Sep 1, 20171 minOn Joel Lamangan's "Bhoy Intsik"by Richard Bolisay ▶︎ Speaking of misery, here’s another one. One of the few certain things in Philippine cinema is for Joel Lamangan to...
Aug 29, 20172 minOn Iar Lionel Arondaing's "Sa Gabing Nanahimik ang mga Kuliglig"by Richard Bolisay ▶︎ It’s not as awful as those bad films that deserve to be crucified for making nearly two hours of one’s life a total...
Aug 27, 20177 minThe Memory of Slowly Reading: Returning to The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hallby Andrea Macalino ▶︎ It’s been a little more than seven months since I last wrote about Radclyffe Hall’s The Well of Loneliness, and to...
Aug 22, 20173 minOn Thop Nazareno's "Kiko Boksingero"by Richard Bolisay ▶︎ At the heart of Kiko Boksingero is a schoolboy who lives in a rather comfortable house with his nanny, a servile...
Aug 19, 20172 minOn Khavn dela Cruz's "Alipato"by Richard Bolisay ▶︎ Only Khavn can do something like Alipato, and in fact only he is doing something like it, only he seems to be so...
Aug 17, 20171 minOn Joseph Israel Laban's "Baconaua"by Richard Bolisay ▶︎ There is a feeling of having fallen asleep while watching Baconaua despite being able to sit through it with eyes...
Aug 15, 20172 minOn Mes De Guzman's "Ang Pamilyang Hindi Lumuluha"by Richard Bolisay ▶︎ Even for non-Sharonians, there is palpable excitement in the prospect of seeing Sharon Cuneta in a small,...
Aug 5, 20172 minOn Vic Acedillo Jr.'s "Kayumanggi"by Richard Bolisay ▶︎It’s hard to be overly critical of films with a sincere intent to tell a personal story, especially when it’s one...
Aug 3, 20171 minOn Byron Bryant's "Sinandomeng"by Richard Bolisay ▶︎ One might crack up to find out that Sinandomeng isn’t exactly about the rice variety most Filipinos are familiar...
Aug 1, 20172 minOn Tara Illenberger's "High Tide"by Richard Bolisay ▶︎ High Tide seems to be the only film from the lineup that shows the least struggle in submitting to the festival’s...
Jul 27, 20174 minOn Soledad’s Sister: Unsaid, Untoldby Andrea Macalino ▶︎ I’ll start this (non)review by saying that I want to write about Gina Apostol’s Gun Dealers’ Daughter, but as I...