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(Broad)casting Stone
Patrick D. Flores Still from He Who Is Without Sin (2020) trailer. The film He Who Is Without Sin (2020) ends as it begins: by way of how the character of Martin Pangan (Elijah Canlas) is initiated...
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Love in the Land of Rising Sun: ‘Kintsugi’ and Filipino-Japanese Relations in...
Janus Nolasco Still from Kintsugi (2020) trailer. Directed by Lawrence Fajardo and shown during the 2020 Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino, Kintsugi (2020) tells the story of Dante (JC Santos), a Filipino...
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Endnotes to Youth
John Bengan Still from Death of Nintendo (2020) screener. In Philippine cinema, movies with children or young adults in lead roles usually occasion a journey, in which the child heroes save the planet...
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The Young Critics Circle Podcast Ep. 3 – Hinggil sa mga Nagsipagwagi
Mga still mula sa trailer ng Death of Nintendo (2020) at Kintsugi (2020). Para sa ikatlong episode ng Young Critics Circle Podcast, tatalakayin nina Christian Benitez, Janus Nolasco, John Bengan,...
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“Historya ni Ha” and “On the Job 2: The Missing 8” lead YCC Nominations for...
Stills from Historya ni Ha (2021) screener (top left, bottom right) and On the Job 2: The Missing 8 (2021) trailer (top right, bottom left). Two films lead the nominations of the Young Critics Circle...
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Lav Diaz’s “Historya ni Ha” is YCC Best Film for 2021, John Lloyd Cruz wins...
Still from Historya ni Ha (2021) screener. Lav Diaz’ Historya ni Ha wins Best Film at the Young Critics Circle Film Desk’s 32nd Annual Circle Citations. Set during the sudden closing of the Magsaysay...
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The Young Critics Circle Podcast Ep. 4
Screencap mula sa trailer ng Kun Maupay Man It Panahon (dir. Carlo Francisco Manatad) Para sa ikaapat na episode ng YCC Podcast, pag-uusapan nina John Bengan, Christian Jil Benitez, Em Manlapaz, at...
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The Young Critics Circle Podcast Ep. 5
Screencap mula sa screener ng Historya ni Ha (dir. Lav Diaz) Sa episode na ito ng Young Critics Circle Podcast, pag-uusapan nina John Bengan, Emerald Manlapaz, Andrea Trinidad,, at Christian Jil...
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The 32nd Annual Circle Citations for Distinguished Achievement in Film
Still from Historya ni Ha (2022) by Lav Diaz. The Young Critics Circle Film Desk invites everyone to its 32nd Annual Circle Citations for Distinguished Achievement in Film for 2021. The ceremony,...
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Pandemic Anxieties
Tito R. Quiling, Jr. Still from Rabid (2021). The COVID-19 pandemic forced the world to stay inside their homes, spending time in isolation facilities, enduring frequent lockdowns, and quarantine...
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Violent Erasures
JC Rosette *This review contains spoilers and mentions sexual assault. Still from Death of a Girlfriend (2021) trailer. A scene at the end of Death of a Girlfriend (2021, dir. Yam Laranas) explains...
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Cusps of Catastrophes
Ian Harvey A. Claros Still from Kun Maupay Man It Panahon (2021) trailer. As a phrase on its own, Kun Maupay Man It Panahon, translated to English as “whether the weather is fine,” opens up a moment...
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A Departure, a Return
Emerald Flaviano Manlapaz Reyboy swims. Still from Last Days at Sea (2021) trailer. Karihatag is a place between mountain and sea, and if one climbs high enough up a mountainside, one can see across...
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Ikinahong Palabas
Andrea Anne I. Trinidad Si Mae Paner bilang mamamahayag. Still mula sa trailer ng Tao Po (2021). Binabalangkas ng pelikulang Tao Po (2021) ang apat na magkakahiwalay na kuwentong naitatagni ng...
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Keynote Lecture for the 32nd Annual Circle Citations
Still from Lav Diaz’s Historya ni Ha (2021), winner of Best Film for 2021. For its 32nd Annual Citations for Distinguished Achievement in Film, the Young Critics Circle Film Desk is honored to have...
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Pinsala at Pamilya
Aristotle J. Atienza Still mula sa trailer ng Gensan Punch (2021). Sa Busan, sasadyain ni Shogen si Brillante Mendoza bitbit ang talambuhay na nais maisapelikula. Tungkol ito sa isa niyang kababayan,...
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One-Fourth Resistance
Janus Nolasco *This review contains spoilers. Still from On the Job: The Missing Eight (2021) trailer. The violence from the Philippines’ War on Drugs reached a scale that inexorably shaped Philippine...
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Portrait of an Artist
John Bengan Still from Historya ni Ha (2021) screener. At the beginning of Historya ni Ha, Lav Diaz’s relatively compact articulation of the artist’s stake in a troubled society, we hear a voice...
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Pakikipagtuos sa Panahon
Christian Jil R. Benitez Still mula sa screener ng Historya ni Ha (2021). Kung para sa ibang manunuri ay maaari, kung hindi man maipagpipilit, bilang sanhi ng pagdududa sa kabuoang kahusayan ng...
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The 32nd Annual Circle Citations for Distinguished Achievement in Film for 2021
The Young Critics Circle Film Desk held its 32nd Annual Circle Citations for Distinguished Achievement in Film for 2021 on 15 December (Thursday), 3:00 PM at the Jorge B. Vargas Museum, University of...
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