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Tag Archives: Philippines
Storm Children: Book One (2014) Lav Diaz

On 8 November 2013, the city Tacloban on Leyte Island, Philippines, was largely destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan, causing the death of 6,201 people. Read More »
The Ravagers (1965) Eddie Romero, John Saxon, Fernando Poe Jr., Bronwyn FitzSimons

The biggest war picture ever filmed in the Philippines, a savage, raw action-packed spectacle of men and woman in war Read More »
Outrages of the Orient (1948) Carlos Vander Tolosa, William H. Jansen, Linda Estrella, Fernando Royo, Mona Lisa

A docu-drama recreating the rape and plundering conducted by WWII Japanese troops against the Filipino people. Read More »
Child of the Sun (2009) Christopher Gozum, Lowell Conales, Che Ramos, Tristan Aguirre

An exiled poet returns to his native homeland of Pangasinan province after many years of absence. Read More »
Fight for Us (1989) Lino Brocka, Phillip Salvador, Dina Bonnevie, Gina Alajar

In 1985, in the obscure town of Santa Filomena, the Orapronobis, a cult under the leadership of Kumander Kontra (Roco) Read More »
James Batman (1966) Artemio Marquez, Dolphy, Shirley Moreno, Boy Alano

An evil syndicate is set to conquer the world, and the mission is to stop them from fulfilling their viscious plans. Read More »
Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow? (1994) Kidlat Tahimik

A unique collaboration between Tahimik and his eldest son Kidlat Gottlieb Kalayaan, Why is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow? Read More »
Burger Boys (1999) Lav Diaz, Gerald Madrid, Marcus Madrigal, Marco Salvador, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

Four high school friends hatch a plan for a farcical heist that sends them spiraling into a series of surreal events littered with clowns Read More »
Manila, Open City (1968) Eddie Romero, Charito Solis, James Shigeta, Alex Nicol, Drama, War

In early February 1945 as Allied Forces slowly closed the net around the Japanese army entrenched within the city ruins of Manila, the defeated Empire’s soldiers adopted a brutal and savage operation of persecution against the citizens. Read More »