48 Oras (1950)

48 Oras (Gerardo de Leon, 1950) English Title: 48 Hours The film starts with an attempted prison escape, wonderfully directed by Gerardo de ...

Badjao (1957)

Badjao (Lamberto Avellana, 1957) As a romanticized document of two distinct cultures, the Badjao and Tausog tribes of Mindanao, Lamberto Ave...

La Paloma: Ang Kalapating Ligaw (1974)

La Paloma: Ang Kalapating Ligaw (Joey Gosiengfiao, 1974) English Title: La Paloma: The Lost Dove In La Paloma: Ang Kalapating Ligaw ( La Pal...

Kundiman ng Lahi (1959)

Kundiman ng Lahi (Lamberto Avellana, 1959) English Title: Song of the Race The first image we see in Lamberto Avellana's Kundiman ng Lah...

Bedspacers (1980)

Bedspacers (Joey Gosiengfiao, 1980) The late great Joey Gosiengfiao is more than a director of campy movies, he is also a very fascinating f...

Mutya ng Pasig (1950)

Mutya ng Pasig (Richard Abelardo, 1950) English Title: Muse of Pasig Part of the charm of watching Richard Abelardo’s Ang Mutya ng Pasig ( ...

Malvarosa (1958)

Malvarosa (Gregorio Fernandez, 1958) Gregorio Fernandez's Malvarosa is the acknowledged inspiration behind Auraeus Solito's Ang Pag...