The 49 th edition of the Metro Manila Film Festival is all set to unfold December 25 2023 with ten films vying for assorted festival prizes and awards. It used…
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Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
THE 2023 SUMMER METRO MANILA FILM FESTIVAL AT A GLANCE
The summer edition of the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) ended last April 18 with varied and more substantial offering than its Christmas edition. It attracted first rate and well-realized…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
ORAS DE PELIGRO IS MOST POWERFUL FILIPINO FILM OF THE DECADE
Many things stay in the mind long after you have watched Joel Lamangan’s Oras de Peligro. It has news reels of the 1986 People Power which got world-wide attention for…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
NINOY AS EVERYMAN ACCORDING TO VINCE TAÑADA
Ako Si Ninoy is Vince Tañada’s second film musical after Katips. The first set the martial law experience into a musical. By turns, it is jarring, if, powerful. It got…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
TRIUMPH AND DISCORD IN THE 2022 MMFF
The 2022 48th Metro Manila Film Festival started with a bang with the traditional parade that stalled traffic in the Quezon City thoroughfares before opening day on December 25. Eight…
Islander in the City by Pablo A. Tariman:
PROFILE OF A TALENT MANAGER AND FILM PRODUCER
Talent manager Ferdy Lapuz was in a quandary as he received FB comments his talent, actor Soliman Cruz, was not wearing appropriate attire during the red carpet walk at the…
Islander in the City by Pablo A. Tariman:
VENICE INDEPENDENT FILM CRITICS SINGLE OUT ROMANIAN FILM WITH FILIPINO LEAD ACTOR
The Romanian film To The North by Mihai Mincan headlined by Filipino actors Soliman Cruz and Bart Guingona eluded awards in the Orizzonte section of the recently concluded 79th Venice…