Cinematic Highlights of 2007

Lav Diaz's Death in the Land of Encantos Cinematic Highlights of 2007 What better way for a film lover to celebrate the coming of 2008 t...

No Country For Old Men (2007)

No Country For Old Men (Ethan & Joel Coen, 2007) The Coen Brothers' No Country For Old Men opens with shots of the parched Western l...

Resiklo (2007)

Resiklo (Mark Reyes, 2007) English Title: Recycle Mark Reyes' Resiklo ( Recycle ) is set in the near future, where Earth will be dominat...

Shake, Rattle and Roll 9 (2007)

Shake, Rattle and Roll 9 (Paul Daza, Mike Tuviera & Topel Lee, 2007) When Regal Studios decided to revive the Shake, Rattle and Roll fra...

Maling Akala (2007)

Maling Akala (Pablo Biglangawa & Veronica Velasco, 2007) English Title: Mistaken Assumption A man tries to balance himself in the middle...

Eastern Promises (2007)

Eastern Promises (David Cronenberg, 2007) In one scene in David Cronenberg's Eastern Promises , Nikolai (played masterfully by Viggo Mor...

3 Days of Darkness (2007)

3 Days of Darkness (Khavn dela Cruz, 2007) Tagalog Title: Tatlong Araw ng Kadiliman A solitary house is enveloped by an ominously dark morni...

Confessional (2007)

Confessional (Jerrold Tarog & Ruel Dahis Antipuesto, 2007) (Spoiler Alert: Please be warned that the plot is discussed in detail) "...

Altar (2007)

Altar (Rico Maria Ilarde, 2007) Anyone who has watched Rico Maria Ilarde's more recent films would notice that all the protagonists of h...

Cigarettes, Cues and Cinema: Filipino Shorts of 2007

Raymond Red's Anino (Shadow) Over the years, there have been plenty of Filipino films that have screened in Cannes including Lino Brocka...