It Rains on Our Love (1946)

You and Me Against the World by Francis Joseph A. Cruz They meet by chance in a train station. Maggi (Barbro Kollberg) is a woman who wishes...

The Actors and the Alchemist

The Actors and the Alchemist by Francis Joseph A. Cruz Beatrice Kruger, casting director for Tom Tykwer’s The International (2009) and Anton...

A Woman in This World of Men

A Woman in this World of Men by Francis Joseph A. Cruz In his scathing review of David Lynch’s Blue Velvet (1986), Roger Ebert laments that ...

Tales of the Night (2011)

Colored Shadows by Francis Joseph A. Cruz Nightly collaborations by a boy, a girl, and a master technician give rise to tales that burst wit...

Day is Done (2010)

A View from a Room by Francis Joseph A. Cruz A plane passes through a passive sky that serves as background to an industrial chimney bellowi...

Evolution of a Filipino Film Lover

Lav Diaz's Ebolusyon ng Isang Pamilyang Pilipino (Evolution of a Filipino Family) Evolution of a Filipino Film Lover by Francis Joseph A...