Marc Webb’s live-action Snow White is many things, but “the fairest of them all” is not one of them. A visually expensive yet oddly cheap-looking adaptation, it stumbles
I wasn’t entirely sure what to make of Drew Hancock’s film Companion when I first watched it. Yes, it’s darkly funny, sharply executed, and unrelentingly brutal. But was
Novocaine toys with a moral tightrope, inviting its audiences to revel in over-the-top violence under the guise of rooting for a mild-mannered protagonist. Directors Dan Berk and Robert
“What’s it feel like to die?” That’s the question Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) is asked more than anything else. Not out of concern, but curiosity—people don’t actually care
This year’s Metro Manila Film Festival boasts of a lineup of films that—finally—have begun focusing on quality as much as commercial value. While it has received criticisms over
This year’s Metro Manila Film Festival boasts of a lineup of films that—finally—have begun focusing on quality as much as commercial value. While it has received criticisms over
This year’s Metro Manila Film Festival boasts of a lineup of films that—finally—have begun focusing on quality as much as commercial value. While it has received criticisms over
This year’s Metro Manila Film Festival boasts of a lineup of films that—finally—have begun focusing on quality as much as commercial value. While it has received criticisms over
This year’s Metro Manila Film Festival boasts of a lineup of films that—finally—have begun focusing on quality as much as commercial value. While it has received criticisms over
Carlo Ledesma’s Outside offers an interesting take on the zombie apocalypse genre by turning its lens inward, trading blood-soaked thrills for emotional dissection and psychological tension. With an
“Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself?” Coralie Fargeat’s latest film, The Substance, asks this question rather rhetorically. In a way, making this the film’s
Recurring grief can sneak up on someone, sometimes unannounced. After all, one can say that it’s basically unexpressed love with nowhere to go, so it just resurfaces and
Takamasa Oe‘s “Whale Bones” (Japanese: 鯨の骨), which recently had its North American Premiere at this year’s JAPAN CUTS, plays like a multifaceted story about loneliness and depression in
A Tokyo-based photographer receives a phone call one day, informing him of the death of his estranged father. Wanting nothing to do with his old man even as
Usually, Philippine films under the sex-comedy/drama genre get categorized as such only by name. While marketed as mature-role vehicles for particular stars, these films end up simply hinting
