
FILM AND TV FEATURES
Jade Castro’s ‘All the Things I Leave You (Patawid)’ blends the ingredients of the BL genre with an inviting curiosity and reflects how far beyond the sandbox can these stories explore.
Sinepiyu 17, the premier film festival of Far Eastern University, showcased the bold storytelling hearts of this young generation’s up-and-coming filmmakers.
In this special Earth Day virtual film program, the climate crisis is presented not as a distant threat but as an immediate disruption to intimate spaces, identities, and personal discomfort through 11 Southeast Asian short films.
No cell can redeem a tyrant, least of all when his victims never even saw one. It's a fitting time to know why through 'Aswang,' an essential archive of injustice and grief.
Here are some frustrated thoughts from an aspiring Leyteño filmmaker asking the real question: where are all the films in Leyte?
On its thirteenth and rebranded edition, feature art by Bulacan XIII brought emphasis to local and homegrown stories
At the heart of Central Luzon, Open House Kino hopes to foster an inclusive film community in Pampanga by “traveling” to its cities and barangays and make films accessible for everyone.
Ngayong buwan ng kababaihan, talakayin nating muli ang deklarasyon ni Miriam sa ‘Wayt Elefants’ at kung gaano ka-epektibong nakapagbigay-komento ang pelikulang ito ng matinding uyam sa mga dominanteng pamantayan ng kagandahan noon, at marahil hanggang ngayon.
In the flurry of discourse on Filipino film censorship over the past year, the case of ‘Asog’ was lost in the shuffle. But we must not forget; we must not let the violent displacement of Sicogon Island residents by Ayala Land Inc. be erased from our collective memories.

FILM REVIEWS
While it doesn’t quite capture the magic of the original, the new ‘Lilo & Stitch’ still knows how to warm your heart and remind us what it feels to be a little lost and found.
Aside from Koepp’s sharp-witted screenplay, what makes Soderbergh’s Black Bag so fascinating is the fantastic ensemble, led by an icy Michael Fassbender and an alluring yet cunning Cate Blanchett.
The Margaha Film Festival returns for its 6th run, bringing in new stories and interpretations of old myths from Sagaynon filmmakers — stories that reflect what culturally resonates in Sagay City, Negros Occidental.
‘Final Destination: Bloodlines’ is a gleeful return to the anarchic ultraviolence that is the franchise’s raison d'etre, giving you what you’d expect in subtly different, yet all the more tense and outrageous manner.
‘The Accountant 2’ reunites criminal brothers Christian and Braxton Wolff (Ben Afleck and Jon Bernthal) for an emotional mission, but gives an average story and a regressive depiction of neurodivergence compared to the original. Now showing in cinemas.
Having measly expectations heading into ‘Thunderbolts*’ added a certain satisfaction that took me back to what a Phase One MCU film felt like.
Lemual Lorca’s ‘Water Lemon’ examines a town that is drowning in its personal everyday concerns, yet the environmental crisis still looms. This reflects how immediate challenges of daily survival overshadow the long-term inevitabilities.
‘The Legend of Ochi’ is a lovingly crafted riff on classic fantasy adventure films, one whose intimate foggy mountain atmosphere gives weight to rather broad-brush storytelling.
The Pelikultura Calabarzon Film Festival challenges the Manila-centric Tagalog representations by allowing radical Southern Tagalog cinema to flourish in the national discourse.

TV REVIEWS
Where ‘Andor’ truly stands out from other mainstream stories on war, is its fearlessness into showing the murkier and uglier sides to waging revolutions.
With ‘Incognito,’ you can see the Netflix imprint on ABS-CBN with its slick style and quality action, but it never forgets its Filipino roots through family and camaraderie.
Hirokazu Kore-eda's second Netflix family drama series, ‘Asura,’ boasts a renowned ensemble cast and dives headfirst into the not-so-new affairs of men through the eyes of four sisters, each with their own secrets to tell, making it one of the early standouts of the year.
‘The Perfect Couple’ encapsulates all that we love about celebrity scandals, fueling our eagerness to know more about the case without actually caring for the people involved. Now streaming on Netflix.
For its third season, The Bear still makes room for fantastic television. But it’s clear-cut that it has experienced some errors in the kitchen for a string of episodes.
From Joko Anwar, the mastermind who turned Indonesian horror cinema on its head, comes ‘Nightmares and Daydreams’: a sci-fi series that will delight diehard followers and introduce new audiences to the mind of one of the most intriguing Asian filmmakers today.

HALUHALO
In this Pride Month special, we talked to Ice Seguerra and Liza Diño-Seguerra about ‘Choosing (A Stage Play)’ and how it breaks the stigma on the challenges that LGBTQIA+ couples go through, embracing all the decisions they make like broken fragments in kintsugi.
Ateneo Blue Repertory has consistently been putting out spectacular musical productions and their production of ‘Legally Blonde: The Musical’ was beyond perfect.
Trans Midya’s latest offering, ‘The Trans Actor’, features Serena Magiliw and Zoë de Ocampo confronting their lived experiences as trans performers in Philippine film and theater this June 28-29, 2025.
The Playbook Club will premiere a new twinbill production titled ‘First Love, Last Love’ this June. Both plays written by Rafael Jimenez deal with different kinds of young love, and how the world (and people in power) can come between young people and their aspirations.
Watching the Barefoot Theatre Collaborative's ‘We Aren’t Kids Anymore’ was an emotional journey as an adult still figuring it all out. Sometimes we just need a piece of art that makes us feel seen and heard, for someone to tell us that we'll get through it.
Fire and Ice LIVE!, a premier Filipino production company, proudly presents the much-anticipated limited rerun of the critically acclaimed stage play ‘Choosing (A Stage Play)’.
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