Unreel (https://unreel.ph/) editors Geoff and Armand and often another _cough, cough_ film nerd gather bi-weekly to discuss Filipino movies, pop culture, and more.
Pervision's first-ever LIVE episode happened on December 3rd, 2022, via QCinema's Facebook Page. There, we talked about the festival's Asian Shorts program, including Petersen Vargas' How To Die Young In Manila and Rafael Manuel's Filipiñana.Featured filmsIn this episode, we tackled Asian Shorts, a brand-new program from QCinema. For its debut, it screened six interesting short films, including Petersen Vargas' How To Die Young In Manila, Sorayos Prapapan's New Abnormal, Vũ Minh Nghĩa and Phạm Hoàng Minh Thy's Live in Cloud Cuckoo Land, Monica Vanesa Tedja's Dear To Me, Danech San's Sunrise in My Mind, and Rafael Manuel's Filipiñana.This week's guestsEmil Hofileña is a film critic whose work has been published in Rogue, Young STAR, Philippine Daily Inquirer, and Out of Print, among other publications. He served as a juror for FAMAS from 2018 to 2019.Jason Tan Liwag is an openly gay scientist, actor, and writer. He is one of six emerging international film critics part of the Young Film Critics Programme of the 50th IFFR (International Film Festival Rotterdam).Tristan Zinampan is a writer, editor, podcaster, and Rappler's resident film geek. He leads the website's youth culture section, Hustle.Follow Armand and this week's guests on Twitter: Armand on Twitter @armanddc Emil on Twitter @emilhofilena Jason on Twitter @jaseybel Tristan on Twitter @tristanzinampan About QCinemaQCinema is a homegrown, truly international film festival in the Philippines. It has its eyes set on its ongoing mission: "One city to the world."QCinema Website | Facebook | Twitter | InstagramLinks mentioned in the episode
It's a special 3WCC x Pervision crossover! John Tawasil, the co-host of the Filipino film podcast, Third World Cinema Club, joins Armand and Tristan to chat about what moviegoing might look like in what appears to be the tail-end of COVID-19.About our GuestsJohn Tawasil is from the film podcast, Third World Cinema Club, a show he-costs with our friends at Film Police Reviews. He also runs the film blog, Present Confusion. Tristan Zinampan is Rappler's resident film geek. He heads the brand integration, of which — fun fact! — I'm also a part. Translation: he's my boss.About today's showPer the IATF, Filipino moviegoers are finally allowed to watch movies in theaters again. That, however, is only true for you provided that you follow safety guidelines and have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.All three of us have reservations, especially with how the theater owners will implement and enforce the new safety guidelines.Links mentioned in the episode Third World Cinema Club on Spotify Laffler Talk on Spotify Rappler.com John on Twitter @present_confusn Tristan on Twitter @tristanzinampan Armand on Twitter @armanddc Armand on Insta @armanddc Show Unreel some
This week, we're debuting our first-ever pod segment, 'Five Films,' a series of episodes where we bring on guests and ask them their top five recommendations on a certain film category. In this episode, we've brought on Chris Costello (from the Dead Air podcast) to share his #FiveFilms for Philippine horror movies.About our guestChris Costello is a co-host of the horror podcast, Dead Air. He also co-pilots the Facebook community of the same name. Chris' #FiveFilms — Filipino Horror Itim (1976, dir. Mike De Leon) Yanggaw (2008, dir. Richard Somes) Violator (2014, dir. Dodo Dayao) Seklusyon (2016, dir. Erik Matti) Sunod (2019, dir. Carlo Ledesma) Armand's #FiveFilms — Filipino Horror (I typically won't share my own, but being a horror hound myself I couldn't help it) Itim (1976, dir. Mike De Leon) Karnal (1983, dir. Marilou Diaz-Abaya) Pa-Siyam (2004, dir. Erik Matti) Violator (2014, dir. Dodo Dayao) Salvage (2015, dir. Sherad Sanchez) Links mentioned in the episode
This week, we're talking about Netflix's currently most-watched title, South Korea's Squid Game. The new Netflix Original South Korean series, Squid Game, took the world by storm. It's a story about capitalism, spectatorship, and the illusion of choice. In today's discussion, we are joined with two friends of the pod, Tristan and Jason.
