Lessons From the School of Inattention

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...

Philippine Film Awards, in a Rotten Nutshell by Francis Joseph A. Cruz It is quite strange that for a country whose movie i...

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...