Several years ago, someone whom I was then seeing asked me a seemingly simple question: In a relationship, would you…
Author: Paul Emmanuel Enicola
Paul Emmanuel Enicola
Paul is a Tomatometer-approved film critic inspired by the biting sarcasm of Pauline Kael and levelheaded worldview of Roger Ebert. Nevertheless, his approach underscores a love for film criticism that got its jumpstart from reading Peter Travers and Richard Roeper’s accessible, reader-friendly reviews. As SEO Manager/Assistant Editor for the site, he also serves as a member of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) and the Society of Filipino Film Reviewers.
There’s a version of “The Yellow Tie” that plays like a straightforward biopic: childhood hardship, artistic awakening, the long climb…
“Toughness doesn’t have to be forceful. It can be gentle.” Siila Watt-Cloutier says this early in the film, and it…
(This is a spoiler-free article about Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Bugonia.” For our review of the movie, click here.) I must admit, I…
Part of me really wanted “Ella McCay” to work. Not in a polite, professional way, but in a personal one.…
A father returns after a death in the family and behaves as if presence alone should count as reconciliation. That’s…
I was in the middle of watching Jerrold Tarog’s “Quezon” during its theatrical run when I had a strangely specific…
Sixteen years after “Avatar” became the highest-grossing film of all time, James Cameron’s return to Pandora continues to be less…
It took me longer than it should have to recognize how much Rob Reiner’s films shaped me. Not in the…
Lynne Ramsay doesn’t do explanations. She does textures, rhythms, the way light hits a window when your marriage is dissolving.…