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...
Notes and Scribbles on Cinema: Film Log Feb 2013
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*February is the month to be...*
*...just because Julie Delpy is the girl for ya! *
*from Mauvais Sang (Leos Carax, 1986)*
I don't know what I'm ...
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...
SANA DATI
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[image: image]
*(photos by Hub Pacheco and Vince Ong)*
It’s such a delicate act—bringing to life stories that have nestled
comfortably in one’s head. F...
MELANCHOLIA (Lav Diaz, 2008)
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*There is, up to a certain point, the exclusion whereby we short-circuit
those who are sick and reintegrate them in a sort of marginal circuit, the
medi...
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,...
We’re giving away a Juana C. The Movie loot...
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We’re giving away a *Juana C. The Movie *loot bag.
It’s so meta, it’s an eco bag with another eco bag inside. Also in it is a
Juana C. shirt, a rolled-up...
DOLOR-DIVINA (1971)
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*Click on images to enlarge*
DOLOR-DIVINA (1971)
(Trans-Asia Films, starring Aurora Salve, Jerry Lerma, Bobby Velarde
Directed by Arsenio "Boots" Bautista
*...
JUST PLAY ME TWO BARS OF STARDUST
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Sir (Chabet) and I hardly talked about art. I was in his class for only a
semester. But we've been hanging out since. We did talk a tremendous amount
abou...
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)
...
BAKYA MO NENENG... Luma At Kupas Na
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*Bakya Mo Neneng* Ang buhay ay may tuwid at hindi malilinaw na linya, at
dahil ang pelikula ay salamin ng buhay, kung ano ang gulo sa buhay ay iyon
din a...
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 ...
Ang Bahay Bilang Entablado
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* *
*A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino*
Produksyon: The Philippine Drama Company
Direksyon: Naty Crame- Rogers Mandudula:
Nick Joaquin
Mga Nagsiganap: Na...
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...
Krispy Kreme's Salted Caramel Doughnut
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Krispy Kreme's Mickey Mouse doughnuts are bad as sin. In an effort to erase
their past transgressions (their horrible Valentine's Day doughnuts
included)...
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...
This Girl is Badass
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Jukkalan Petchtai Wongkamlao - 2011 Magnolia Home Entertainment Region 1 DVD One of the more fun films I saw in Thailand was Bodyguard 2, written, directed a...
Just the Fox, Ma’am
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Fox Cinema Archives, the MOD program launched by Fox last year, continues
to confound, frustrate and, every once in a while, come up with some
surprising...
Prison of My Dreams
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By Edward Copeland
As I snap the cuffs on Will Smith's wrists, I try to look stern and
sympathetic simultaneously. "I take no pleasure in having to do t...
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...
“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....
A Long Hard Look at Slow Cinema Studies
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Frame grab from Teodors/Theodore (Laila Pakalniņa, Latvia 2006). Read about Pakalniņa's films in the context of "slow cinema"
'Cinema is the art of playi...
What Keeps A Writer Writing?
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I've written a guest post titled "What Keeps A Writer Writing?" for the
University of Pittsburgh film studies program blog Special Affects.
In the post I...
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...
The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
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WHO: Frank Tashlin directed, produced, and co-wrote this. Jayne Mansfield
stars, and Abbey Lincoln (pictured above) is one of the fantastic
performers sho...
History Lesson(s) #16
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A hit of shisha [a type of crystal methamphetamine brewed from barbiturates
and other ingredients including alcohol, chlorine and even batt...
CINEMA, RECONSTRUCTED
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*CINEMA, RECONSTRUCTED*
*Programming the Sydney Film Festival Hub*
Back when I was a teenager, cinema was so simple. Each week everyone I knew
went to th...
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...
World Fair
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[image: World Fair]
Director Amanda Murray’s documentary short *World Fair*, which had its
world premiere at IFFB and eventually took home the Audience Awa...
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 ...
Lost in Translation
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In 1999, Sofia Coppola made her feature film directorial debut with the
spellbinding adaptation of Jeffrey Eugenides’ novel, *The Virgin Suicides*.
The fi...
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" --...
EU v. Hollywood : Exception culturelle 2013
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Renforcer l’exception culturelle dans l’Europe de demain [video] 2h11'
Cannes, 20 Mai 2013
Avec : Gilles Jacob (Président du Festival de Cannes); Aurélie Fi...
Happy Cinco de Virginia Mayo!
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From the whimsical suggestion of Comrade Lou Lumenick, who announced on
Twitter a craving to see *She's Working Her Way Through College*, here's a
little c...
"MOTHER, MAY I...?"
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A mother's love knows no bounds. But if she's smart, she'll always keep
some Band-Aids handy.
Happy Mother's Day from SLIFR to you and yours!
**********...
Kouples kounseling Kool-Aid: I drink it up
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I wish I could be somewhat less predictable but alas the day has come when I join thousands of other white heterosexual film reviewers of a certain age and s...
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 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, ...