever the provocateur, defines his documentaries with stunts that hammer his agenda with blunt, qu...

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Tim Story, 2007) I've had the misfortune of watching Fantastic Four (Tim Story, 2005) when ...

Blackout (2007)

Blackout (Ato Bautista, 2007) Twenty-somthing year old Ato Bautista follows-up his Sa Aking Pagkagising Mula Sa Kamulatan ( My Awakening Fr...

Paris, Je T'aime (2006)

Paris, Je T'aime (Olivier Assayas, Frédéric Auburtin, Emmanuel Benbihy, Gurinder Chadha, Sylvain Chomet, Ethan & Joel Coen, Isabel C...

Tales From Earthsea (2006)

Tales From Earthsea (Goro Miyazaki, 2006) Japanese Title: Goro Senki This tale from Earthsea (a fantasy world created by author Ursula Le Gu...

Ang Daan Patungong Kalimugtong (2005)

Ang Daan Patungong Kalimugtong (Mes de Guzman, 2005) English Title: The Road to Kalimugtong The pre-credit sequence shows the geographic rou...

Rosetta (1999)

Rosetta (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, 1999) Midway through the film, Rosetta (Émilie Dequenne) recites a personal prayer before heading t...

Dasepo Naughty Girls (2006)

Dasepo Naughty Girls (Lee Je-yong, 2006) Korean Title: Dasepo sonyo A teacher walks in on a class composed of uniformed and attractive stude...

The Lives of Others (2006)

The Lives of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006) German Title: Das Leben der Anderen The critics of Florian Henckel von Donnersm...