August is supposedly one of the most-awaiting months for film enthusiasts as people gather at the Cultural Center of the Philippines to witness masterpieces from independent filmmakers and directors. But, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, for the first time in its 16-year running, the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival will push through online this year, as the country’s biggest independent film festival will be screened on Vimeo— an online video platform. Although unlike the usual, the festival will feature 10 short films this year instead of full length films. In an interview of CNN with Cinemalaya festival director Chris Millado,...

Many people have been resorting to Netflix for their daily dose of entertainment, especially during the quarantine. Aside from numerous K-drama series and Western movies, Netflix is also home to great documentaries that you can watch — and some of them are true-crime documentary series. There are tons of true crime docuseries in the platform that will surely baffle your mind, trigger your emotions, and make you slightly uneasy. Trigger warning; all of these documentaries contain disturbing events and scenes that some audience may find too hard to handle. Please watch at your own risk. Here are some of our...

Heartfelt, spontaneous, and tragic—these are some few words to best describe the number 1 movie on Netflix Philippines today. The comedy-drama of 2018, ‘Through Night and Day’ has brought us into the realm of realizations to contemplate if we are choosing the right person to be with for the rest of our lives—as scary as it may seem, but damn, this was the film all about. Screenshot from Netflix   Ben (Paolo Contis) and Jen (Alessandra De Rossi) have been lovers since fourth grade. Truly, they are #RelationshipGoals. They were sure to marry each other one day. With 13 years...

Before we actually discuss the Filipino version of drag race, let us first know the origin of the word “drag”, because reading is what? FUNDAMENTAL. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word “drag” has existed since at least 1388, but it wasn’t until the 19th century that it was used in connection with performing in clothes or a persona different from your own gender. In 1870, the Reynolds Newspaper in the United Kingdom printed the word in a gender-bending context in reference to a party invitation. “‘We shall come in drag,’ which means men wearing women’s costumes,”. This definition...

Sailor Moon director Junichi Satoh is back to unfold a new story in the new anime film entitled “A Whisker Away.” On April 30 just this year, Netflix released stills on Twitter from “A Whisker Away,” from the said director and famed Japanese screenwriter Mari Okada. Along with Satoh, Tomotaka Shibayama who also co-directed the film. The film is about a junior high student named Miyo “Muge” Sasaki and her growing affection for her classmate named Kento Hinode. Her efforts to pursue Kento keep failing, until she finds a magic mask that allows her to transform into a cat. Muge,...