Category: Filipino films
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๐ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS๐ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Magellan. Lav Diaz (director), Magellan, 2025. 165 min. If the art of history is to be excavated, the records to be dug up will definitely…
![[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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๐ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS๐ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS 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 the deep, saturated blue of sea and sky.…
![[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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๐ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS๐RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Mikhail Red (director), Friendly Fire, 2024. 112 min. As esports continue to gain traction in the Philippines, Filipino players such as Ohmyv33nus, Wise, Kuku, Biancake, and Alodia Gosiengfiao…
![[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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