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Got 2 Believe 2002
Olivia Lamasan once again astounds me with her magic of making even the slighest and smallest glances feel so profoundly powerful. This is the greatest local film I’ve seen in the romcom genre. Claudine Barretto and Rico Yan had one of the greatest chemistries ever seen on film. You could feel yourself getting jitters over how his character just glances over the skin of her neck, how his eyes look soft whenever she’s not looking at him. There is a…
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Second Chances 1995
There are few films that capture the painful imperfection of love with such precision and subtlety as Sana Maulit Muli. The weight of love strained by distance is not merely depicted here—it is felt, lingering in every glance, every silence, every unspoken longing between its characters. I’ve watched it three times since yesterday, something I rarely do in such a short span of days, and each viewing only deepened my admiration.
What elevates this film beyond the conventional romance is…
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Aftersun 2022
Two weeks ago, I went to a psychologist for the first time. I didn’t tell anyone. Before that, I knew there was something wrong with me. I was acting so odd to everybody: my friends, my family, and my classmates. I felt this constant rage. I felt as if I was walking on molten lava, just waiting to erupt all the time. I’m always angry, and I try my best to hide it by talking to people with polite niceties and…
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Spencer 2021
There’s always one major flaw in biopics that I have always observed. These are always peripheral, tending to avoid the value of complexity. What could have been another pampered and sanitized film about one of the most iconic figures in history becomes a brilliantly raw exploration into the universal concept of human emotions. This comes from the help of Pablo Larrain's genius.
Watching this felt like reading someone’s memoir. In memoirs, you read through first-person; similarly, you see the world…Translated from by
