Blog Posts on film criticism

Wishful Thinking For Philippine Cinema WRITATON: Contribution List by AUDITOIRE on Aug 15, 2011Contributions List: 1 | Patrick Mio Llaguno reviews Quark Henares' Rakenrol (2011) in response to Alexis' wish: "I wish Quark Henares refrains from selling out again, because if he doesn’t, he has the potential to be one of the important ones." P...

Strangelove with films by AUDITOIRE on Aug 3, 2011"I like to practice what I preach. I'm not trying to say I'll have it all my way. I'm always willing to learn when you've got something to teach."An introductory/first post has been way overdue.It’s me, Chris, the new contributor to Adrian’s blog...

This Dream People Call Cinema by AUDITOIRE on Jul 25, 2011...announcing new admin/co-authorA Brighter Summer Day (1991) ... for AUDITOIRE!AUDITOIRE has been a one-man team for almost three years and a half now. Apart from my growing interest in film criticism and the local film culture in Manila, and of cou...

ANG NINANAIS (Refrains Happen Like Revolutions in a Song, 2010) by AUDITOIRE on Jul 13, 2011[originally published at NextProjection.com]Nick Deocampo's 1992 essay entitled Revolution and Dissent: The Struggle for a Counter-Cinema in the Philippines foreshadowed the rise of independent cinema which everyone now is calling the Philippine New...

Silence of the Frames by AUDITOIRE on Jul 12, 2011cinema of resurgence....Sicilia! - 1999 - Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub"[...] The moment the insider steps out from the inside she's no longer a mere insider. She necessarily looks in from the outside while also looking out from the inside.

Clip from Platform (2000) by AUDITOIRE on Jul 8, 2011... Platform (2000) - Jia Zhang-ke"The text is situated in its various contexts (biographical, generic, historical) and is subjected to linguistic study, psychoanalysis, and ideological critique until the particularity of its appeal is explained a...

Notes on Counter-Cinema Movement, Tree of Life and Taxi Zum Klo by AUDITOIRE on Jul 4, 2011Taxi Zum Klo (Taxi to the Other Side, 1980): Frank Ripploh's autobiographical masterpiece that provides a counter-intuitive, realist take on the gay life in the 80s.I have been intensely thinking about the nature of cinema, like painting and liter...

A Pledge of Allegiance: Film Blogging with Integrity by AUDITOIRE on Jan 28, 2011..from Hototayfilm blogging and beyond... [from 2001: A Space Odyssey] Three years of film blogging is cool but hard. I started as a mediocre and reached the zenith with this long decent article (and its still unfinished); I received comments from m...

HAPPY Blog Anniversary THE DAM NATION! by AUDITOIRE on Jan 17, 2011...The DAM NATION!Dam, whom you will all meet on one of my WASAK! Conversations on Cinema next month, celebrated his blog anniversary last night with his closest friends at Starbucks Tagaytay. In the world of cinephilia he is an anomaly: he only wat...

WASAK 1 - Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) by AUDITOIRE on Jan 15, 2011...conversations on Cinema------TOPIC: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)Date: January 10, 2011Language Used: FilipinoLocation: Starbucks, EDSA Shangri-la MallGuests: Sani Ajero and Epoy DeytoLength: 16:17Recording Device: Nokia Phone...