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Counterpoint of No Return
J. Pilapil Jacobo The cinematic articulation of the Philippine diaspora offers a historical opportunity to foreground the insertion of such an instance into the global narrative of migration....
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Spherical Sympathy
J. Pilapil Jacobo A world is imagined to be more shapely when the geometric configuration of the sphere takes over the idea of landscape. Or else terrain falls back into that ancient conceit of...
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Statement of the YCC Film Desk on the acts of plagiarism committed by film...
We, members of the Film Desk of the Young Critics Circle (YCC), denounce in the strongest possible terms the acts of plagiarism committed by film blogger Jojo Devera (also known as Vincent Joel Llamas...
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One Is Not Born An Indigene
J. Pilapil Jacobo In Ecuadorian Demetrio Aguilera Malta’s novel Siete serpientes y siete lunas (1970), the Christ of the crucifix refuses to yield to his own gravenness upon the moment of speech. At...
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Iisa ang Estatwa at Bailarin sa Debosyon
J. Pilapil Jacobo Isinasalaysay ng pelikula ang buhay ni Mando (Paulo Avelino), isang deboto ng Birhen ng Peñafrancia, nang makilala niya si Saling (Mara Lopez), isang dalagang naninirahan sa paanan ng...
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Unbeautiful Pageant
Jaime Oscar M. Salazar At the outset, Slumber Party (2012) establishes a situation that is not especially objectionable, and certainly contains within it the potential to be entertaining. On the eve of...
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Framer Framed Framing
A critique of Porno (Adolfo Alix, Jr., 2013): First of two parts J. Pilapil Jacobo The key to understanding an apparent inconsistency in the cinema of Adolfo Borinaga Alix, Jr. is a kind of almost...
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Framer Framed Framing: Critique of “Porno” (Second of Two Parts)
Porno’s prelude takes us to a room in a motel where a closed-circuit television peeps into a couple engaging in the rigors of sadomasochistic practice. The role play draws an awful turn when a murder...
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YCC and UP Art Studies to screen ‘Qiyamah’
The UP Diliman Department of Art Studies, through the Art Studies Foundation, and the Young Critics Circle present Gutierrez Mangansakan’s award-winning film Qiyamah on February 3, 2014 at the UP...
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‘Porno’ named Young Critics Circle’s Best Film of 2013
Porno, Adolfo Alix Jr.’s triptych film of individuals linked through pornography wins big at the Young Critics Circle’s 24th Annual Citations, bagging five of the six main awards, including Best Film...
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YCC Awards Rites Postponed
The awarding ceremony of the Young Critics Circle for the best in Philippine cinema for 2013 has been postponed indefinitely as a result of the shift of the academic calendar of the University of the...
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YCC Statement on the 2014 Order of National Artists
The Film Desk of the Young Critics Circle (YCC) condemns the exclusion of Nora Aunor (Nora Cabaltera Villamayor) by President Benigno S. “Noynoy” Aquino III from the roster of NationalArtists...
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Here lies horror
By Nonoy L. Lauzon Transgressing norms, mores, and the mindset of conventional society may be deemed the mark of a good film. When a film – that is a huge hit among vast viewing audiences – resorts to...
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The ultimate grotesquerie
By Nonoy L. Lauzon Elections in the Philippines as depicted in the movies are a grand affair. Big crowd scenes of miting de avance are regulatory. Parades, marches and sequences of candidates for...
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Reaching the End of Sanity, the Limits of History
Review of Norte, Hangganan ng Kasaysayan (Lav Diaz, 2013) JPaul S. Manzanilla It is difficult to pass judgment on something that not only refuses to be judged but places the capacity for judgment on...
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Pulitiko for Rent
Jema M. Pamintuan Mapahahalagahan ang malinaw na pagbabalangkas ng pelikulang “Badil” hinggil sa buong kayarian, danas, at naratibo ng panahon ng halalan sa ating bansa. Nagbukas ang pelikula sa mga...
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Eula Valdes, Nonie Buencamino bag YCC Best Performance prize
The Young Critics Circle Film Desk picks the duo performance of Eula Valdes and Nonie Buencamino in Giancarlo Abrahan V’s Dagitab as Best Performance for its 25th Annual Citations. Valdes and...
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YCC Film Desk 2014 and 2013 citations
yccfilmdesk:YCC’s Tessa Maria Guazon on 2014’s Best Performance Originally posted on Tessa Maria Guazon: The Young Critics Circle Film Desk held its deliberations for 2014 films last Saturday, April...
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Desiring Violence
Review of Lauriana (Mel Chionglo, 2013) JPaul S. Manzanilla Lauriana hitches us into a world where a man’s “love” is the supreme arbiter of a woman’s fate. Samuel is a member of the Philippine...
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MABUHAY!
Rebyu ng Quick Change (Eduardo Roy, Jr., 2013) Aristotle Atienza Kalat na sa lipunan ang pagtinging kulang ang buhay kung walang pagdurusa. Para sa iba, ang sakit, medikal man ito o kabiguan sa...
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