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Pagkilala sa Pinakamahusay na Sinematograpiya at Disenyong Biswal ng 2014
JPaul S. Manzanilla Nominado ang mga sumusunod: Mariquina, Sasha Palomares (cinematography) and Aped Santos (production design); Sonata Maria, Wrap Meting and Mark Limbaga (cinematography) and Bagane...
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Pagkilala sa Pinakamahuhusay na Lunsarang Pelikula ng 2013
J. Pilapil Jacobo Sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon, kinikilala ng Film Desk ng Young Critics Circle sa taong 2013 ang Pinakamahuhusay na Lunsarang Pelikula o Best First Features: Angustia, Puti, Ang Turkey...
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Pagkilala sa Pinakamahusay na Pagganap ng 2014
J. Pilapil Jacobo Tumutukoy ang gawad sa pagganap ng isang papel o karakter na nagsasangkot ng emosyon, damdamin, at karanasan sa mga panlipunang kondisyon ng personal at sa politikal na ekonomiya ng...
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Pagkilala sa Pinakamahusay na Pelikula ng 2013
Skilty Labastilla Ang kategoryang Pinakamahusay na Pelikula ay tumutukoy sa pagdidirihe at bisyon na nagbibigay ng sensitibo at matalas na atensiyon kapwa sa lengguwahe ng pelikula (presentasyon) at...
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Pagkilala sa Pinakamahusay na Pagganap ng 2013
Patrick D. Flores at J. Pilapil Jacobo Tumutukoy ang gawad sa pagganap ng isang papel o karakter na nagsasangkot ng emosyon, damdamin, at karanasan sa mga panlipunang kondisyon ng personal at sa...
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Pagkilala sa Pinakamahuhusay na Lunsarang Pelikula ng 2014
Patrick D. Flores at J. Pilapil Jacobo Iginagawad ang Pinakamahuhusay na Lunsarang Pelikula ng 2014 sa Dagitab, Nick & Chai, at Sonata Maria. Makasaysayan ang romanse sa Dagitab ni Giancarlo...
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What is Supposed to Be
JPaul S. Manzanilla A series of mysterious events is happening in a remote barrio in the Philippines. A person is found dead with bite marks said to be made by an aswang (viscera-sucking beast). Cows...
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Critique of Contemporary Filipino Selections at the World Premieres Film...
J. Pilapil Jacobo A mode of production that attended the rise of independent cinema in the country is a practice of filmmaking that would aspire a first screening in a festival of cinema somewhere, as...
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Ang Maaari pang Palahimigan ng Himagsikan: Sipat-suri sa Sonata Maria (Ug ang...
J. Pilapil Jacobo, Ph.D. Kagawaran ng Filipino, AdMU/Film Desk, YCC Mula sa sarili niyang dulang pampelikula, dinirehe ni Bagane Fiola ang Sonata Maria bilang pelikulang Bisaya na may tagpuan sa...
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Sakuna bilang Suliraning Pamanahon sa “Taklub” (2015)
J. Pilapil Jacobo Sinisipat ng abot-tanaw ng pamemelikula ni Brillante Ma. Mendoza ang mga bakas ng sakuna na dulot ng unos na Yolanda sa “Taklub.” Sa panahong dinaratnan ng pelikula, halos isang taon...
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The General Lunacy of Empire
Jaime Oscar M. Salazar Heneral Luna (2015, directed by Jerrold Tarog) is an account of the time that Antonio Luna (John Arcilla) was the commander of the Philippine Revolutionary Army at the end of the...
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Mediations on the Question of Surface: The Young Critics Circle Film Desk...
Over the long weekend, the Film Desk of the Young Critics Circle held a virtual convention to discuss Jerrold Tarog’s “Heneral Luna,” pursue the critique initiated by our member Jaime Oscar Salazar,...
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Ikaw ay Akin, The Digitally Restored, and Re-mastered
Nonoy L. Lauzon [previously published in glitter.ph. view original here.] It is rare for a Filipino film of relative domesticity to be imbued with grandeur. But here, attuned to Bernal’s directorial...
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Defections from Difference: Critique of Cinema One Originals 2015
J. Pilapil Jacobo The claim to Cinema One’s propagation of originality in this year’s film festival has taken a decisive turn in adopting the question of difference as principle of selectivity and...
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The Orchid, the Vase, the Engine
J. Pilapil Jacobo If the digital age has witnessed a surfeit of contentious categories across erotic relations, as far as certain applications complementing android technology have come to intimate to...
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Best Picture Material
Nonoy L. Lauzon [originally published in glitter.ph] The film, so to speak, deserves better than a badge of a motion picture in regular distribution as it requires audiences receptive to equally...
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We Are All Stupid For Love!
Nonoy L. Lauzon [originally published here] The film shamelessly ratifies the paternalistic preconceptions that govern the institution of heterosexual union and in effect becomes instrumental in...
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Neutering the Transgender Threat in Miss Bulalacao (2015)
Emerald Flaviano Ara Chawdhury’s Miss Bulalacao (2015) begins familiarly enough: gay teenager Dodong competes in a local byukon, and despite a minor hiccup (an uncomfortably long silence to the...
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Ari, Of Creatives and Culture Bearers
Nonoy L. Lauzon Certainly among the most notable full-length feature debuts in Philippine cinema this year is Kapampangan filmmaker Carlo Enciso Catu’s Ari, a poignant character-driven drama about a...
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The Vacuous Comedy Bane: A Review of Wenn Deramas’ Wang Fam
Nonoy Lauzon While certain quarters may not find anything wrong with it, the opposite is evidently true. Why further oppress the hapless populace? Studio productions in the country are obviously in...
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