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Three Colors: White (1994)

June 4, 2023June 4, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Family Life (1971)

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Love Eterne, The (1963)

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Seven Winters in Tehran (2023)

May 30, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Joyland (2022)

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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (2022)

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Taxi Driver, A (2017)

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Afire (2023)

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Good Morning (1959)

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Lost and Beautiful (2015)

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Tag / Philippines

April 18, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Sister Stella L. (1984)

  • De Leon, Mike
  • 1984, Mike De Leon, Philippines
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Nuns join the local workers’ strike in De Leon’s most explicitly political work about the oppression of the working-class by brutal capitalists, shot with a universal audience in mind who are aligned with its fervent message of solidarity.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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April 14, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Rites of May, The (1976)

  • De Leon, Mike
  • 1976, Mike De Leon, Philippines
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Quite a strong debut feature from De Leon as he explores the genre of horror in a disquieting atmospheric way while using the story of loss, fateful connection and religious rites to make implicit links with the trauma caused by the toxic political patriarchy. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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April 9, 2023April 9, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Will Your Heart Beat Faster? (1980)

  • De Leon, Mike
  • 1980, Mike De Leon, Philippines
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De Leon’s madcap comedy is a delirious genre-bending piece that sees Japanese yakuza and Chinese gangsters cross paths with a group of Filipino youth caught up in a drug syndicate.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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April 5, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Moments in a Stolen Dream (1977)

  • De Leon, Mike
  • 1977, Mike De Leon, Philippines
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De Leon doesn’t hide his unabashedly dreamy approach to the coming-of-age romantic drama, as a college student becomes smitten by a woman, changing each other’s outlook in life. 

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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March 30, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Third World Hero (1999)

  • De Leon, Mike
  • 1999, Mike De Leon, Philippines
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A docu-fiction that explores the process of history’s becoming as De Leon boldly if cheekily subjects his country’s anti-colonialist national hero, Jose Rizal, to an artistic interrogation, yielding interesting takeaways on art’s discourse with the past.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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March 21, 2023March 21, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Kisapmata (1981)

  • De Leon, Mike
  • 1981, Mike De Leon, Philippines
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A young woman gets married but her authoritarian father refuses to let her out of his sight in this grim and unnerving domestic drama with elements of horror, directed with vehemence by the great Mike De Leon. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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December 15, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Delikado (2022)

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  • 2022, Documentary, Philippines, USA
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This exceptional documentary deals with the threat of ugly eco-politics in the most personal and risk-taking way—by following a group of brave Filipinos who volunteer to be ‘land defenders’ trying to protect the environment despite facing death threats from corrupt authorities.    

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 4 out of 5.

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November 11, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Pinoy Sunday (2009)

  • Ho, Wi Ding
  • 2009, Ho Wi Ding, Philippines, Taiwan
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Not dull, but also not memorable, Ho’s debut feature sparkles at times but also disappoints.

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5.

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May 8, 2021October 24, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Manila (2009)

  • Martin, Raya
  • 2009, Philippines, Raya Martin
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Interesting but uneven, and ultimately conventional despite its experimental intent, this shot-in-16mm tribute to Filipino auteurs Lino Brocka and Ishmael Bernal operates as a diptych capturing the underbelly of Manila.

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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February 7, 2021October 30, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Death of Nintendo (2020)

  • Martin, Raya
  • 2020, Philippines, Raya Martin
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The four young teens at the center of Raya Martin’s new film provide a strong reason to smile in this fun and invigorating coming-of-age comedy.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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