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‘We Need Heroes, But We Also Need the Truth’: A Conversation With Lav Diaz

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 ...

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The Filipino Film Industry Has Much Bigger Problems Than K-Dramas

Gone are the days when our filmmakers had the proper support. And to think, Korean directors have long admired Filipino cinema.

Talks of banning Korean dramas have had the Philippines buzzing for about a week now. Some mid-level-action-star-turned-senator's comments have had Filipinos riled up when he said that he was thinking about banning them. How productive. It' ...

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