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Fission Vision
Review of Mga Anino ng Kahapon (Alvin Yapan, 2013) Jaime Oscar M. Salazar Near the beginning of Mga Anino ng Kahapon, Irene (Agot Isidro), a nurse, takes a day off to attend a parent-teacher conference...
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Sa Bitag ng Alanganin
Rebyu ng Babagwa (Jason Paul Laxamana, 2013) JPaul S. Manzanilla Maiinis at magagalit ka sa sistema ng lokohan na nagaganap sa Babagwa ni Jason Paul Laxamana. Malalaman mong ang bidang karakter na si...
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Breathlessness
A review of YCC’s Best First Features of 2013 J. Pilapil Jacobo The preponderance of film aspiration entitles most of the present commentariat to cast a hallow aura around almost every labor on that...
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As Upon an Island
Review of Sonata (Peque Gallaga and Lore Reyes, 2013) Jaime Oscar M. Salazar Appearing onstage at the Arena di Verona for a performance of Rusalka, widely renowned soprano Regina Cadena, in the titular...
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Artsibo
Aristotle Atienza Mapangahas ang pelikulang Debosyon (Alvin Yapan, 2013). Ang bitbitin ang manonood sa mapanganib na laylayan ng mga paniniwala ay nakababahala. Subalit, nasa engkuwentrong ito ang...
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The Wonders of Getting Lost
Tessa Maria Guazon Sonata Maria (Ug ang Babayeng Halas ang Tunga sa Lawas, Origane Films 2014) wrestles in cunning and play the wrought question of existence. It is viewed through the eyes of a...
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Toying Soldiers
A Review of Sundalong Kanin (Janice O’Hara, 2014) JPaul S. Manzanilla It has become common to tell a coming-of-age story set in war. Giuseppe Tornatore’s Malena showed a boy’s obsession with a pretty...
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Krisis
Aristotle J. Atienza Umiikot ang pelikulang Dagitab (Giancarlo Abrahan, 2014) sa mag-asawang Tolentino na dumadaan sa kani-kanilang mid-life crisis: propesor sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas sa Diliman sina...
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Layers of Loss
Jaime Oscar M. Salazar Spanning the course of a few decades, from about the 1970s to the present, Mariquina finds Imelda Nuñez, née Guevarra (Mylene Dizon, and, as a teenager, Barbie Forteza),...
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Seeds of Hope
Skilty Labastilla Doris (Chai) Quieta prepares flowers while humming a 1990s pop tune one morning in the kitchen of their makeshift house in Barangay Cologcog, Tanauan, Leyte, while her husband...
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YCC Film Desk to hold citations ceremony today
The Young Critics Circle Film Desk will give out awards for best achievement in Philippine cinema for 2013 and 2014 today, April 23rd, 4 pm, at the UP Vargas Museum, Diliman, Quezon City. Awardees for...
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Identities, Violence, Redemption, Magic: The Best of Philippine Cinema in 2013
Skilty Labastilla In the 25-year history of the Young Critics Circle Film Desk, the year 2013 recorded the most number of nominations in four of the six categories that the group hands out each year....
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Fervent Investment, Fresh Impetus
Jaime Oscar M. Salazar The process that leads to our Annual Citations is an arduous one, even setting aside the attendant logistical and administrative requirements of mounting the event. For the year...
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Pagkilala sa Pinakamahusay na Tunog at Orkestrasyong Awral ng 2013
Aristotle Atienza Tumutukoy ang Tunog at Orkestrasyong Awral sa paglalapat ng mga aspektong may kinalaman sa tunog sa pelikula, musika, likas na tunog, sound effects habang ang mga ito ay isinasalungat...
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Pagkilala sa Pinakamahusay na Editing ng 2013
Skilty Labastilla at JPaul Manzanilla Sa genre ng horror, kinakailangang makuha ang simpatiya ng manonood upang makagaanang-loob nila ang mga pangunahing karakter at masabayan nila itong sumigaw,...
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Pagkilala sa Pinakamahusay na Dulang Pempelikula ng 2013
Jaime Oscar M. Salazar Tinutukoy at kinikilala ng gawad na ito ang retorika ng pagsusulat para sa pelikula na nagpapahayag ng kasalimuotan ng buhay panlipunan o personal na ligalig sa natatanging...
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Pagkilala sa Pinakamahusay na Tunog at Orkestrasyong Awral ng 2014
Aristotle Atienza Kinikilala sa nakaraang pelikulang taon ang kagalingan sa disenyo ng tunog at musika ng mga pelikulang Dagitab (Gian Carlo Abrahan V) at Sonata Maria (Bagane Fiola). Sa Dagitab, sa...
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Pagkilala sa Pinakamahusay na Editing ng 2014
Tessa Maria Guazon Ang pinakamahusay na editing ay tumutukoy sa konpigurasyon ng mga ugnayan ng panahon at espasyo sa mga eksena sa isang pelikulang may kakayahang maglagom, makitunggali, bumuo at...
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YCC’s 2013 and 2014 honorees receive awards
(I to r) Edgar Martin Littaua (Best VisuaI Design, Lauriana), RaIston Jover (Best ScreenpIay, Porno), JerroId Tarog (Best Editing, Pagpag), AIeks Castañeda (Best Editing, Porno), AdoIfo AIix, Jr. (Best...
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Pagkilala sa Pinakamahusay na Sinematograpiya at Disenyong Biswal ng 2013
JPaul S. Manzanilla Ang sinematograpiya at disenyong biswal ay tumutukoy sa mise-en-scene at sa mga kalidad nitong biswal/plastik disenyong pamproduksiyon, pag-iilaw, direksiyon ng sining, visual...
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