Film financing forum draws new insights
Last month, we attended Cinemalaya's first-ever Manila Film Financing Forum, organized by the Philippine Independent Filmmakers Multi-Purpose Cooperative (IFC) to gain...
Fun, food and films
Join in the fun at the second Indonesian Festival. The 2nd Auckland Indonesian Festival will be held at the Auckland Performing...
SCTV Widely Criticized for Giving In to FPI
Harsh criticisms, including from moderate Muslims, of both the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) and SCTV's decision to cancel broadcasting the controversial...
CINEMALAYA 2011: CUCHERA REVIEW
Joseph Israel Laban's Cuchera, a rightfully shocking exposé of the lives of low-rent drug mules, one of the drug mules, opens...
People love movies about maids
I don't think anybody thought this weekend was going to be anything great in the first place, but with that bitch-and-a-half...
Tibaldo: Screen education and Luzon’s first cinematheque
ALMOST every child of the second half of the last century grew up in a world dominated by popular media such...
Indie filmmaker John Sayles to make appearances at IU Cinema as highlight of 2011-12 season
Independent filmmaker and two-time Oscar nominee John Sayles will deliver a lecture, answer questions and introduce screenings of three of his...
Roger Corman Presents ‘The Women in Cages Collection’ – Sex, Sadism, Group Showers & Pam Grier; or, WIP It Good
Can a film genre be disreputable, even reprehensible, yet beloved at the same time? Is "beloved" the right word? Does camp...
Besson’s Suu Kyi film “The Lady” to open Rome festival
Luc Besson's "The Lady," inspired by Myanmar pro-democracy leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, will open the International Rome...
Action, film … but no camera
You never know what you get with scissors, ink, tapes and blades Is it possible to make a movie without cameras?...
Twenty titles in the ”Digital Shadows: Last Generation Chinese Film” cycle at San Sebastian Festival
The cycle includes 18 features and 2 shorts by prominent contemporary Chinese filmmakers This year, the 59th edition of San Sebastian...
Movie Talk: The rise of China Cinema
While China becomes increasingly well-known globally as one of the upcoming potential markets for business and commerce alongside India, it's regrettable...