Lessons From the School of Inattention

Alagwa  (Ian Lorenos, 2013) English Title: Breakaway Inspired by an urban legend about kidnappers targeting children to be turned ...

Mariposa sa Hawla ng Gabi  (Richard Somes, 2012) English Title: Mariposa in the Cage of the Night Manila has often found its...

I Do Bidoo Bidoo  (Chris Martinez, 2012) Chris Martinez’s I Do Bidoo Bidoo is a film whose acclaim is more a product of senti...

Jungle Love  (Sherad Anthony Sanchez, 2012) At first glance, Sherad Anthony Sanchez’s Jungle Love seems needlessly indulgent. Rebelli...

El Presidente  (Mark Meily, 2012) A lot has already been said and written about the historical inaccuracies of Mark Meily’s El...

Ad Ignorantiam (Armando Lao, 2012) Armando Lao’s Ad Ignorantiam can be divided into three unequal parts. The first part, tedi...

Sinapupunan  (Brillante Mendoza, 2012) International Title: Thy Womb Sinapupunan ( Thy Womb ) opens with a woman giving bir...

Melodrama Negra (Maribel Legarda, 2012) Like Loy Arcenas, Maribel Legarda has several years’ worth of theater experience to gu...

Slumber Party (Emmanuel dela Cruz, 2012) Emmanuel dela Cruz’s Slumber Party is a film of undeniable charms. It revels in colo...

Taglish (Gym Lumbera, 2012) In response to a query as to when he felt his feature film was already finished, director Gym Lumb...

Palitan  (Ato Bautista, 2012) English Translation: Exchange Ato Bautista’s Palitan ( Exchange ) opens with a business trans...

Ang Paglalakbay ng Bituin sa Gabing Madilim (Arnel Mardoquio, 2012) English Translation: The Journey of Stars Into the Dark Nig...

Rigodon (Erik Matti, 2012) Erik Matti’s Rigodon , unlike the many infidelity films that have plagued local theaters, eschews g...

A Secret Affair (Nuel Naval, 2012) Nuel Naval’s A Secret Affair makes a lot of noise and drama about nothing. The story revol...

Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicles  (Erik Matti, 2012) The first thing one would notice in Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicles is how in...

This Guy's in Love with U Mare!  (Wenn Deramas, 2012) There is this one particular scene in Wenn Deramas’ This Guy’s in L...

Of All the Things  (Joyce Bernal, 2012) Of All the Things has director Joyce Bernal reunite with Aga Muhlach and Regine Vela...

Pridyider (Rico Maria Ilarde, 2012) The first few scenes of Rico Maria Ilarde’s Pridyider immediately reveal a particular mi...

The Mistress  (Olivia Lamasan, 2012) The Mistress has a plot that feels taken straight out of one of those cheap trashy nove...

The Reunion  (Frasco Mortiz, 2012) In his episode in Cinco ( Five , 2010), Star Cinema’s episodic horror that featured body...