For the longest time, Philippine cinema has danced around certain subjects; tiptoeing past them, softening their impact, or ignoring them…
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To truly understand the stories that have shaped us, to re-enter the cinematic landscapes that once captured our imaginations, and…
Albert Serra’s “Afternoons of Solitude” is a committed, unflinching chronicle of poetic brutality. Or, is it brutal poetry? It’s the…
Love, in its most untamed and consuming form, has always haunted the edges of human understanding. It is a force…
It takes a rare kind of empathy to direct a film that observes hardship through the gaze of a child—one…
Trapped in a loveless marriage and repulsed by the repetitive need to conform, Uma (Radhika Apte), a newly wed bride,…
Coming-of-age stories often cling to the notion that growth is a clean arc: a lesson learned, a heartbreak endured, and…
In Jessica J. Rowlands’ directorial debut “Rise,” there’s a quiet certainty to every frame. It’s as if the story was…
“23 (Iravai Moodu)” by Raj R is a bold, realistic film highlighting deep-rooted social injustices in Andhra Pradesh through tragic…
Less than a week before the Filipino public once again marches to the polls, it’s hard not to recall a…