Cinema Centenario - Philippine Film Community

Cinema is changing, and is now beyond the four corners of a dark theater.

With the changing times and the uncertainties of the new normal, MOOV aims to create a multi-sectoral online community of movie lovers.

A community that will strive for the positive shaping and development of Philippine Cinema.

Cinema is for all, and everybody deserves great Filipino Cinema.

"We celebrate a century of the Filipino vision, craft, and artistry."

Cine Crítico Filipino is envisioned as a growing community of young film critics who take film writing and criticism seriously. As a collective, we imagine a Filipino cinema with a healthy and vibrant dialogue between its filmmakers and critics, and aspire to develop the great Filipino audience.

Two Documentary Styles – In the Claws of Century Wanting and An Elegy to Forgetting

Jewel Maranan’s Sa Palad ng Dantaong Kulang (2017) is a documentary focusing on four separate families living in the port district of Tondo. In Palad, Maranan follows the

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Overdue: ‘The Boy Foretold by the Stars’

In its unabashed sweetness and emotional honesty, The Boy Foretold by the Stars is a clear message to queer audiences — fate or not, you deserve to

I – The Filipino Critic Must be a Militant

This is a part of Musings on Film Criticism. It is a series about what is discussed in two film criticism classes the writer sits

The Spectre of Brocka’s Maynila Still Haunts Us with Gasping for Air

Urban diaspora is a symptom of uneven development, especially in a country as archipelagic and disjointed as the Philippines. Fringe margins inaccessible to basic commodities

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Charlie Kaufman is probably thinking of something in I’m Thinking of Ending Things. It’s not your fault if you can’t figure out what it is.

Picture this: a renowned filmmaker famous for making confusing films releases their newest work. And upon watching, you expectedly don’t know what the hell is

The Form is the Message: The pitfalls of advocacy filmmaking and the CINEMALAYA 2020 Main Competition Shorts Films

There is a stage in the humble filmmaker’s career when they conflate advocacy and quality. And it’s an understandable situation. The education system, award-giving bodies,

Little Women (2019): Owning Your Story

Note: There are spoilers in this essay about Little Women (2019). In Greta Gerwig’s sophomore feature Little Women (2019), four sisters forge their own way during the