FILMS

A FILM REVIEW OF A FILM THAT DOES NOT EXIST

• 2024 Oct 25 - The Portrait
• 2024 Sept 26 - Miss Nigeria, What Happened to Miss Colombia and Miss Philippines (In Alphabetical Order)
• 2024 Sept 23 - The Empty Stool
• 2024 Sept 23 - Miss Sassy
  

 

FILM REVIEWS AND ESSAYS

• 2025 May 1 - Nora Aunor, Banaue, and the Ties that Bind
• 2015 Sept 25 - Heneral Luna (Film Criticism in Filipino and English) 
• 2015 Feb 11 - Fifty Shades of Grey: Capitalism is a Handsome Stud
• 2015 Jan 31 - Birdman: "Liberation From Illusion"
  
• 2015 Jan 4 - Defending "Praybeyt Benjamin" its Audience and Puto with Crème Brûlée
• 2014 Dec 26 - The 15 Outstanding Performances in Filipino Films in 2014
• 2014 Dec 26 - The Top10 Outstanding Filipino Films of 2014
• 2014 Nov 23 - Readers' Survey: Top Ten Filipino Films and Performances of 2014
• 2014 Oct 19 - The Judge: “A Middle Child Syndrome Story” (Film Review)
• 2014 Sept 25 - Filipino Films that Should be Made in the Immediate Future, Part 2 (Film #2: "The Imeldific Drag Show")
• 2014 Sept 20 - Filipino Films That Should Be Made in the Immediate Future, Part 1 (Film #1: F/F) and Introduction
• 2014 Sept 14 - Lav Diaz’s “Mula sa Kung Ano ang Noon” (From What Is Before): a TIFF Film Review
• 2014 Sept 4 - Chris Martinez's "The Gifted": Fake Never Looked So Good.
  
• 2014 Aug 9 - Mariquina (Film Criticism)
• 2014 Aug 7 - The Janitor: A Fresh Face in Filipino Action Cinema or Just Another Cliché? 
• 2014 Feb 2 – Stranger By the Lake (Film Review): "Finding Love in All the Wrong Places"
• 2014 Feb 1 - The Legend of Hercules and the Cult of the Perfect Male Body
• 2014 Jan 14 - The Ten Best Filipino Films of 2013 (Put Down Your Guns, Our Humble Opinion Only)
• 2014 Jan 2 - Best Performances in Filipino Films (2013): "Results of our Critics and Readers Poll"
• 2013 Oct 27 - Captain Phillips: Superpower Mentality
• 2013 Aug 1 - Our Choices for the 2013 Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival (New Breed Category)
• 2013 July 29 - "Debosyon": Faith as a Public Spectacle or or an Intimate Union with God"
• 2013 June 4 - "A Nun's Movie Review" (The Nun’s Story, 1959 Film)
• 2011 Feb 16 - Black Swan Review Series: “Where is Your Mother, Nina?“ The Nonexistent Mother Theory and the Female "Psycho"
• 2011 Feb 11 - Black Swan Review Series: Dark Perfection, “The Internal Process of the Performer”

 

BRUN FILM AWARDS

• 2014 Dec 28 - The Second Annual Brun Film Awards 2014: Critics' Choice
• 2014 Aug 7 - Brun Critics' Choice for the 2014 Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival (Year 2): Nominees and Recipients
• 2014 Mar 29 - Brun Film Awards Readers’ Choice Section: Results (The Best Films and Performances of 2013)
• 2014 Jan 28 - The First Annual Brun Film Awards 2013: Nominees and Recipients (Critics' Section)
• 2014 Jan 17 - Alvin Yapan, "2013 Director of the Year" (Brun Philippines Critics' Choice)