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The Filipino auteur discusses her latest film Moonglow and the secret poetics of her sensual cinema.
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Esquire Philippines’ chief film critic sits down with the master of slow cinema, whose new historical epic ‘Magellan’ debuted to glowing reviews at Cannes, to talk about 11-hour films, historical revisionism, and quitting filmmaking to write the great Filipino novel. “I want to be part of the struggle to destroy the wall of ignorance,” Lav Diaz says.
Sixty-six-year old filmmaker Lavrente Indico Diaz has made some of the most critically acclaimed films in Philippine cinema. From the sprawling, 10-and-a-half hour generational epic Evolution of a Filipino Family to the five-hour crime drama Batang ...
"Pilipinas ang aming pangulo."
Some of the biggest names in Philippine cinema spoke candidly in a video statement urging citizens to vote not just for themselves, but for their fellow countrymen.With just a few days to go before the May 9 polls, the Directors' Guild ...
And the stars who suffered for their art
Can the end really justify the means? A question that certain directors really should have asked themselves when pushing their actors to the absolute limits in pursuit of a great performance.We're not just talking hard taskmasters who demand endless takes ...
Recommendations from Scorsese, Kubrick and more
Try as it might, Netflix's 'Recommended For You' function just doesn't cut the mustard. After all, there are only so many times it can suggest Bratz: The Movie before you start to feel hopelessly misunderstood.What you need, our indecisive ...
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