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Philippine Cinema 2015: 10 Best Documentaries
Touching tributes to women in the family (a former activist mother, a grandmother with dementia), a probe at how labor contractualization can end, portraits of Mindanao, odes to a national artist and a...
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Philippine Cinema 2015: 10 Best Screenplays
Pyramiding scam, “acetylene gang”, corruption in a Christian sect – what sounds as three totally different settings for a movie were expertly weaved by celebrated writer Michiko Yamamoto into a tense...
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Philippine Cinema 2015: 10 Best Directors
1 – Jun Lana, Anino sa Likod ng Buwan (40 points) 2 – Erik Matti, Honor Thy Father (38 points) 3 – Mario Cornejo, Apocalypse Child (33 points) 4 – Jerrold Tarog, Heneral Luna (31 points) 5 – Alvin...
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Philippine Cinema 2015: Best Supporting Performances
2015 is a year of many excellent performances in local cinema, and there were many great supporting roles that actors gave life to. In fact, our poll participants identified a total of 70 great...
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Philippine Cinema 2015: Best Lead Performances
Edgar in Honor Thy Father and the titular character in Heneral Luna are two of last year’s juiciest roles. Thankfully, John Lloyd Cruz and John Arcilla, respectively, were more than up to the task in...
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Philippine Cinema 2016: 5 Best Documentaries
1 – Sunday Beauty Queen (Babyruth Villarama) 44 points 2 – Forbidden Memory (Gutierrez Mangansakan II) 23 points 3 – Curiosity, Adventure and Love (Sunshine Lichauco de Leon and Suzanne Richiardone) 18...
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Philippine Cinema 2016: Best Screenplay
1 – Die Beautiful (Rody Vera) 32 points 2 – Mercury Is Mine (Jason Paul Laxamana) 21 points 3 – Ma’ Rosa (Troy Espiritu) 20 points 4 – How To Be Yours (Patrick John Valencia, Hyro Aguinaldo and Dan...
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Philippine Cinema 2016: Best Ensemble
1 – Oro (30 points) 2 – Hiblang Abo (24 points) 3 – Purgatoryo (21 points) 4 – Ma’ Rosa (19 points, 6 votes) 5 – Pauwi Na (19 points, 5 votes) 6 – Hele sa Hiwagang Hapis (17 points) 7 – Ang Babaeng...
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Philippine Cinema 2016: 10 Best Directors
1 – Brillante Mendoza (Ma’ Rosa) 41 points 2 – Lav Diaz (Hele sa Hiwagang Hapis) 33 points 3 – Lav Diaz (Ang Babaeng Humayo) 23 points, 6 votes 4 – Sheron Dayoc (Women of the Weeping River) 23 points,...
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Philippine Cinema 2016: Best Editing
1 – Ma’ Rosa (Diego Marx Dobles) 25 points 2 – Die Beautiful (Benjamin Tolentino) 22 points 3 – Pamilya Ordinaryo (Carlo Francisco Manatad) 15 points, 5 votes 4 – Women of the Weeping River (Carlo...
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Philippine Cinema 2016: 10 Best Scenes
One of the categories that we’re always excited to see the results for is Best Scene. We first included the category in 2012, where the opening mermaid scene of Kalayaan was chosen as the top scene. In...
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Philippine Cinema 2016: 20 Best Lead Performances
1 – Jaclyn Jose (Ma’ Rosa) 122 points 2 – Paolo Ballesteros (Die Beautiful) 102.5 points 3 – Hasmine Killip (Pamilya Ordinaryo) 71.5 points 4 – Charo Santos (Ang Babaeng Humayo) 52.5 points 5 – Irma...
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Philippine Cinema 2016: 20 Best Supporting Performances
1 – Christian Bables (Die Beautiful) 140.5 points 2 – John Lloyd Cruz (Ang Babaeng Humayo) 88 points 3 – Mercedes Cabral (Oro) 49.5 points 4 – Rhed Bustamante (Seklusyon) 44.5 points 5 – Maxene...
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Pinoy Rebyu 2016 Poll
BEST FEATURE FILM » 1 – Ma’ Rosa (97 points) 2 – Pamilya Ordinaryo (90 points) 3 – Women of the Weeping River (77 points) 4 – Die Beautiful (65 points) 5 – Hele sa Hiwagang Hapis (64 points) 6 – Sunday...
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Ma’ Rosa tops 6th Annual Film Poll, named best in four other categories
Ma’ Rosa, Brillante Mendoza’s gripping drama about an urban poor family embroiled in backroom police extortion as a result of their involvement in small-time drug-dealing, grabbed the top spot in the...
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The 50 Best Filipino Films of the 21st Century
A few days after resigning from the Metro Manila Film Festival Executive Committee, film critic Rolando Tolentino tweeted, “Ang pelikula di naalaala dahil sa kita nito kundi sa kontribusyon sa kaluluwa...
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Philippine Cinema 2017: 5 Best Documentaries
1 – Motherland (31 points) 2 – Haunted: A Last Visit to the Red House (27 points) 3 – Bundok Banahaw: Sacred and Profane (22 points) 4 – History of the Underground (8 points) 5 – Beyond the Block (4...
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Philippine Cinema 2017: 10 Best First Features
1 – Respeto (Treb Monteras) 120 points 2 – Kiko Boksingero (Thop Nazareno) 85 points 3 – The Chanters (James Robin Mayo) 44 points 4 – I’m Drunk, I Love You (JP Habac) 29 points 5 – Tu Pug Imatuy...
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Philippine Cinema 2017: Best Cinematography
1 – Neomanila (Mycko David) 62 points 2 – Birdshot (Mycko David) 52 points 3 – Respeto (Ike Avellana) 50 points 4 – Balangiga: Howling Wilderness (Albert Banzon) 33 points 5 – Siargao (Odyssey Flores)...
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Philippine Cinema 2017: 10 Best Ensemble Performances
1 – Cast of Ang Larawan (88 points) 2 – Cast of Changing Partners (66 points) 3 – Cast of Paki (56 points) 4 – Cast of Respeto (52 points) 5 – Cast of Smaller and Smaller Circles (17 points) 6 – Cast...
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