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saya 🚏 retweeted
i think one thing filipinos, or even the rest of the world, will never understand about protests is that the point has always been to paralyze the country to the point where those in power are left w/ no choice but to concede. the french seem to understand this better than most.
saya 🚏 retweeted
The grindr notification sound that transports you to modern times
“La Bola Negra” director Javier Calvo says his film avoids overexplaining elements of queer culture (for instance, he uses the Grindr notification sound to first transport audiences to modern times):
“I don’t like movies that treat me like I’m dumb. The audience is smart enough. When I see ‘Chernobyl,’ I maybe don’t get some nuclear stuff, but I’m in it. In the gay world, no difference.”
Read the full cover story: wp.me/pc8uak-1lHWzz
saya 🚏 retweeted
Genre but make it auteur.
QCinema presents GENRE'TEURS: a festival-wide focus on films where genre meets auteur vision. From crime and horror to sci-fi and dark comedy, the lineup celebrates filmmakers who make the familiar indelibly their own.
Here are the first few titles:
saya 🚏 retweeted
an upcoming sine kab 9 entry pays homage to the special program in the arts through an upbeat, mixed-media coming-of-age story reminiscent of ‘cleaners,’ ‘sing street’ and ‘linda linda linda’, set in a 2010s public high school 🎸
🎞 titser, titser! (dir. franchesca pagatpat)
saya 🚏 retweeted
Trailer for Makikiraan Po/Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors (2026) by Lav Diaz.
Running for only 2 hrs 31 min, the film made its world premiere out of competition at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival & received the Brian Award.
Trailer courtesy of sine olivia pilipinas.
