With over 140 acting credits, Turkish/French actor Tchéky Karyo has always been a favorite of mine. In the late ’90s-2000s,…
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It’s telling that for most Filipinos—especially the younger generation—Manuel Luis Quezon exists not as a person but as currency. His…
There was no better way to start a Fantastic Fest morning than watching a prospector kill more fascists. Jalmari Helander’s…
(This is the final installment of our four-part series on this year’s Cinemalaya full-length finalists. For the previous coverage, check…
(This is the third installment of my four-part series on this year’s Cinemalaya full-length finalists. For the previous coverage, check…
(This is a continuation of my ongoing series on this year’s Cinemalaya full-length finalists. For Part 1, click here.) If…
Hanging out on social media horror forums led to me “Martyrs,” the second film I’ve seen in the past year…
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 too-early whispers from the 2025 Cannes Film Festival had a then-unheralded Mascha Schilinski in the frontrunner position for the…