davescapee

davescapee

Favorite films

  • Huling Palabas
  • Heartbeats
  • Memories of Murder
  • Parasite

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  • This Place

    ★★★★★

  • Heartbeats

    ★★★★★

  • When the Pigs Storm our Houses

    ★★★★

  • Happy (M)others Day!

    ★★★★★

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  • This Place

    This Place

    ★★★★★

    “Memory is important.” A poignant depiction of family, loss, and acceptance. The text is simple and honest! Superb music score!!!! I wish there were more Cinemalaya films like this. Congrats sa buong production team!!!! 🔥🔥🔥

  • When the Pigs Storm our Houses

    When the Pigs Storm our Houses

    ★★★★

    I love the attempt of this film to explore the concept of displacement and how it shapes the psyche of the subjects of displacement. Bahay Baboy Bagyo reminded me of my favorite children’s book when I was 7—Sina Dosol at Mokopoy, which tells the story of two Aeta kids bidding farewell to their playgound days before Mount Pinatubo erupted. It also reminded me of a novel we adapted to a stage play when I was in college—Ekuni Kaori’s Hotel Cactus,…