There is something particularly exciting about watching a film set in an environment completely unfamiliar to its audience. Metro Manila is the Philippines’ National Capital Region, with a population of around 12 million. Flanked by the mountainous Rizal to the west, and the fertile Bulacan to the north, it is
The first time Al Pacino played a police officer! With a beard no less! There once were a time when Al Pacino starred in films and you didn't automatically think of shouting something along the gravely lines of "GAAAAAAAAA you fuck!". No there was a time was a time when Mr.
A Map for Love is the tale of Roberta, a young mother of a 6 year old boy that’s just entered into a relationship with the impulsive Javiera. Roberta decides that if her new relationship with Javiera is going to work, she will need to come out to her mother.
We all know that in the Europe of the Second World War, the Nazis are the bad guys. A whole history of cinema has enforced this idea and we, the modern generation, are comfortable with it and accept it. But what about the Germans? The Nazis are a political party,
Two Jacks, directed by Bernard Rose, concerns the Hollywood exploits of - you guessed it - Two different Jacks: Legendary filmmaker Jack Hussar (Danny Huston) and, later, his upstart auteur son, Jack Jnr (Jack Huston). Based somewhat upon Leo Tolstoy's short story Two Hussars, the film rambles its way through Los
