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Art Broken

By Emily Abrera
Posted on Nov 19, 2009

Each year, a carefully chosen committee scrutinizes lifelong brilliance, then, after a tortuous process, proclaims individuals worthy of being

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Shadows and Fog

By Tats Rejante-Manahan
Posted on Sep 15, 2008

From a distance, she was all about the sweeping gestures, elegant couture, colorful sound bites, and infectious laughter. Her 59-year-old life had all the subplots worthy of a film epic: an Ilongga

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The Letter I Would Love To Read To You In Person

By Alexis Tioseco
Posted on Jul 15, 2008

In 2006, Alexis Tioseco was named by The Philippine Star as one of the most important young people in the country today. Although not a filmmaker

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Philippine Cinema Portfolio

By Philbert Dy, Paolo R. Reyes, Erwin Romulo, And Yvette Tan
Posted on Mar 19, 2008

Forget the usual suspects. In the pages of Rogue’s First Annual Philippine Cinema portfolio, we present a cast of characters that are too myriad and varied even to fit together on the IMAX screens

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The Resurrection of Ronnie Lazaro

By Lourd de Veyra
Posted on Mar 17, 2008

In the mainstream realm of Philippine cinema, he may not fit the bill of a raffish leading man or swoony matinee idol—but celebrated character actor Ronnie Lazaro has gained critical acclaim

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Woo-Woo, Har-Har, And Bang-Bang

By Lamberto V. Avellana
Posted on Mar 17, 2008

National Artist Lamberto V. Avellana had a career that spanned six decades and produced over 70 films. Billed as the “Boy Wonder of Philippine

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Look Back in Anger

By Lourd De Veyra
Posted on Mar 17, 2008

Ace Vergel died last year to little or no fanfare. If there was anything at all, the reports would only regurgitate the actor’s real life woes

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Dispatches From The Ghetto

By Jim Libiran
Posted on Mar 17, 2008

Filmmaker Jim Libiran’s first feature film, Tribu, had the former broadcast journalist going back to Tondo and training his camera on the hip-hop

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Altered Ego

By Earl Ignacio
Posted on Mar 17, 2008

For a good part of the ‘90s, Earl Ignacio was a star. Trained as a theatre actor, his performing career successfully segued into the mainstream.

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Glorious Bastard

By Quark Henares
Posted on Oct 15, 2007

Known for drop-dead cool lines and just a lot of people dropping dead in his movies, Oscar-winning director Quentin Tarantino flew into the country to check out the setting of so many of the

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When Quark Met Sarah

By Quark Henares
Posted on Sep 15, 2007

Sarah Silverman has suddenly become a media sensation in America. Before shocking everyone with her nasty Paris Hilton comments during the last MTV

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B and Nothingness

By Lourd De Veyra
Posted on Jul 15, 2007

Ronald Gan Ledesma and Carlo J. Caparas were veritable champions of crappy Philippine cinema, making movies that were so bad you had to appreciate

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