Oro, Plata, Mata (1982, Peque Gallaga)
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The newly-restored *Oro, Plata, Mata* is an epic war movie that recalls the
fiery grandeur of *Gone With the Wind*, and the horrors of corpse-filled *Apoc...
Predicting the 84th Academy Awards Winners (2012)
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Oscars tomorrow and I think I need to post a quick prediction of who’ll get
the awards as I’ve done in previous years. Best Picture – The
Artist (though ho...
Cinema is X, X is Cinema
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...
*Like Some In Love (Abbas Kiarostami / Japan / 2012)*
Rodowick's book *The Virtual Life of Film *is perhaps the last film book
I'll be readi...
SEARCH FOR WENG WENG: Week #2 update!
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Dear friends and colleagues,
As you may have heard, I'm currently running a crowdfunding campaign to
finish my THE SEARCH FOR WENG WENG documentary -
...
The Road (2011).
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The Road - Yam Laranas I must agree with Brianne when she said that
Filipino-made horror films are effective in bringing fear. Of course, she
can be biased...
To an old friend who recently passed away...
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I spent a good part of one night talking about the good old days. Then I
came home to news that you had died. That you were a big part of ...
IN ANOTHER COUNTRY (Hong Sang-soo, 2012)
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Certain poets, it is said, are destined to write one and only one kind of
poem in their entire lives. Implicit in this adage is that they are doomed
...
Dear Film Development Council of the Philippines
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You have the mandate to start the National Film Archive. I have heard that
your first priority project in relation to archiving is the digitization of
some...
Skyfall (Sam Mendes, 2012)
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Backwards Bond
(*Needless to say, s**tory **and finale discussed in detail **here*)
Not really a big fan of Sam Mendes--thought *American Beauty* a pl...
John Sayles, “Amigo” (2010).
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One thing about John Sayles: calling his films didactic or preachy seems
like stating the obvious at this point, because that’s just kind of the way
Sayles...
Lawas Kan Pinabli at the UP Film Center
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Sine Caboloan Co., Ltd. & UP Film Center presents
Lawas Kan Pinabli (Forever Loved)
a film by Christopher Gozum
A neophyte migrant Filipino worker from...
Adrenaline-pumping Trailer for V/H/S/2
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Remember V/H/S, the found-footage anthology I wrote about a few months ago?
A sequel has been released, called *V/H/S/2*.
From the looks of the trailer,...
WHAT IF GOD WAS ONE OF US?
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*Man of Steel*
*Directed by Zack Snyder*
*Screenplay by David Goyer *
*Story by David Goyer and Christopher Nolan *
Superman is not one of us. That's...
Dance of the Steelbars
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Verdict: Value for Money Pinoy Rebyu Score: 3.00 (5 ratings) Genre: Drama
Directors: Cesar Apolinario, Marnie Manicad Writers: Cris Lim, Michael
Villar Cas...
Favorite Foreign Films of 2012
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*Top 15 Films:*
15. Barbara (Christian Petzold)
Slow burn drama with great rewards. A work of elegance & restraint.
14. The Raid: Redemption (Gareth Evans)
...
Kabalighuan Ng Buhay Sa KRIMEN KAYO ANG HUMATOL
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*Krimen Kayo Ang Humatol* Nakakagulo sa karaniwang manonood ng sine ang
salungatan ng opinyon ng mga kritiko. Makakatulong marahil sa wastong
pagpapahala...
Ha Ha Ha (South Korea, 2010)
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Because last Saturday's drink up was strange. "Drinking down memory lane,"
a drunken text message, slurred across time (the flooding of memory) and
space ...
Mga Babae sa Likod ng Tagumpay (at Pagkabigo)
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* *
*Nine*
Produksyon: Atlantis Productions
Direksyon: Bobby Garcia
Mandudula: Arthur Kopit (halaw mula sa pelikulang “8 1/2” ni Federico
Fellini na unang ...
Not Another Manileño-Kids-Trooping-to-a-Party Video
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Turn It Well Artist: Up Dharma Down Director: Caloy Soliongco Cast: Paul
Diaz, Dee Jae Paeste, Gino Jose, Martin Antunez, Haizel Fernando 2012 I
love Up Dh...
Run Lucas, Run
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About a year ago, I put on some sneakers one day and decided to go for a
run, something I hadn't made a conscious effort to do since 1996. I ran 0.7
miles...
Life's Priorities
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This is one of those rare blog entries that isn't a film review. I've done that in the past, but those were few and far between.
I thought I could carry thi...
"The Great Dictator" (1940) - Thrilled
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Directed by Charles Chaplin
Originally published under the title “He Speaks! O, Speak Again...” at Edward
Copeland on Film.
Hearing a Charlie Chaplin ch...
Young Man with a Horn
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Dorothy Baker - 1938 New York Review Books Classics Michael Curtiz - 1950 Warner Brothers Region 1 DVD Back between 1969 and 1971, Martin Brest and I were bo...
High and Dizzy
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The Criterion Collection has taken over the Harold Lloyd library from New
Line (and what was it ever doing with them in the first place?), which
means th...
Procedure
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(*The Rage*, Sidney J. Furie, 1997)
I think of how often police procedurals and cinematic/televisual fiction
which otherwise involved offices or...
