Nearly two months after the Black Panther star’s death, Netflix unveils the trailer for his last performance in a film Fans of actor Chadwick Boseman , who passed away in August from colon cancer, is back for one final act in the August Wilson adaptation Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom . Netflix...
Movies by Peque Gallaga, Chito Roño, and Maryo de los Reyes are among those to be screened in Europe and on the web Still from Sonata Films have been dependable friends throughout our time in quarantine. They helped us be transported into many places just to keep cabin fever at bay. Lucky for us,...
UFC is hosting its first-ever UFC Reel Life: Nagsasama-samang Sarap Short Film Competition. With this short film competition, we hope to provide a platform for stories that highlight the same positivity and hope that UFC has provided for the last 50 years. All entries must creatively depict the...
It’s a gathering of almost anything and everything Filipino in the 4th edition of the Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino (PPP) that features at least 145 titles — 67 full-length films and 78 short films. The Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), as organizer of the PPP, extends the call...
Instituto de Cervantes brings Película 2020 closer to home with its first-ever virtual film fest ‘We believe that culture is an important tool against the isolation and alienation that the pandemic has brought to our lives.’ Not even the Covid-19 pandemic can stop Instituto...
Filipino director Alyx Ayn Arumpac’s “Aswang” won the grand prize at the 12th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, or DMZ Docs, held from Sept. 17 to 24 in South Korea. “Aswang,” a Philippines-France production, was selected by the jury to win the White Goose Award, the grand...
American actor and director Joseph Gordon-Levitt created a short film through his online collaborative media community HitRecord titled “The Beauty of the Philippines.” On Saturday, the star of famous movies such as Don John , Inception , and 500 days of Summer , among others, thanked...
Korean actress Oh In-hye, who was found unconscious on Sept. 14 at her home in Incheon City in South Korea, has died. She was 36. Oh In-hye’s last selfie on her Instagram account (Instagram / MANILA BULLETIN) She was found at about 5AM after suffering cardiac arrest at her home in Songdo...
SCREENCRUNCH: But don’t get us wrong, it’s a zombie movie you need to watch DON'T LOOK DOWN Yoo Ah-in stars in the new Korean zombie flick There’s a new Korean zombie film that’s out today. Well, new-ish because it was shown in South Korea earlier this June. Oh and there are, in fact, two...
Spotlight on Filipino-American documentary director PJ Raval and his Call Her Ganda Supporters hold up posters of transgender Filipina Jennifer Laude during a protest near the courthouse in Olongapo City, Philippines, on February 23, 2015 (AFP Photo/Noel Celis) Straight from the airport, Fil-Am...
Enough with the shaming scenes, let Rain Valdez show you what trans people are in real life and how they should be depicted on screen Rain Valdez (photo from Razor Tongue) Actress Audrey Hepburn once said, “Everything I learned, I learned from the movies.” Apart from transporting you to a...
Janine Gutierrez A Filipino film will be shown at this year's New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF). The special virtual edition runs from Aug. 28 to Sept. 12, and it will still highlight women both behind and in front of the camera. The NYAFF features a specific focus on women filmmakers: "women...