This week, we're taking on Erik Matti's On The Job: The Missing 8 and Mike Flanagan's Midnight Mass. Erik Matti's long-gestating On The Job: The Missing 8 wrapped its first season at HBO GO today; and Netflix has dropped one of its best shows of this year, Mike Flanagan's Midnight Mass. Armand sits down with Tristran Zinampan and Jason Tan Liwag to discuss! About today's guestsTristan Zinampan is a writer, editor, podcaster, and Rappler's resident film geek. He leads the website's youth culture section, Hustle.Jason Tan Liwag is an openly gay scientist, actor, and writer. He is one of six emerging international film critics part of the Young Film Critics Programme of the 50th IFFR (International Film Festival Rotterdam).This week's filmsOn The Job: The Missing 8 is the follow-up to Erik Matti's 2013 modern classic, On The Job. Inspired by true events, the film chronicles the story of Sisoy Salas, a corrupt journalist seeking justice for his colleagues, and convict Roman Rubio, a hired gun who is regularly brought out of prison to perform assassinations.Midnight Mass is the latest from Netflix's resident Stephen King fanboy, Mike Flanagan. In it, an isolated island community experiences miraculous events - and frightening omens - after the arrival of a charismatic, mysterious young priest.Links mentioned in the episode
A film fest about Filipino values? What novel idea!Sine Halaga had a successful inaugural run a couple of weeks ago. Film critic Emil Hofileña joins Armand to discuss their favorite short films from the fest, many of which feature aswangs and tikbalangs.About today's guestEmil Hofileña is a film critic whose work has been published in Rogue, Young STAR, Philippine Daily Inquirer, and Out of Print, among other publications. He served as a juror for FAMAS from 2018 to 2019.About Sine HalagaFrom their page: Sine Halaga (The NCCA Filipino Values Film Festival) gives a platform to all filmmakers to tell beautiful stories depicting Filipino values in contemporary films.Links mentioned in the episode
YAY FOR A BRAND-NEW PERVISION ✨3WCC and Film Police Reviews' Princess Kinoc drops by to chat about My Amanda, a new Netflix Filipino-language original written and directed by Alessandra De Rossi. The film follows two unusually close friends (played by Piolo Pascual and De Rossi herself) as they navigate life.About today's guestPrincess Kinoc is the co-host of the Third World Cinema Club and editor of Film Police Reviews. Probably the most congenial cinephile you'll know, we fondly think of Cess as the one true Supreme of Filipino film appreciation.Links mentioned in the episode
The one where we debated about Paulo Avelino's schlong, among other things.
The one about a curious murder case in the 60's and the basis for one of the best Filipino films ever made.
In darkness, no one can hear you scream.
The one where we talk about one of the best films of the year.
The one where we acknowledge the shitty movie we're all living through.
The one where we namedropped...like a lot.
The one where Geoff phones a friend (IMDb), because character names are hard.
The one where podcasting turns into therapy.
This week, Geoff and Armand discuss two movies: Mark Meily’s “Maledicto”, a new exorcism horror out of the FOX Philippines and Cignal Entertainment’s stable, starring Tom Rodriguez and Jasmine Curtis; and Jason Paul Laxamana’s “Between Maybes”, a new romance movie from Black Sheep, starring Julia Barretto and Gerald Anderson.
Geoff and Armand talk about Antoinette Jadaone's 10th feature film, "Alone/Together" starring Liza Soberano and Enrique Gil, and Joel Ferrer's new movie, "Elise", starring Enchong Dee and Janine Gutierrez. //*TIMESTAMPS*// 00:01:35 - "Alone/Together" 00:24:52 - "Elise" 00:42:11 - This week's music recommendation //*LINKS*// Armand's Twitter: https://twitter.com/armanddc Geoff's Twitter: htttps://twitter.com/geoffreview/ The Unreel website: https://unreel.ph/ The Unreel PH Movie Club: https://facebook.com/unreelmovieclub/ Random takeaway: NEVER FORGET ABOUT PEPSI PALOMA! Music recommendation: "Anino" by Up Dharma Down https://open.spotify.com/track/4KmkG7fVe8bNBUpCbKCdJQ?si=B-elaw3VSkKC8a2ixUG_HQ
On this episode of the Pervision Podcast, Armand shares how one of his favorite Filipino movies might have been ruined forever.
Geoff and Armand scramble through the show's pilot as they discuss Kenneth Dagatan's "Ma", Mikhail Red's "Eerie", and Marius Talampas' "Ang Pangarap Kong Holdap."
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