Advertisements The festival banners and the red carpet were quiet. Everyone had a very long weekend. I had a long weekend, one of my busiest of the year. Eight films in four days and all while trying to juggle school and work.…
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Cathy Yan's debut feature takes it sweet time juggling a lot of different plot threads, but the journey is worthwhile.…
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Advertisements Day three I saw a stellar pair of films that were not easy to manage together. All in all, the Cinematografo Film Festival is shaping up to be a time filled with films that are beautiful, unique and humane stories that…
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Advertisements Day two at Cinematografo was filled with a couple stunning, and remarkably different, documentaries along with a delicate experimental film. Following Signal Rock, the festival has kept churning out intimate looks at Filipino culture and society from many angles. In the…
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While the backdrop for Ash Is Purest White may be a China on the cusp of economic growth and expansion, Zhangke uses the setting to explore deeper themes such as the frailty of human relationships and the cruelty of time's swift passage.…
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Advertisements The Philippines’ official submission for this year’s Best Foreign Language film at the Academy Awards, Signal Rock, was Cinematografo International Film Festival’s opening piece and, boy, did it set the tone for the whole festival in the best way. Signal Rock depicts a…
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Advertisements The second annual Cinematografo International Film Festival, being held at the Kabuki Theater in San Francisco, is getting underway this week, and there are a number of notable films to keep an eye out for. The CIFF showcases a number of…
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I do solemnly swear... to take no prisoners.…
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Advertisements A Final Girl is a commonly used trope in horror—especially slashers—where one ‘lucky’ female character rises like a phoenix from the ashes and survives a terrifying ordeal, coming out the other side with new strengths and usually bucket loads of emotional…
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Advertisements A comedy about a hardened criminal immersing himself into the world of aspiring actors and acting classes? Honestly, sounds like an 80s Kindergarten Cop sort of scenario without nearly as much Schwarzenegger entertainment value. A drama about a hitman attempting to escape…
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