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2017: TX 8-772-622
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TROUBLE in PARADISE!
⇒ Pinas political film criticism in 3 nasty uploads! – Part 1, “The Problem of Our Critical Approaches”; Part 2, “Toward a More Responsive Critical Practice”; and Appendix, “‘Category E’ Samples” (whatever that means).
Psychology Today
SPECIAL GUEST FEATURE:
The Performances of Nora Aunor
(Order of the National Artist, 2022)
& Her Contemporaries
by Jojo Devera
(Continuing series! Click pic to access)
STILL AVAILABLE!
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Read the script @ Kritika Kultura
or the storyline here.
Here’s a review in Jump Cut,
another in Plaridel, and
the latest (translated) in Pelikula.
“Many of [JD’s] writings explore transgressive or subversive cinema, such as his tribute to Manila by Night, a film banned by the Marcos regime for its vivid depiction of the city’s underworld” – Ezvid Wiki Editorial (Aug. 25, 2020).
REALLY NOW
• Who can we blame for dislodging Citizen Kane from its #1 perch? (or I wish better trolls could find me)
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⇒ More fascinating shit in this Fil(m)ipiniana listing
SPECIAL LISTS
• Canon list (in progress)
• Film auteurs, play directors, & book authors
• Experimental Cinema of the Philippines (article format)
• CCP Encyclopedia entries
• National Midweek articles
BOOKS exclusively ON THIS BLOG
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⇒ Did I say “books”? All right: Writing Pinas Film Commentary
FUN READ
• Barretto family scandal (ca. 2019)
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ABS-CBNNews
⇒ More titillations in Remarks section
COMMEMORATION
• Anita Linda (1942-2020) – with never-before-known anecdotes!
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GONE TOO SOON (both at 60)….
• Sisters-in-law & gifted performers – Jaclyn Jose (“Bold in Heaven”); Cherie Gil (“Artist in a Hurry”)
From MaCherieAmour page
⇒ More tributes in Remembrances
REVIEW
• “2 Guys,” an originally censored commentary on Avatar!
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⇒ More reviews in, where else, Reviews
CATFIGHTS
• “Are you just another Noranian / Marcosian / gossip writer / anti-left basher / smut peddler in intellectual disguise?”
⇒ More scrapes in Selected Exchanges
ANOTHER BOOK exclusively ON THIS BLOG
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⇒ More titles in Books
THIS BLOG (& Me)
• How to Use Ámauteurish!
• Reviews & Recommendations
• Joel Who?
• Marcos & the Movies
• Movie Labor
OMG call the CHASTITY POLICE!
• Review of Erotica Manila: Foursome (as if one weren’t enough) – with no complaints about its subject matter, SMHx4
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IN a JIFFY (or 2 or –)
• Longest and shortest films reviewed: 6+ hours – Florentina Hubaldo, CTE (2012); vs. 1.5 minutes – “Balot” (2023), Gigil Agency’s viral cola ad (with English subs!)
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⇒ More recent reviews in Remarks
THESE BLOGS (for Me)
• Recommended blogs, Facebook pages & groups, video channels, and historical websites
⇒ The complete list has been moved to the blogpost that was originally an introduction to this sidebar feature.
DOVIE BEAMS LOVE CHILD Exists!
• An intro to her raunchy Marcos’ Lovey Dovie performance, with jaw-dropping updates!
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⇒ More clickbait in Extras
BET YOU DIDN’T KNOW…
• That Ámauteurish! is pronounced “\ám-\o-′tərish” (says I);
• That it’s a coinage that mashes up auteur & amateur; and
• That if you misspell the blog name, you get something else.
⇒ More useless info in the Abouts section.
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