Category: Filipino films
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่ถ FIRST IMPRESSIONS ่ถ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] โShining Through: The Loboc Childrenโs Choir in King Palisocโs Song of the Firefliesโ by Bryan Elijah Trajano King Palisoc (director), Song of the Fireflies, 2025. 110 min. Song of…
![[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] โShining Through: The Loboc Childrenโs Choir in King Palisocโs ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ by Bryan Elijah Trajanoย](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/https-icff.catitle-itemsong-of-the-fireflies.webp?w=432)
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่ถ FIRST IMPRESSIONS ่ถ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] โLav Diazโs Magellan: From Counter-Time to Counter-Historyโ by Ramzzi Fariรฑas Clickย HERE to readย all entries inย Chaย onย Magellan. Lav Diaz (director), Magellan, 2025. 165 min. If the art of history is to be…
![[REVIEW] โLav Diazโs ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: From Counter-Time to Counter-Historyโ by Ramzzi Fariรฑas](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/images.jpeg?w=294)
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่ถ FIRST IMPRESSIONS ่ถ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “History as Painting: Lav Diazโs Magellan” by Alicia Izharuddin Clickย HERE to readย all entries inย Chaย onย Magellan. Lav Diaz (director), Magellan, 2025. 165 min. The most striking aspect of Lav Diazโs Magellan is…
![[REVIEW] “History as Painting: Lav Diazโs ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐” by Alicia Izharuddin](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/httpschajournal.blog20240915magellan.png?w=1024)
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่ถ FIRST IMPRESSIONS ่ถ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “A Glimpse of Filipino Gamersโ Lives in Mikhail Redโs Friendly Fire” by Bryan Elijah Trajano Mikhail Red (director), Friendly Fire, 2024. 112 min. As esports continue to gain traction in the…
![[REVIEW] “A Glimpse of Filipino Gamersโ Lives in Mikhail Redโs ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐น๐๐๐” by Bryan Elijah Trajano](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/mikhail-red-director-friendly-fire.jpg?w=1024)
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๐ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS๐ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Rory B. Quintos (director), Anak, 2000. 135 min. Where would we be without our mothers? Watching Anak, one is immediately drawn into its poignant narrative, centred on the life…
![[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “The Cost of Love and Sacrifice in Rory B. Quintosโs ๐ด๐๐๐” by Jhon Steven C. Espenido](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/the-child.webp?w=800)
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๐ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS๐ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Carlo Ledesma (director), Outside, 2024. 142 min. This review contains spoilers. Outside (2024), written and directed by Carlo Ledesma, is the newest entry in the ever-growing list of zombie…
![[REVIEW] โImaging the Contemporary Filipino Zombie in Carlo Ledesmaโs ๐๐ข๐ก๐ ๐๐๐โ by Nick Garcia](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/carlo-ledesma-director-outside.webp?w=1024)
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