(This is a continuation of my ongoing series on this year’s Cinemalaya full-length finalists. For Part 1, click here.) If…
Browsing: Film Festival
It’s been eight long years since Gore Verbinski last graced us with a movie. His 2017 fever dream “A Cure…
Time can be an unsparing villain or an angelic savior in Christian Petzold’s films. In his enigmatic period-piece “Phoenix” (2014),…
Every Cinemalaya year seems to arrive with its own pulse, a mood that quietly defines the lineup. If last year’s…
The films of Mark Jenkin are unlike anything you see in today’s cinematic landscape. His projects are hypnotic ventures into…
Those who know me are aware that I am not the biggest fan of Paolo Sorrentino, the acclaimed Italian filmmaker…
“Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant.” – Cary Grant Although Noah Baumbach’s “Jay…
Ever since he was a film critic and worked as a video archivist for Martin Scorsese, director Kent Jones has…
The a-ha moment in Mary Bronstein’s relentless psychodrama “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” came when the hysterical, shrill-voiced,…
Ulrich Köhler knows what we’re expecting. Spending any amount of time out in the world or inside a movie theater…