a woman leans against a car in the short film Tiger

Tiger (2025) Short Film Review

How can art heal the human soul? A question with multiple answers considering the many ways art can become a ...
a family having dinner in el tomate perfecto

El Tomate Perfecto (2025) Short Film Review

After watching The Perfect Tomato, I realized something. While I always write in English because it’s the language I mostly ...
people dancing in the short film B is for Bachata

B is for Bachata (2025) Short Film Review

While not many people, myself included, will connect with the musical genre at the center of the short film B ...
a witness in the documentary spring of the vanishing

Spring of the Vanishing (2025) Film Review

Spring of the Vanishing is the typical documentary that will have you screaming endlessly at the screen, as if this ...
Two teenagers cry while sitting on a couch in fine young men

Fine Young Men (2025) Film Review

Fine Young Men (originally titled Hombres Íntegros in Spanish) tells the story of Alf, a teenager in love. But Alf ...
a teacher explains something to a student in Brave the Dark

Brave the Dark (2024) Film Review

Brave the Dark is the story of Nate, a troubled teenager who is all alone in this world. Nate lives ...
a man speaks on the phone in riot on redchurch street

Riot on Redchurch Street (2024) Film Review

Capturing a counterculture isn’t an easy feat. First of all, you have to really know the subject to see where ...
Inkwo for When the Starving Return

Inkwo for When the Starving Return (2024) Film Review

Inkwo for When the Starving Return is one hell of a trip. The short film is a stop-motion animated extravaganza ...
the things we keep short film

The Things We Keep (2024) Short Film Review

I can’t downright say that The Things We Keep is a realistic short film. Joanna Fernandez’s film is shrouded in ...
Vice Ganda in a scene from Jun Robles Lana's film 'And the Breadwinner Is...'

MMFF 2024 Movie Review: ‘And the Breadwinner Is…’

This year's Metro Manila Film Festival boasts of a lineup of films that—finally—have begun focusing on quality as much as ...
Kian Co and Judy Ann Santos in a scene from Chito S. Roño’s ‘Espantaho’

MMFF 2024 Movie Review: ‘Espantaho’

This year's Metro Manila Film Festival boasts of a lineup of films that—finally—have begun focusing on quality as much as ...
a woman sits next to an empty seat in the short film My Boo

My Boo (2024) Short Film Review

Short films like My Boo exist for no other reason than to show the creativity that lies in the world ...
a woman lies on a bed while the other sits on the floor in the film good side of bad

Good Side of Bad (2024) Film Review

Mental health issues have been depicted in cinema for many decades. These depictions are not always respectful, as they’re also ...
a man grabs a woman in king saud

King Saud (2024) Film Review

It’s hard to deal with a film like King Saud nowadays. The experience of watching it didn’t make me feel ...
a couple looks shocked in alien love

Alien Love (2024) Film Review

Navigating through the world of Nathan Hill’s unique style of filmmaking has been a treat. By this point, I’ve seen ...