“Respeto” is the directorial debut of Alberto “Treb” Monteras II. The story follows the journey of an aspiring rapper Hendrix (played...
Author - I-Lin Liu
On a truck packed with furniture, a mother is telling her daughter that their new home is on “Happiness Road”. A little girl, with her eyes wide-opened, asks:...
How does one live when one has nothing? How should one live when one has everything? These are the questions South Korean director Hyung-Suk Jung poses to us...
A finger pokes a small hole through a fusuma (Japanese-style sliding door). A girl bends down and peeks through the hole. She sees something. A woman notices a...
Moving through the history of the Philippines, the legacy of the national cinema, the nature of filmmaking, and the ontology of film, “People Power Bombshell:...
Filming one's family members is an old trope in documentary filmmaking. If you don't know what to say, start with something that your are familiar with. We...
“A young girl seeks out imaginative ways to cope with the death of her twin brother” is how the film is described on IMDB. This is not a wrong way to summarize...
Can porn be art? This question seems to be contradicting itself. Art calls for our contemplation, while porn requires our bodily involvement. How can a film...
On a truck packed with furniture, a mother is telling her daughter that their new home is on “Happiness Road”. A little girl, with her eyes wide-opened, asks:...
Somewhere in Tokyo, Osamu Shibata and his wife Nobuyo live in poverty. While Osamu receives occasional employment and Nobuyo has a low-paying job, the family...