Third World Cinema Club

The Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino recently finished last week. The festival offered many films, old and new, including several classics from the golden age and some contemporary favorites, too. Theater and film reviewer Manuel Pangaruy of Tagailog Special Presents joins us as we talk about three films from the festival lineup.

Films Discussed:

Kintsugi

The Highest Peak

He Who is Without Sin

Notes:

This is the first part of a two part series.

Mild spoilers are present in this episode for the films discussed.

It's time to talk about the latest installment of our favorite local film festival, QCinema! This year the festival has shifted to a mix of online screenings and invitation only open air theatrical screenings. So how did it pan out? What were our favorite films? We talk about some of our favorites.

Films Discussed:

Midnight in a Perfect World (2020)

Death of Nintendo (2020)

End of the Century (2019)

Corpus Christi (2019)

Notes:

Some minor spoilers are present in this episode, but nothing too big.

Last year, the gang talked about Antoinette Jadaone's latest film at the time, Alone/Together. It was received well by critics and fans loved a serious, mature film from the LizQuen love team. More than a year later, the film makes its debut on Netflix. In celebration of this, the crew behind Alone/Together join Third World Cinema Club to talk about the production of the film. For whom was the film initially made for? What sequences were made first? That and more questions in this episode.

Guests:

Antoinette Jadaone (Director)

Dan Villegas (Producer)

Neil Daza (Cinematographer)

Benjamin Tolentino (Editor)

Notes:

Some minor spoilers regarding Alone/Together are present in this video. Watch the movie on Netflix or IWant TFC!

Now that the winners of the Gawad Urian awards for 2020 have been announced, let's talk about it! Did we get it right? Did we get it wrong? And in the end, does it really matter? Young Critics Circle's Skilty Labastilla joins us for this discussion, as well as input from last episode's other guest, Nicol Latayan.

Our coverage of the Daang Dokyu film festival continues! Documentary filmmaker Bryan Brazil joins us as we talk about more films from the festival!

Films Discussed:

Localities - Walang Rape sa Bontok (2014)

Future - Beastmode, a Social Experiment (2018)

Bonus Films discussed -

A is for Agustin (2018)

Oliver (1983)

Budots the Craze (2019)

Notes:

This is the second and final part of a 2 part series.

Let's take a break from Toronto and come back home to good ol' Philippine Cinema! (that series will be back next Friday.)

2020's best local festival to date is the Daang Dokyu film festival, celebrating a century of Philippine Documentaries. In this episode, documentary filmmaker Bryan Brazil joins us as we talk about some of our favorite films in the festival.

Films Discussed:

Ecology - Bullet Laced Dreams (2020)

Nation - May Istorya nga Tayo Patay Naman Tayo (2001)

Taboo - Dreaming in the Red Light (2019)

Notes:

This is the first part of a two part series.

Some Required Reading:

For more info, visit their official page at https://daangdokyu.ph/.

Our coverage of the Toronto International Film Festival Continues! Join us, along with Rolando Basmayor of FPR and Kevin Oliver Tan of Screen Kings as we talk about some of the festival's highest highs and lowest lows.

Films Discussed In This Episode:

Quo Vadis, Aida (2020)

Good Joe Bell (2020)

Notes:

Spoilers for the above films are present (though to be fair they are based on historical events...)

We continue our coverage of the Toronto International Film Festival! FPR member Rolando Basmayor and Screen Kings' Kevin Oliver Tan join us to talk about one of the year's most anticipated films, Chloe Zhao's Nomadland. Does it live up to the hype? Let's find out!

notes:

Some spoilers for Nomadland are present in this episode.

We continue our TIFF festival coverage with reviews of films from the Midnight Madness section of the festival, and a few international gems. Joining us once again are Film Police Reviews member Rolando Basmayor and Screen Kings' Kevin Oliver Tan.

Films Reviewed in this Episode:

Shadow in the Cloud (Roseanne Liang, 2020)

Under the Open Sky (Miwa Nishikawa, 2020)

Beginning (Dea Kulumbegashvili, 2020)

Notes:

Spoilers are present for the films discussed in this episode.

Third World Cinema Club goes first world as the gang discusses films from the recently concluded Toronto International Film Festival. In the first episode of a multipart series, fellow Film Police Reviews member Rolando Basmayor and Screen Kings host Kevin Oliver Tan join us as we talk about the latest from world cinema.

Films discussed in this episode:

Get the Hell Out (Wang, 2020)

Gaza Mon Amour (Nasser, 2020)

Notes:

Spoilers may be present in the discussion.