Winners of the contest-Food of the Month-December
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We had another contest for the month of December & I am so glad by seen all
the entries received.(Sorry I am bit late for this post) Our theme was
'Festiv...
Top Ten 1960s
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I still have a lot more to see from the 1960s but this top ten, more than
most apart from the 1980s is a combination of films I fell for as a child
on te...
“New” Site; RSS and URL Changes
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Dear Film Journey readers. After a hiatus the past in year in which I
focused more on print publishing, I’ve reformatted and restarted Film
Journey at www....
Study of a Single Film: Todd Haynes' [SAFE] (1995)
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Video Essay on Todd Haynes's [SAFE] (1995) by Amber Jacobs and Catherine Grant. You can read more about this work in 'Un[Contained]? On Todd Haynes's [SAFE]'...
Vulgar Auteurism
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The idea of “vulgar auteurism” has generated a flurry of posts and
discussions in Internet film culture recently. Let me offer a few
rudimentary observat...
Made in the Shade
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*by Steve Dollar*
[image: I Used to Be Darker]
*[Editor's note: due to budget cuts and internal restructuring, Steve's
review will likely be my final po...
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (1998)
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WHO: Terry Gilliam directed this.
WHAT: This psychedelic adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's scalding portrait
of American decline at the end of the 1960s ...
Sydney Film Fest Safari Scorecard
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The multiplex is like a zoo. It advertises mighty lions but the beasts look
a little sad, everything’s expensive, the place stinks and it’s crowded
with ...
Looper (2012): A-
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Fulfilling the ambitions of his debut Brick, Rian Johnson crafts a
scintillating neo-noir gem of existential quandaries and inescapable
fatalism with Loope...
Ich werde ein Berliner (Or: From Liberty to Victory)
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"Berlin ist eine Stadt, verdammt dazu, ewig zu werden, niemals zu sein"
("Berlin is a city condemned forever to becoming and never to being.") --
Karl Sche...
a soul's strength
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A few summers ago, at a party, I met a girl. We were strangers, but because
we were both early, we had no one to talk to but each other. She spoke to
me wi...
Dick Tracy
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[image: Dick Tracy]
Nothing about *Pretty Woman* is complicated or flashy - after all, it’s
just Disney’s *Cinderella* with a few adult-oriented, modern-da...
David Koepp: Making the world movie-sized
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Stir of Echoes (1999). DB here: For a long time, Hollywood movies have fed
off other Hollywood movies. We’ve had sequels and remakes since the 1910s.
Studi...
Inspector Bellamy
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Claude Chabrol's final film, Inspector Bellamy, begins with a dedication
and ends with a quote, and in between is one of the French master's most
confoundi...
end of old times
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Once again Jiří Menzel crafts a nostalgic film about a community based on a
piece of literature. It is well known that the director’s best works are
based ...
Serenity
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In 2002, Joss Whedon was enjoying considerable success writing and
directing episodes for three television shows that he created: *Buffy the
Vampire Slaye...
To the moon, Stanley!
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[image: Thumb_2001-clavius]
*Conspiracy theories and confirmation bias in film and photography:*
*UPDATE: *"Why People Believe in Conspiracy Theories" --...
Manhandled (1924): The Allan Dwan Dossier
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June is Allan Dwan month here in New York, and it's been a long time
coming. That's him up there, on the set of *What a Widow!, *wearing a suit
and stand...
SONIC HORRORS: BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO
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One of the best movies I saw last year is being dribbled into L.A. theaters
this weekend with absolutely no fanfare, not even so much as a tiny ad in
the...
"My Best Day," at ReRun Gastropub Cinema June 14-20
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Ashlie Atkinson and Rachel Style It can be kind of awkward when you become friendly with someone who labors in the arts and you're not familiar with their wo...
Holy Motors Randomised
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Holy Motors is a cinephile odyssey, taking its viewers on a linear, perhaps
cyclical journey through a series of variations on film history,
performance, a...
Review: Jang Jin's "Good Morning President"
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* *Good Morning President*. 2009. Written and directed by *Jang Jin*.
Produced by *Lee Taek-dong*. Cinematography by *Choi Sang-ho*. Edited by *Kim
San...
On Not Seeing Movies
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I haven’t been seeing many movies lately and it’s been killing me; I feel
like my mind’s shrunk into a leathery, walnut-sized nub. The 99% of the
populat...
FRAMELINE 37: WHITE NIGHT (BAEK YA, 2012)
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Positioned within Frameline 37's spotlight on Queer Asian Cinema, South
Korean entry *White Night (Baek Ya, 2012)* is LeeSong Hee-il's follow-up to
*No Re...
On the Rise: Nicole Beharie
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[Editor's Note: In On the Rise, the House profiles an exciting new talent
whose career, be it behind the camera or in front of it, is worth
watching.] Back...
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO: THIS BLOG
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It has been five months since the last post here.
So, what happened? How did this once daily blog all of a sudden stop
posting?
Honestly, and this is may...
La Master class de Raymond Depardon
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La Master class de Raymond Depardon par forumdesimages
Il est photographe, documentariste, cinéaste, voyageur. Et aime à diversifier ses projets. Sa caméra, ...
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