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If the 1980s had Bagets, the ‘90s had Pare Ko. The movie about Filipino youth culture eschewed the typical depictions of teenagers in favor of something real and raw, and, in the process, made stars out of its young leads like Jomari Yllana, Mark Anthony Fernandez, Jao Mapa, and Claudine Barretto. Three decades later, writer and director Jose Javier Reyes reminisces about making the movie and whether he’d ever consider making a sequel.
The 1980s had Bagets, but when the 90s rolled around, no youth-oriented film was able to capture the zeitgeist quite like Pare Ko. At a time when smoking was still allowed everywhere, box-type Lancers were the pinnacle of cool, and ...
“Lolo and the Kid” and “Maple Leaf Dreams” writer-director Benedict Mique opens up about watching films with his lolo in their neighborhood in Paco, borrowing VCDs from Ricky Lee, and his dreams for Philippine cinema.
Writer-director Benedict Mique has been working in the entertainment industry for almost three decades now, starting as a script continuity writer for movies and a brainstormer for TV series in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He has written top-rating ...
Fourteen of the 25 are entries in the MMFF, one studio clearly dominates the local film industry, and one particular celebrity starred in nine of the highest-grossing Filipino films of all time.
A statement from local film studio Star Cinema said that Rewind, an entry in the 2023 Metro Manila Film Festival, is now the highest-grossing Filipino film of all time. The movie, which stars real-life husband and wife Dingdong Dantes and ...
"[That] was my love letter to the industry I always dreamed of. And when you get there, it's like, 'Ay ganito pala dito. Akala ko ganito siya. Hindi to tinuro sa film school.'"
In the mid-to-later half of the 2010s, director Antoinette Jadaone's name was synonymous with the sawi. She had been catapulted by the success of That Thing Called Tadhana in 2014, sending her into a stratosphere of celebrity she hadn' ...
Batman is helped by his sidekick Ruben.
Batman fighting the ancient vampire Dracula isn't new. Andy Warhol once produced and directed a film called Batman Dracula in 1964. In 2005, DC and Warner Brothers came out with The Batman vs Dracula, a film that pits the two nocturnal ...
He’ll take a break on historical films after the Quezon film.
Filmmaker Jerrold Tarog is swearing off historical films. For now at least. ALSO READ: FILIPINO MOVIESThe Best Filipino Movies, According to Erik MattiBanned and Controversial Filipino Films You Need to SeeIn a post on Twitter, the acclaimed director behind historical dramas Heneral ...
Everything we know about the new Darna.
After months of searching and endless online debates, the new Darna has finally arrived in the form of Jane Florence Benitez De Leon, a 20-year-old talent under Star Magic. De Leon now shoulders the responsibility of portraying the most iconic ...
Carlo Francisco Manatad's "Whether the Weather is Fine" receives €130,000 from the Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée and Institut Français.
In November 2013, Typhoon Haiyan, considered one of the most powerful tropical cyclones in world history, hit the Philippines.Over five years have passed since the typhoon ravaged huge parts of the country, but there are still many stories it left behind. ...
Including 'Ang Larawan!'
It's getting hotter by the day and we're only a few days away till April, which means summer is just around the corner. But before you plan your road trips and hit the beach, you might want to add another ...
Finally, we don't have to run around checking where to see that new good Filipino flick.
There's no need to sail through the illegal streaming sites or skulk through the aisles of your pirate haunts to find a "Dibidi" copy of an indie movie that won accolades abroad. Now, you can watch international award-winning Filipino films ...
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