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The Exacting Forest and the Forgivable Man in Bagane Fiola’s Baboy Halas (2016)
The Exacting Forest and the Forgivable Man in Bagane Fiola’s Baboy Halas (2016)[i] Emerald Flaviano Disclaimer: This review contains spoilers. Baboy Halas: Wailings in the Forest (2016), Bagane Fiola’s...
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Musings on the Mundane
Jaime Oscar M. Salazar The appellation “Mrs.” is referred to as a courtesy title, but the woman who bears it, however willingly or happily, submits to the effacement of her birth name and the...
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Palit-Piso, Palit-Ulo
Jema M. Pamintuan Detalyadong inilahad ng pelikulang Ma’ Rosa ni Brillante Ma. Mendoza ang iba’t ibang bersiyon at antas ng pangangapital, na umiiral sa isang ekonomiyang batbat ng iregularidad at...
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Muling Pagkabuhay
Aristotle J. Atienza Paparada ang pulang multicab sa isang walang lamang kalye sa Cebu, at unti-unti ay magiging karinderyang dadalawin ng mga nakakakilala rito. Karaniwan na marahil ang ganitong...
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We Are Still Here
Emerald Flaviano It’s the first week of classes in a public high school in Angeles City, Pampanga, sometime in the late 1990s and a boy, backpacked and solitary, stares at a group of his classmates...
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Tropical Divine
J Pilapil Jacobo The contest of wills that ensues between the high priestess Pinailog (Nora Aunor) and her heiress-apparent Dowokan (Barbie Forteza) portrayed in the Kinaray-a film Tuos revisits not...
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Bridging Folklore and Reality
Lisa Ito Positioned within the genre of horror film, Ang Tulay ng San Sebastian (Alvin Yapan, 2016) opens on an ominous note. The tale takes place, after all, on a Good Friday: that one day of the...
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YCC Film Desk to hold citations ceremony Thursday
The Young Critics Circle Film Desk will hand out awards for best achievement in Philippine cinema for 2016 on Thursday, April 27th, 3 pm, at the UP Vargas Museum, Diliman, Quezon City. The awardees...
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The 26th Annual Circle Citations for Distinguished Achievement in Film for 2016
2016 YCC FILM DESK PROGRAM
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The 28th Annual Circle Citations for Distinguished Achievement in Film for 2017
The Young Critics Circle Film Desk invites everyone to its 28th Annual Circle Citations for Distinguished Achievement in Film for 2017. The ceremony will be held on 16 August 2018 (Thursday), 4:00 PM...
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Isang Pelikula ng Pulo: Hinggil sa Baconaua (2017) ni Joseph Israel Laban
Christian Jil R. Benitez Ang pulo ay sityo ng pagkakataon: sapagkat habang ang pulo ang lupang naliligiran ng tubig, ito rin ang kasaganahan ng kasampuan. Sa ganang ito rin, ang pulo ay sityo ng...
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Of Technologies, Transcriptions, and Ties that Bind: A Review of The Chanters...
Lisa Ito-Tapang Culture, tradition and technology are framed as intertwined facets in The Chanters (2017), James Robin Mayo’s directorial debut during last year’s QCinema International Film Festival....
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Micro-burgers, Magic Pens, and Familial Breakdowns: Shireen Seno’s Nervous...
Emerald O. Flaviano For the first few minutes into Shireen Seno’s Nervous Translation (2017), a young girl moves through a still house, alone. A string of actions, each strange in itself, constitutes...
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Mga Gabing Kasinghaba ng Hair Ko (2017): Luxuriance
J Pilapil Jacobo The predicament of depicting the lives of Filipina transgender women has been addressed in contemporary Philippine cinema. Films like Isabel Sandoval’s Señorita (2011), Adolf Alix’s...
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Kiko Boksingero (2017): Making a Man
Jaime Oscar M. Salazar Following the recent passing away of his mother, Francis “Kiko” Arenas (Noel Comia, Jr.) lives in the care of Diday (Yayo Aguila), his yaya, while Myrna, his aunt, is seeing to...
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God BLISS Our Home (2017): Tapatan
Aristotle J. Atienza May halina ang katapatan ng dokumentaryong God BLISS Our Home ni Nawruz Paguidopon. Maaaring inaasahan kung suliraning madalas na hinaharap ng anyo ang pagiging makatotohanan...
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Si Chedeng at si Apple (2017): Surfacing
Skilty C. Labastilla Si Chedeng at si Apple, the first feature of Rae Red and Fatrick Tabada, is a rambunctious romp that follows two ladies taking a road trip of emancipation as they flee from the...
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Medusae (2017): Deep End of the Ocean
Nonoy L. Lauzon What does it take to be a good mother? What does it take to be a good filmmaker? Pam Miras’ Medusae processes an interrogation of such circumstantial essentials with the emotionally...
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The 28th Annual Circle Citations for Distinguished Achievement in Film for 2017
The Young Critics Circle Film Desk held its 28th Annual Circle Citations for Distinguished Achievement in Film for 2017 last 16 August 2018 (Thursday), 4:00 PM at the Jorge B. Vargas Museum,...
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Statement of the Film Desk of the Young Critics Circle on the 2018 Order of...
We, the members of the Film Desk of the Young Critics Circle (YCC), denounce once more the exclusion of Nora Aunor (Nora Cabaltera Villamayor) from the roster of artists inducted into the Order of...
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