Three Decades of Philippine Shorts

Three Decades of Philippine Shorts Perhaps the most exciting entry to the Philippine New Wave program of the 66th edition of the Edinburgh I...

A Date with Jao Mapa (1999)

A Date with Jao Mapa  (Quark Henares, 1999) If one is to examine the characters Quark Henares has written in his films, one can readily see ...

Ang Maikling Buhay ng Apoy, Act 2, Scene 2: Suring at ang Kuk-ok (1995)

Ang Maikling Buhay ng Apoy, Act 2, Scene 2: Suring at Kuk-ok  (Auraeus Solito, 1995) English Title: The Brief Lifespan of Fire, Act 2, Scene...

2011: Philippine Shorts

2011: Philippine Shorts Criminally overlooked perhaps because their commercial value is limited, short films are like really effective pick-...

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...

When Silver is Better than Gold: Silvershorts

When Silver is Better than Gold: Silvershorts Once every few years, silver is worth more than gold. From the hundreds of short films, rangin...

The Short Films of Kidlat Tahimik

Orbit 50: Letter to My Three Sons (1992) The Short Films of Kidlat Tahimik For the 12th edition of the Jeonju International Film Festival, t...

Ateneo Video Open 11: Short Narrative Finalists

Abijoyce Padilla's Pigil Hininga ( Bated Breath , 2009) Ateneo Video Open 11: Short Narrative Finalists Abijoyce Padilla's Pigil Hin...

Walang Alaala ang mga Paru-Paro (2009)

Walang Alaala ang mga Paru-Paro (Lav Diaz, 2009) English Title: Butterflies Have No Memories The picture that Lav Diaz paints of an island d...

La Jetée (1962)

La Jetée (Chris Marker, 1962) English Title: The Jetty Memory is the thematic and aesthetic core of Chris Marker's masterpiece La Jetée ...

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...

Blow Job (1963)

Blow Job (Andy Warhol, 1963) Traditionally, the value of the close-up is for emphasis. As opposed to the long shot or the medium shot wherei...

Imahe Nasyon (2006)

Imahe Nasyon (Poklong Anading, Yeye Calderon, Mes de Guzman, Emman Dela Cruz, Neil Daza, Lav Diaz, Tad Ermitaño, Rox Lee, Topel Lee, Milo Pa...

How Wan-Fô Was Saved (1987)

How Wan-Fô Was Saved (René Laloux, 1987) French Title: Comment Wang-Fo fut sauvé Watch René Laloux's animation now with eyes trained to...