Blog Posts on southeast asian cinema

Favorite Films From The 90′s by The Examined Life on Dec 22, 2008It is in this manner that most of the notable films appearing on this list have a few things in common. One, they are undoubtedly compromised works. Some films may ride on a popular genre (melodrama, action, love story, the youth film, sex film, etc.

Favorite Films From The 90’s by The Examined Life on Dec 22, 2008It is in this manner that most of the notable films appearing on this list have a few things in common. One, they are undoubtedly compromised works. Some films may ride on a popular genre (melodrama, action, love story, the youth film, sex film, etc.

ROTONDA — MISERY OVERKILL by The Examined Life on Oct 29, 2008All in all, Rotonda is ultimately a competent melodrama masquerading in the tough exteriors of the gangster film. And though the director of this independent film may frown at the thought of classifying his film, it can be said that the film doesn’...

Favorite Filipino Films from the 80′s by The Examined Life on Oct 13, 2008Let me share my personal list of notable films from the 80's, and just a few reasons why I particularly liked each film.

Favorite Filipino Films from the 80’s by The Examined Life on Oct 13, 2008Let me share my personal list of notable films from the 80's, and just a few reasons why I particularly liked each film.

BONA: Truly one of Brocka’s best by The Examined Life on Oct 12, 2008All in all, Bona is an affecting film about the Filipino’s blind fanaticism, the poverty and subhuman conditions that has rendered the fanatic to be immersed in an escapist universe of silly dreams, blind servitude, and irrational obsessions - with...