Lessons From the School of Inattention

You and Me Against the World by Francis Joseph A. Cruz They meet by chance in a train station. Maggi (Barbro Kollberg) is a woman who wishes...

The Actors and the Alchemist by Francis Joseph A. Cruz Beatrice Kruger, casting director for Tom Tykwer’s The International (2009) and Anton...

A Woman in this World of Men by Francis Joseph A. Cruz In his scathing review of David Lynch’s Blue Velvet (1986), Roger Ebert laments that ...

Colored Shadows by Francis Joseph A. Cruz Nightly collaborations by a boy, a girl, and a master technician give rise to tales that burst wit...

A View from a Room by Francis Joseph A. Cruz A plane passes through a passive sky that serves as background to an industrial chimney bellowi...

Lav Diaz's Ebolusyon ng Isang Pamilyang Pilipino (Evolution of a Filipino Family) Evolution of a Filipino Film Lover by Francis Joseph A...

Senior Year (Jerrold Tarog, 2010) While Confessional (2007) and Mangatyanan ( The Blood Trail , 2009) are all very well made films, introd...

Shake Rattle and Roll 12 (Zoren Legaspi, Topel Lee & Jerrold Tarog, 2010) Something has to be said about how Regal Films treats its fil...

The Gospel According to a Weng Weng-Wannabe A Confession as to How Son of God Restored My Faith on Faith by Francis Joseph A. Cruz An aerial...

John Torres' Ang Ninanais 2010: Highlights in Film The year 2010, much more than anything, exposed the many faults of the so-called Phil...