Category: Filipino films
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่ถ FIRST IMPRESSIONS ่ถ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] โGhost in the Shellphone: TxT and the Rarity of Filipino Techno-horrorโby William Carlo Antonio Sanchez Mike Tuviera (director). TxT, 2006, 114 min. For a country so chronically online and so…
![[REVIEW] โGhost in the Shell๐โ๐๐๐: ๐๐ฅ๐ and the Rarity of Filipino Techno-horrorโby William Carlo Antonio Sanchez](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Mike-Tuviera-director.-TxT.jpeg)
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่ถ FIRST IMPRESSIONS ่ถ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “More Is Less: Cinco in the World of Anthology Horror” by William Carlo Antonio Sanchez Cinco, 2010. 148 mins. โ Frasco Mortiz (director). Braso/Arm.โ Enrico Santos (director). Paa/Feet.โ Ato Bautista (director). Mata/Eyes.โ…
![[REVIEW] “More is Less: ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ in the World of Anthology Horror” by William Carlo Antonio Sanchez](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/cinco1.png)
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่ถ FIRST IMPRESSIONS ่ถ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] โTenderness Persists Amidst Looming Displacement in When Heaven Inched Towards Earthโ by Lorence Lozano Vinh Marco Tumang (director). When Heaven Inched Towards Earth, 2026. 20 min. Cinepanalo has gone theme-free this year,…
![[REVIEW] โTenderness Persists Amidst Looming Displacement inย ๐โ๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐โ๐๐ ๐๐๐ค๐๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐๐๐กโโ by Lorence Lozano](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Screenshot-2026-09-28-at-07.38.22.png)
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่ถ FIRST IMPRESSIONS ่ถ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] โBeyond the Activist: Discovering the Man Behind Katski Floresโsย Edjopโ by Bryan Elijah Trajano Katski Flores (director). Edjop, 2026. 122 min. Martial Law remains one of the darkest chapters in Philippine…
![[REVIEW] โBeyond the Activist: Discovering the Man Behind Katski Floresโsย ๐ธ๐๐๐๐โ by Bryan Elijah Trajano](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/ering-the-man-behind-katski-floress-edjop-1.jpeg)
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่ถ FIRST IMPRESSIONS ่ถ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “From Korean Nostalgia to Filipino Gunita: Jalz Zarateโs Sunny” by Bryan Elijah Trajano Jalz Zarate (director). Sunny, 2024. 122 min. Sunny (2011), directed by Kang Hyoung-chul, has been one of…
![[REVIEW] “From Korean Nostalgia to Filipino Gunita: Jalz Zarateโs ๐๐ข๐๐๐ฆ” by Bryan Elijah Trajano](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/jalz-zarate-sunny.png)
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่ถ FIRST IMPRESSIONS ่ถ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Unfortunately, I Return to Panahon: Glenn Baritโs Cleaners and the Materiality of Memory” by Richell Isaiah Flores Glenn Barit (director). Cleaners, 2019. 79 min. Critical for me is the word…
![[REVIEW] “Unfortunately, I Return to ๐๐๐๐โ๐๐: Glenn Baritโs ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ and the Materiality of Memory” by Richell Isaiah Flores](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/glenn-barit-director.-cleaners-1.jpg)
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่ถ FIRST IMPRESSIONS ่ถ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] โConan, A Barbarian: Inside Bulong, the Filipino Obsessionโ by William Carlo Antonio Sanchez โ Chito S. Roรฑo (director). Bulong, 2011. 105 min.โ Curry Barker (director). Obsession, 2025. 100 min. Curry…
![[REVIEW] โConan, A Barbarian: Inside ๐ต๐ข๐๐๐๐, the Filipino ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐โ by William Carlo Antonio Sanchez](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/bulong-2011-and-obsession-2025.png)
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่ถ FIRST IMPRESSIONS ่ถ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Between Golf and Karaoke: Locating Filipino Identity in Rafael Manuelโs Filipiรฑana” By Ciro Quiapos Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Filipiรฑana. Rafael Manuel (director), Filipiรฑana, 2020. 24 min. Before Rafael Manuelโs directorial…
![[REVIEW] “Between Golf and Karaoke: Locating Filipino Identity in Rafael Manuelโs Filipiรฑana” By Ciro Quiapos](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/filipinana-trailer-diretto-da-rafael-manuel-filippine-regno-unito-2020.png)
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่ถ FIRST IMPRESSIONS ่ถ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] โContradictions Amidst a Nation Aborted in Jun Robles Lanaโs Sisaโ by Lorence Lozano Jun Robles Lana (director), Sisa, 2025. 115 min. After its world premiere last year at the 29th…
![[REVIEW] โContradictions Amidst a Nation Aborted in Jun Robles Lanaโs ๐๐๐ ๐โ by Lorence Lozano](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/sisa-directed-by-jun-lana.jpg)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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 Elijahย Trajano](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/mikhail-red-director-friendly-fire.jpg)
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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)
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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)