A Question of the Bayaniverse: what about the rest of the nation off-screen?
Ten years ago, diector Jerrold Tarrog's historical trilogy known as the Bayaniverse debuted with Heneral Luna, one of the most expensive cinematic productions in the country's history. At the time, I was a first-year social studies lecturer and used ...
The third film in Tarog's Bayaniverse is a beautiful portrait of ugliness.
History is written by the victors. This isn't a Churchill original; he was paraphrasing an adage known throughout history by the very victors who write it. A lesser known, but equally true corollary is that the best accounts of history are ...
We've been waiting for it since the post-credits scene of Goyo in 2018.
TBA Studios announced today, January 16, 2025, that Jerrold Tarog's highly anticipated movie, Quezon, is all set for filming this March, with a target theatrical release later in the year both locally and worldwide.Quezon is a biographical historical film about ...
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 ...
Bliss recently received an X-rating from the MTRCB.
After the breakthrough success of historical biopic Heneral Luna in 2015, every one anticipated director Jerrold Tarog's next move, especially since he once said that he planned only to "make enough movies and get out." This year, he released the psychological ...
The director of the biopic Heneral Luna talks to colleague Monster Jimenez about heroes and career pegs, his preoccupation with the issue of regionalism, and why he might take off the filmmaker's hat in the near future.
This was originally published in the November 2015 issue of Esquire Philippines. ESQUIRE: When I was about to watch Heneral Luna, sabi ko "Oh my god, I'm gonna watch a historical film!" And then, in the last 20 minutes of the ...
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