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Collision Course

John Bengan Still from Kapag Wala Nang Mga Alon (Lav Diaz)  The trouble with some countries is that some of its men believe they are good. Or so Lav Diaz has been telling us. No matter how hard they...

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Pagpapakawala

Aristotle J. Atienza  Still mula sa Kitty K7 (Joy Aquino, 2022) Ang sabihin na sadyang walang katuturan ang mga palabas sa Vivamax sapagkat pareho’t parehas lang naman umaapaw sa kalaswaan ay tunay na...

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Eros and Errors of Batsoy

Ian Harvey Claros Still from Batsoy (Ronald Espinosa Batallones) Batsoy (dir. Ronald Espinosa Batallones) opens with an aerial shot of San Dionisio, a coastal town in Ilo-ilo, whose littoral space is...

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Keynote Lecture for the 33rd Annual Circle Citations

For its 33rd Annual Citations for Distinguished Achievement in Film, the Young Critics Circle Film Desk is honored to have Dr. Flaudette May Datuin of the Department of Art Studies, College of Arts...

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On Pretense

Christian Jil R. Benitez Daud and Marco looks out from the cave. Still from Topografia (Mangansakan, 2022). Halfway through Gutierrez Mangansakan II’s Topografia (2022), the movie quietly bares itself...

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Ang Kasaglitan ng mga Bagay-Bagay

Andrea Anne I. Trinidad Si Ritz at Wesley sakay ng motor. Still mula sa direktor. Iniinugan ng pelikulang Bula sa Langit (Sheenly Gener, 2022) ang suson-susong danas ng kasaglitang nagdidikta sa buhay...

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Leonor Becomes Eternal 

Tito Quiling, Jr. Still from Leonor Will Never Die (Martika Ramirez Escobar, 2022) trailer. One slow afternoon, Leonor (played by Sheila Francisco) sees a newspaper advertisement for screenplay...

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The Lives of Women

 JC Rosette  Still from 12 Weeks (Anna Isabelle Matutina, 2022) When Alice (Max Eigenmann), a forty-year-old, independent, and unmarried woman, learns she’s pregnant, she decides she needs an...

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‘Erotica Manila’, ‘Gitling,’‘Huling Palabas’ top 34th YCC nominations

Still from Jopy Arnaldo’s Gitling (2023) trailer. Three films garnered the most nominations in the Young Critics Circle Film Desk’s 34th Annual Citation for achievement in filmmaking. Lawrence...

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YCC Names ‘Huling Palabas’ Best Film of 2023, Mercedes Cabral Takes Top...

Still from Huling Palabas (2023) screener. The Young Critics Circle (YCC) has named Huling Palabas, a queer coming-of-age story set in Romblon, as the Best Film of 2023. The debut feature of...

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