Apocalypto (2006)

Apocalypto (Mel Gibson, 2006) Repulsive. Mel Gibson's Apocalypto is just repulsive. You always sense perversity in every frame. Mel Gib...

Tulad ng Dati (2006)

Tulad ng Dati (Mike Sandejas, 2006) English Title: Just Like Before Michael Sandejas' initial directorial effort Tulad ng Dati ( Just L...

Little Children (2006)

Little Children (Todd Field, 2006) Shelves of porcelain children and old fashioned clocks fill the first shots of Todd Field's sophomore...

Rigodon (2005)

Rigodon (Sari Lluch Dalena & Keith Sicat, 2005) Rigodon derives its title from the European dance inherited by the Filipinos from its c...

Babel (2006)

Babel (Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2006) Babel , Alejandro González Iñárritu's third feature film, is probably his most ambitious. The ...

Todo Todo Teros (2006)

Todo Todo Teros (John Torres, 2006) I don't know much about John Torres. I know he has an editing house across the street from the unive...

Riles (2003)

Riles ( Life on the Tracks , Ditsi Carolino, 2003) The Renomerons live around a feet away from the rail tracks. Their mornings, afternoons, ...

Jesus Camp (2006)

Jesus Camp (Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady, 2006) Somewhere in Missouri, 9-year old Rachel is telling a complete stranger how God has spoken...

This Film is Not Yet Rated (2006)

This Film is Not Yet Rated (Kirby Dick 2006) The Motion Picture Association of America, or MPAA, is the subject of Kirby Dick's biting, ...

Camiling Story (2005)

Camiling Story (Erwin Romulo, 2005) The first thing we see in Erwin Romulo's directorial debut is space. Stars rapidly passing by; as i...

Lured (1947)

Lured (Douglas Sirk, 1947) This is post-war, pre- Magnificent Obsession (1954) Douglas Sirk film. Fritz Lang, Robert Siodmak, and Edgar U...

Love Me Tonight (1932)

Love Me Tonight (Rouben Mamoulian, 1932) It was love at first sight for me. Rouben Mamoulian establishes something remarkably wondrous from ...

Arthur and the Invisibles (2006)

Arthur and the Invisibles (Luc Besson, 2006) French Title: Arthur et les Minimoys The English title is actually very misleading; there are n...

The Host (2006)

The Host (Bong Joon-ho, 2006) Korean Title: Gwoemul Bong Joon-ho begins The Host with a sequence inspired by actual events: in a nearby U. ...

Gandahar (1988)

Gandahar (René Laloux, 1988) a.k.a. Light Years Gandahar is probably the closest René Laloux ever came in replicating the level of sophisti...

Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)

Hedwig and the Angry Inch (John Cameron Mitchell, 2001) Hedwig and the Angry Inch , John Cameron Mitchell's breakout film, is a cinemat...

Rocky Balboa (2006)

Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone, 2006) It's easy to dismiss Rocky Balboa , Sylvester Stallone's send-off to one of his most belove...

Time Masters (1982)

Time Masters (René Laloux, 1982) French Title: Les maîtres du temps Time Masters is the second Stefan Wul novel (" L'Orphelin de P...

Blood Diamond (2006)

Blood Diamond (Edward Zwick, 2006) Edward Zwick opens his latest film with a lovely and obviously artificial taste of rural life in 1999 Sie...

The Queen (2006)

The Queen (Stephen Frears, 2006) Queen Elizabeth II (Hellen Mirren) sits still as a commissioned artist paints her portrait. It's a stri...

Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo (2006)

Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo (Jose Javier Reyes, 2006) Rough English Translation: To Marry, To Join, To Share In a film festival that mostly caters...

Natutulog Pa Ang Diyos (1988)

Natutulog Pa Ang Diyos (Lino Brocka, 1988) English Title: God is Still Asleep In 1988, director Lino Brocka released two very different film...