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In mainstream  Filipino  cinema, (as well as mainstream Filipino television), things have not changed much in the last couple of decades.
One might even propose that nothing has changed much in the last forty years.

Martin Scorsese once said that, “Cinema is a matter of what’s in the frame and what’s out.”
That could be taken in the context that Cinema is made of two parts: Sight and Sound. Both are important and Cinema cannot be true Cinema if either parts or both are lacking.

“Astig” - Spin off from the independent film “Confessional”
I bumped into this short film in You tube; because the success and critical acclaim of filmmaker Jerrold Tarog for his work in The Confessional, (which I haven’t seen yet).
ASTIG is a spin-off, so they say, of one of the characters of the Confessional movie.
It’s amazing to [...]

I thought some of the gags were very episodic at first; and the ridiculously contrived turning point for the father losing his child. But you couldn’t go wrong if you have a movie with Willem Dafoe as an annoyingly pretentious filmmaker whose work is foiled by Mr.Bean in the end; a scene that brings payoff [...]

Two influential and recognized personalities in Philippine contemporary film, award-winning actress/director Gina Alajar and acclaimed director/filmmaker Joey Reyes, were asked which issues in the local Filipino film industry need to addressed in order for it to be lift up to a level of renown that’s enjoyed by its Asian counterparts in South Korea, China and [...]

Adona’y mga higayon nga pagka nindot mulantaw og mga salida nga wala’y pinosilay, sinokmagay o panasmagay og mga coche. Adona’y mga salida nga puno sa mga sambingay og sugilanon nga nindot paminawon. Lantawa ninyo ang “The Song of Bernadette”.
Pahibalo Lamang: Decada cuarenta ang tuig sa nigawas maong salida-a.