Brillante Mendoza’s film offers an intimate yet detached portrait of survivors of Typhoon Yolanda.
“Taklub,” Filipino auteur Brillante Mendoza’s portrait of three surviving families a year after Typhoon Yolanda ripped through the city of Tacloban, is more concerned with their emotional devastation than with the physical aftermath. Shot in a no-frills documentary style that echoes its subjects’ deprivation, the film is at once intimate and detached in its dramatic economy, though the finale will leave many viewers saddened yet humbled. Without […]
It’s odd to leave Cannes not having fallen fully in love… with a movie.
I have one more shot this morning before heading to the airport… Sorrentino’s Youth, which is already part of the Searchlight family. I will miss the Gaspar Noe as well as Michel Franco’s Chronic, for which I have hopes. There’s also a Hou Hsiao-Hsien. And no doubt, there will be fireworks in the Fassbender/Cotillard Macbeth, though placement as the closer is almost always bad news.
I really liked a lot of […]
Philippine cinema grand dame Nora Aunor headlines Brillante Mendoza’s ensemble drama about survivors grieving over loved ones lost during the devastating typhoon Haiyan
Having attained international fame (and a Best Director prize at Cannes) in 2009 with the relentlessly brutal corrupted-cop thriller Kinatay, Philippine director Brillante Mendoza might have raised a few eyebrows last year when he revealed his latest project being a government-backed project about natural disaster risk protection. Fears of the indie auteur peddling propaganda could now be allayed, […]
Senator Loren Legarda today said she takes pride in Taklub, a film directed by Brillante Mendoza, not only for its inclusion in the 68th Cannes Film Festival but also because of the relevant message of the film, which mainstreams disaster risk reduction (DRR).
“I am very proud of this project because we are again showcasing Filipino talent with a cause. It is amazing how Direk Brillante was able to combine drama and advocacy flawlessly. Taklub will deeply touch one’s heart, at the same time it imparts […]
Senator Loren Legarda expressed elation over the inclusion of the Philippine Pavilion in at least two lists of must-see national pavilions in the 56th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia.
“Our return to the Venice Biennale after 51 years of absence is a great achievement already and for the Philippine Pavilion to be regarded as a must-see pavilion is very rewarding. It makes me even prouder of our artists,” said Legarda, principal advocate of the Philippine Art Venice Biennale […]
