Mr. and Mrs. Cruz (Sigrid Andrea Bernardo, 2018)
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*Where do broken hearts go?*
This question was asked to a female colleague in our company. Her reply was
Sagada. I don't know if she's a movie buff but ...
2017: Year in TV
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With thousands of TV shows being released every year, it is becoming more
and more difficult (and impossible) to track, catch up, and pick your
favorites. ...
Note 4: Nonface, Interlude, Lav Diaz and Time
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*The face withheld - a secret.*
*1. *
*The Nonface in Class Picture1*
*[This article was published in Kino Punch (Issue 3), U.P. Cinema's Film
Critiqu...
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 -
...
Midnight in a Perfect World (2020).
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Midnight in a Perfect World – Eduardo Dayao They say the horror genre is
the best vehicle to forward an existing displeasure—whether political,
social or p...
TAKLUB (Brillante Mendoza, 2015)
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Not quite so simple to work on a project with a measure of autonomy when
forces of influence must be looking over your shoulder, presumably
kibitzing, p...
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...
Howl's Moving Castle (Hayao Miyazaki, 2004)
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*Man in a high castle*
Hayao Miyazaki's *version* of Diana Wynne Jones' *Howl's Moving Castle*
lurches out of mysterious fog right at the start of the f...
Sleepy Hollow: “John Doe” (2013).
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“I think routine is a thing of the past for us,” Ichabod Crane says at the
start of last week’s episode, “John Doe.” You can say that again. There’s
nothin...
The Last Post Ever About "Indie"
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For the past decade, the so-called Independent scene has been mostly
dependent to financing bodies run by almost the same people who almost
serve the sam...
Breaking It to You Gently
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Dear friends, It’s been a while. You have probably forgotten about this
blog. We have all moved on. We have carried on with the more important
aspects of o...
Done with Cinemalaya X
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Break muna ako sa latest CinemalayaX scandal. This year has a superb
lineup, though I was only able to watch 11 films (the number does not
include all th...
SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE
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Not that you can tell but, unlike John Doe and Exene Cervenka, the
real-life power couple at the heart of X, the Reivers’ John Croslin and Kim
Longa...
A Very Good Girl
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Score: 3.29 7 Ratings Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery Synopsis: After a
heartless firing triggers a chain of unfortunate events, Philo plots a
meticulous rev...
Favorite Foreign Films of 2014
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*Special Mention:*
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, dir. Isao Takahata
20) The One I Love, dir. Charlie McDowell
19) Labor Day, dir. Jason Reitman
1...
SHARPLY SIMPLE
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In Jay Altarejos' sharply simple *The Last Resort* (Goblin FIlms,
2023), Oliver Aquino and Erin Ocampo star as Robert and Emily, a struggling
coupl...
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 ...
Ilang Tala sa mga Paborito Kong Short Film sa 2015
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Paborito kong excuse ang “maling audience” kapag nanonood ako ng mga
experimental film sa Pinas. Gusto ko ang mga pelikulang pinapag-isip ako
pero hesita...
Singapore International Film Festival 2017!
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In November 2017 I was invited to the Singapore International Film Festival
(SGIFF) to take part in their Asian Bonds program. SGIFF flew me from and
bac...
Snowpiercer (2013)
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Ever wonder what it's like having the entire human race jammed in one
cramp, perpetually-running locomotive? Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho shows
how cra...
Crowdfunding 201: Best Friends Forever
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*A long time ago, I wrote a column for Turnstyle News (a project of
yr.media) called "Crowdfunding 201" that aimed to dig deeper into what did
and did not ...
Muallaf (The Convert) - Discussion with Film Cast
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Hosted by The Center for Global Muslim Life, this was held online about 2
days ago. For fans of Yasmin Ahmad, her cast, and the film, needless to say
this ...
Creepy Crawly
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Chalit Krileadmongkon & Pakphum Wongjinda WellGo USA BD Region A I
admittedly have not been keeping up with Thai cinema as I had in the past.
It has been a...
Short Personal Update - New Ebooks
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Since my last round of publishing on Ghibli Blog, I have published another
round of art & photography ebooks. The newest titles are Galaxy Four:
Modern ...
Memories of Edward Copeland
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For a time at my home blog, *Thrilling Days of Yesteryear*, I meticulously
documented the passings of people in the entertainment industry in the form
of...
Hidden Histories: The Story of Women Film Editors
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*I've written an essay for Criterion on women film editors. It was inspired
by Su Friedrich's website, Edited By, a wonderful, invaluable labor of love
d...
SFFILM Day 14: Asako I & II
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*The 62st San Francisco International Film Festival holds its final
screenings today. Each day during the festival I've posted about a festival
selection I...
25 of the 21st century
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This blog is basically dead. I hadn't intended to retire it but life moves
on and Blogger feels like a pretty outdated platform these days. I
certai...
Sydney Film Festival 2014
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*SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL 2014*
As the programmer of the Sydney Film Festival Hub, I live in Town Hall
during the Festival, and don't get to see many films. Bu...
Been a Long Time
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Five years later, a new post! Alas, it's just a quick note to say that,
while I no longer have time to maintain or update this blog, I'll be
keeping it onl...
favorite films
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Notes.
Bumped to the top of my blog for easy access.
20 films. Chronological. 1 film per director. I have given my top 5 special
pictures. I do plan to expa...
Crime spree
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Patricia Highsmith (from Loving Highsmith, 2022). DB here: Crime fiction,
whether in words or pictures, is a bigger category than we might initially
think....
Miami Blues
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*"The Sunshine State is a paradise of scandals teeming with drifters,
deadbeats, and misfits drawn here by some dark primordial calling like
demented t...
April 2015 Film Preview
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Summer blockbuster season is just around the corner, but there's no need to
wait until then to see a great movie. April brings us a wide variety of
women-c...
HarryTuttle is back
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The blogger HarryTuttle comes back on this blog after discontinuing it for
4 and a half years, under the name Benoit Rouilly. See my introduction post
at U...
National Silent Movie Day: Manhandled (1924)
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Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, is National Silent Movie Day. New York City's
beloved Film Forum is celebrating with a screening of Allan Dwan's 1924
silent...
NIGHTMARE ALLEY (2021)
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Guillermo Del Toro's *Nightmare Alley *turned out to be the last movie I
saw in 2021, and I can hardly imagine a better farewell to this year in
which th...
Summer 2023 Blu-ray/4K Ultra Consumer Guide
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Equipment: Sony UBP-X800 multi-region 4K player, Sony KD50X690E display,
Yamaha RXV-385 A/V receiver. Angel Face (Warner Archive Blu-ray) Of all the
amour ...
Breaking Down The Great Wall
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Even if you live outside China and have not yet been able to see The Great
Wall for yourself, you’ve probably overheard or contributed to one or both
of th...
Tale of Cinema ê·¹ìž¥ì „ (Hong Sang-soo, 2005)
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(This post is in conjunction with the Museum of the Moving Image's
retrospective, "Tales of Cinema: The Films of Hong Sang-soo," screening
through June ...
While We Watched (2022)
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Early in While We Watched, Vinay Shukla’s intimate documentary on the life
and work of the acclaimed Indian journalist Ravish Kumar, we see the
newsman rec...
Out to pasture
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Covering Thai cinema and living in Thailand for the past decade or so has
been an illuminating experience, one that I'm not sure whether I'll regret.
I s...