Lessons From the School of Inattention

Keka (Quark Henares, 2003) Nearing the end of Quark Henares' Keka , everything stops to make way for a song and dance number, reminiscen...

I Walked With a Zombie (Jacques Tourneur, 1943) I Walk With a Zombie , director Jacques Tourneur's second collaboration with producer Va...

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Tim Burton, 2007) The delight one gains from watching Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Flee...

American Gangster (Ridley Scott, 2007) Compared to the enthralling experience of viewing recently released culture-specific mob movies like ...

Rescue Dawn (Werner Herzog, 2006) Men are insatiable beasts. It is normal for us to have an innate tendency to push our natural boundaries a...

Women in Cages (Gerardo de Leon, 1971) Women in Cages , made for Roger Corman and Cirio Santiago’s production outfit, seems to be an unremar...

Banal (Cesar Apolinario, 2008) English Title: Holy Had it been better funded, better directed and better acted, Cesar Apolinario's Banal...

Hamin is nestled on her mother's lap Kagadanan Sa Banwaan Ning Mga Engkanto (Lav Diaz, 2007) English Title: Death in the Land of Encanto...

Lav Diaz's Death in the Land of Encantos Cinematic Highlights of 2007 What better way for a film lover to celebrate the coming of 2008 t...

No Country For Old Men (Ethan & Joel Coen, 2007) The Coen Brothers' No Country For Old Men opens with shots of the parched Western l...