‘Cinemartyrs’ does not merely revisit the past but lets it breathe again, to tremble and to speak, through image and sound.

The closing montage is not a final statement, because there can be no final statements in a continued struggle. ‘Bloom Where You Are Planted’ is the rare film that continues long after the credits roll.

‘Open Endings ’ shows an in-depth understanding of systemic restraints, which reflect on the real-life struggles of queer women navigating their places through love, acceptance, and friendship.

 For anyone that loves his films but still misses some of his kinetic flare, ‘One Battle After Another’ is the perfect synthesis of the many sides of Paul Thomas Anderson.

‘The Ride’ is a wasted chance at a crime drama that could have simmered with tension, melancholy, and heart. At just over an hour, it has the speed of a getaway car, but none of the gravity to make the journey matter.

‘Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc’ is the wild anime B-movie that its acolytes might be awaiting, imbuing its fantastical ambitions and tight plotting with a tinge of mournful empathy.

Nahahati ang ‘The Last Beergin’ sa iba’t ibang parte ng inuman. Kung naranasan mo na ito, tiyak matutuwa ka dahil tatak Pinoy ang paglalarawan. Hindi sila nag-bar, sa tabing karinderya lang sila uminom, isang baso lang ang pinapaikot, beer at gin ang iniinom, at may sintunadong kantahan ng “Beer” ng The Itchyworms.

Even with Darren Aronofsky’s trademark bursts of violence, ‘Caught Stealing’ sees the filmmaker let loose in his breeziest film yet. Austin Butler has fun running the show as a world-weary drunk pulled into a conspiracy just bubbling under New York in 1998.

With both its sharpest writing and structuring in years, this year's eight-episode run is Sunny at its most character-centric, hilarious, and relatively grounded. Still would've wanted more episodes, though.

‘Adolescence’ exemplifies and extends the problems of misogyny, incel culture, and the nature of social media beyond what we know and usually practice, exploring how each of us has our own roles in protecting young children online.

Beyond the exquisite cooking and dynamic character moments, The Bear season four further draws its strength from portraying deeply flawed human beings, characters who reflect who they are and who they might become, despite their shortcomings.

‘The Four Seasons,’ starring Tina Fey, Colman Domingo, and Steve Carrell, as 3 middle-aged couples going on weekend getaways for each season of the year, is guaranteed to win over most audiences with its wisdom and subtlety.

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.