The Blurred Genres of Filipino Cinema
The corrupt congressman stumbles through the garbage in the rain, hurls a briefcase of money into the heart of the landfill, and looks around anxiously for the body of his child. “Open your eyes, and you’ll see her,” says the avenging citizen, looking on from above. I first watched Graceland i
Investigations
A background throb of birds and insects. Then the quiet chanting, tinny and dampened as if playing through a radio. Then the gentle scraping and clacking of tea being made as the black title screen fades to a beautiful palette of browns, and we first see Kusum. My second viewing of Burning Birds fee
