Ang Panday 2 (2011)

Ang Panday 2  (Mac Alejandre, 2011) English Title: The Blacksmith 2 The malady caused by the proliferation of loud but predominantly empty H...

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (2011)

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Jun Lana, 2011) Its prologue, which briefly introduces its bouquet of characters and their curious relationsh...

Shake, Rattle and Roll 13 (2011)

Shake, Rattle and Roll 13  (Richard Somes, Jerrold Tarog & Chris Martinez, 2011) In Chris Martinez’s Rain, Rain, Go Away , the final epi...

Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story (2011)

Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story (2011) Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story is a film that is as hotly contested as post-war T...

Segunda Mano (2011)

Segunda Mano  (Joyce Bernal, 2011) Joyce Bernal is more famous for the charming romances and comedies she made that took full advantage of h...

Magnifico (2003)

Magnifico  (Maryo J. de los Reyes, 2003) Curiously snubbed by the Metro Manila Film Festival during the same year the festival had films lik...

Bring the Macho Back, etc.

Bring the Macho Back by Francis Joseph A. Cruz We live in a country where men wear skinny jeans, sport hair done in salons, and parade skins...

For Y'ur Height Only (1981)

For Y'ur Height Only  (Eddie Nicart, 1981) According to Australian film critic Andrew Leavold, during the 1981 Manila International Film...

Sa Kanto ng Ulap at Lupa (2011)

Sa Kanto ng Ulap at Lupa (Mes de Guzman, 2011) English Title: At the Corner of Heaven and Earth Sa Kanto ng Ulap at Lupa ( At the Corner of...

Alkitrang Dugo (1976)

Alkitrang Dugo (Lupita Aquina-Kashiwahara, 1976) English Translation: Asphalt Blood Alkitrang Dugo , the Nora Aunor-produced and Lupita Aqui...

The Road (2011)

The Road (Yam Laranas, 2011) The first of the three episodes of Yam Laranas’ The Road is the most reminiscent of the atmospheric thrills of...

Won't Last a Day Without You (2011)

Won't Last a Day Without You (Raz de la Torre, 2011) A romantic comedy that seeks to reinforce the love team between singer-turned-actre...

Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay (2011)

Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay (Antoinette Jadaone, 2011) Most famous for the several short films which displayed a very casu...

Memories of Overdevelopment (1980-2011)

Memories of Overdevelopment (1981-2011) At around 9 in the evening, in Vocas, a vegetarian restaurant/art space/wonderland that Nick de Ocam...

Minsan Pa (2004)

Minsan Pa (Jeffrey Jeturian, 2004) English Title: One Moment More The film Sana Pag-ibig Na ( Enter Love , 1998) , one of the several film...

Big Boy (2011)

Big Boy (Shireen Seno, 2011) We live in the present, for the future. The past only becomes part of the present through memories, which are b...

Salamangkero (1986)

Salamangkero (Tata Esteban, 1986) English Title: Magic of the Universe Tata Esteban is a director whose films mirrored his life. More repute...

Aliwan Paradise (1992)

Aliwan Paradise (Mike de Leon, 1992) Mike de Leon’s Aliwan Paradise , one of the four shorts featured in Southern Winds, rings truest in thi...

Cartas de la Soledad: An Interview with Gutierrez Mangansakan II

Cartas de la Soledad: An Interview with Gutierrez Mangansakan II Gutierrez Mangansakan II is first and foremost a writer who promotes the co...

Boundary (2011)

Boundary (Benito Bautista, 2011) Confined mostly within the very small spaces provided for by the cabs, taxi drivers live lives that are wel...

Waikiki (1980)

Waikiki (Elwood Perez, 1980) It is undeniable that Filipinos are addicted to migration stories. In a way, despite the far-flung locations of...