Tag: cinemaone

A storm is coming and its bringing with it to Manila a rapidly escalating sense of dread. There would be panic, perhaps, were there any outlet for such an emotion but with the city on lockdown as water levels rise...

The ecosystem of Filipino film festivals can be a confusing one to outside eyes. For unlike pretty much everywhere else in the world - where festivals may commission the occasional work but overwhelmingly show films independently produced outside of the...

The annual CinemaOne Originals festival is now underway in the Philippines and included in the lineup is the latest from noted auteur and provocateur Adolfo Alix Jr, Legend Of China Doll. Scripted by Lav Diaz, the official synopsis deliberately tells...

Premiering in November as part of the CinemaOne Originals series in the Philippines,Keith Sicat's Woman Of The Ruins promises a truly haunting bit of atmosphere.Years after a cataclysmic event, a woman presumed dead reappears on an island. Her return sparks...

Though the premise will certainly draw comparisons to recent - and much higher budgeted - Taiwanese effort Machi Action, there's a definite charm to the first teaser for Miko Livelo's CinemaOne Originals project Blue Bustamante. A comedy revolving around an...

Emmanuel dela Cruz's Slumber Party is a film of undeniable charms. It revels in color. It delights in diversity. It sustains with mainstreamed queer wit, the type that makes use of self-referential humor for much of the laughter earned. The...