Since its fruition in 2005, the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival has been the most prominent film festival for indie films—often seen as the platform for rising filmmakers to share their art and vision. Cinemalaya, the most prominent film festival in the Philippines On its 17th...
Reconstructing pride in 'Breaking Fast' Mo and Kal go out on a date Queerness is everywhere. Since June is pride month, we got to see a different perspective from the Arab Film and Media Institute when they brought the cast and crew of “ Breaking Fast” to talk about the “Gay-rab”...
The Udine Far East Film Festival in Italy will pay homage to the late multi-awarded film actor, director Eddie Garcia on its 23rd year. It will run a special tribute section dubbed "Eddie Garcia: Life as a Film Epic (Ommagio a Eddie Garcia : La vita come un’epopea cinematografica)," from June 24...
Quiapo Church's use of "banderitas" made out of single-use plastic has rubbed an environmental group the wrong way. These trinkets made out of thin-film plastic have made the EcoWaste Coalition unhappy. (Photo from EcoWaste Coalition) EcoWaste Coalition has called out the Quiapo Church for...
Billionaire pugilist-senator and all-around entertainer Manny Pacquiao is back to doing movies. Out soon is "Zeus," a new film he co-produced with its star Chris Soriano who is also credited as its writer, director. Manny took to social media to promote the film. He wrote, "I believe this film will...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has disclosed that an "efficient and low-cost" superconductor thin film fabrication method has been developed by researchers from the University of the Philippines (UP)- National Institute of Physics (NIP). (PIXABY) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy”...
The Cannes Film Festival returns in July with a rich official selection competing for the Palme d'Or after the Covid pandemic robbed the world's leading film festival of its 2020 edition. Here are the 24 films competing from July 5 to 17 for the prestigious prize awarded by a jury headed by US...
Don't look now but today's most popular Taylors, Taylor Swift and Anya Taylor Joy, are soon to be seen in a movie together. Not only that. They will star opposite heavyweights like Margot Robbie, Christian Bale, Rami Malek, Chris Rock, Timothy Olyphant, Zoe Saldana, Mike Myers, Michael Shannon,...
SCREENCRUNCH: Disney’s latest live action flick introduces Estella, the woman who would become the dalmatian spots-obsessed fashion designer Cruella Emma Stone as Cruella Making a statement, that is what the infamous villain Cruella de Vil is all about in Disney's latest live action movie, aptly...
A brief history lesson and a list of must-watch local films and series about LGBT HERSTORY Pictures of The Lesbian Collective in 1992 marching for gay rights June is Pride Month. News on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and more (LGBTQ+) pervade the internet during this time. For...
Spend the days leading up to the Hungarian occasion by watching their films Agent Nick Grabowsky from the Cat City (Macskafogó, 1986) Cartoons are inevitable part of childhood. Not only is animation a popular source of entertainment, it also has many positive effects on children. In the early...
SCREENCRUNCH: And that’s not a bad thing Dave Bautista as Scott Ward (Netflix) Just with its first 15 minutes, which was made available on YouTube ahead of the film’s release, Zack Snyder’s “Army of the Dead” already got my attention. What follows after those adrenaline-pumping first few...
