Imburnal – Sherad Anthony Sanchez (2008)
If you're done watching Lav Diaz's long films and need a film to fix this problem, Sherad Anthony Sanchez' three-and-a-half hour film Imburnal (2008) may...
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Tag: Philippine Cinema
Interview with Lav Diaz (Extracts, Part I)
August 18, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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I conducted quite a long interview with Lav Diaz at the Locarno Film Festival, where his new film Mula sa Kung Ano ang Noon ran...
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Mula sa Kung Ano ang Noon – Lav Diaz (2014)
August 11, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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With Mula I have seen more Lav Diaz films on a big screen than of any other slow-film director. A bizarre situation, given that Diaz's...
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Absence and Presence in Lav Diaz’s Florentina Hubaldo, CTE (Paper)
May 7, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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Absence and Presence in Lav Diaz’s Florentina Hubaldo, CTE (2012) 9 April 2014, Research Seminar, University of Stirling Introduction In summer 2012, I sat in...
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Norte – Lav Diaz (2013)
March 4, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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A couple of months ago, I have posted initial thoughts on Diaz's new film Norte The End of History. I received a link for an online...
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Leave it for Tomorrow… – Jet Leyco (2013)
February 16, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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How much I longed to see this film! Huge thanks goes to the director, Jet Leyco, who also agreed to answer a couple of questions...
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Day 14 – Nang Matapos Ang Ulan (Diaz)
December 14, 2013
by Nadin Mai
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It is strange to watch a (very) short film by Lav Diaz. I'm so used to his lengthy cinematic works that it is sometimes difficult...
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A long Lav Diaz Taster
November 3, 2013
by Nadin Mai
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I have mentioned the films by Filipino director Lav Diaz several times in the past, and I also said that his films, amongst many other...
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