Filipinana

More than any other film that comes to mind, Rafael Manuel’s “Filipiñana” taps into something that I’ve always found inherently sinister about golf courses: Sprawling gardens of solipsism that invite players to compete against themselves (and offer masters of the universe…

davidehrlich

This whole film moving on Filipino time

Zcherina

One of the better shot films at Sundance, this is a winking anti-colonialist, anti-capitalist surreal wonder set at a Philippine golf course where tee girls are at the behest of the rich men who swing through looking to live out their ultra-rich fantasies. Good stuff.

Robert Daniels

The slowest burn ever- and I think it's gna go over a lot of peoples' heads with how layered the critiques of Filipino culture and history are throughout the viewing experience. Golf courses as American colonization/places of oppression, and the dark underbelly of world…

chamorudude671

i really loved the visual language of this oh my god the colors, costume design, atmosphere, everything. big fan of the the 4:3 aspect ratio too. mukhang painting halos lahat ng frame nito and i’m not even exaggerating! easily the most visually stunning filipino movie…

champagne

Woah, easy with the symbolism there. Ilokano mangoes? It’s so on the nose... err, chin... it’s cutting into the frame like Imee’s profile. Hope the director takes this on the chin tho.

Terence Ang 洪偉凱

lowkey nothing really happens but i think that’s the point. my mom grew up in manila, and she once told me that things are the way they are there because people have accepted the idea that nothing will ever change, that this is just the way things are. this movie captures…

wigfig

they don’t do color like this anymore Sundance #1

Easton Mcdonald

Golf courses are one of the great evils of the world, require vasts amounts of the development of land, countless watering to maintain the prestigious green while the planet is slowly being sucked dry, and there is a canyon of distance between those who are allowed to…

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