Filipino films are not part of the mainstream. Japanese films were probably most Westerners’ introduction to Asian cinema in the 1950s. During the 1990s, Chinese filmmakers like Wong Kar-Wai and John Woo brought massive attention to Hong Kong. Even South Korea has received some much-deserved acclaim in the last decade or so, due in part to that countries’ knack for creepy horror and violent vengeance epics. The Philippines, however, is not a country well known to the West for its cinema. In fact, aside from Manila In The Claws Of Brightness and Himala, from 1975 and 1982, respectively, and Quentin Tarantino’s proclamation of love for Filipino filmmakers working in the 70s, Filipino cinema remains strangely underrated, and undervalued.
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Nanood kami ng Bwakaw. Pangalawang gay-related film na ata ‘to na napanood ko. Una yung Muli. Maganda sila pareho. Nuot sa puso. Pero mas nakaka-relate lang ako personally sa Bwakaw kasi hindi siya ganun ka-centered sa gay couple kind of loverstory. Tungkol din ito sa buhay, pakikipag-ugnayan sa…
Elements that might have been pure treacle in less capable hands are given grace and dignity in Filipino writer-director Jun Robles Lana’s illuminating character study.
Bwakaw on its second week at
- SM North Edsa
- Festival Cinema 10
- Gateway Cinema 7
- SM City Bacoor
- SM City Dasma
- Sta Lucia
the real movie marathon with @bananarhuma :) #bwakaw #angnawawala (Taken with Instagram)
BWAKAW
Directed by Jun Robles Lana
This is actually the first indie film and Cinemalaya entry na cinommercial release na sa movie theater ko napanood, hindi sa CCP or sa UP so I’m wondering kung same lang ‘to sa pinalabas nung Cinemalaya or may “post-final” cut pa siya (judging from…
