Genus Pan – LFF 2020 Review Rafaela Sales Ross October 12, 2020 Reviews Lav Díaz is a master in finding beauty in the organic poetry of slowness. From the 625 minutes of 2006’s Evolution Of A Filipino Family to the mere 80 of 2011’s Elegy to the Visitor From the Revolution,...
The Woman Who Left – Venice 2016 Review Cathy Brennan September 14, 2016 Reviews Horacia (Charo Santos-Concio), the titular Woman Who Left, is released from prison after 30 years when it turns out her friend was the one who actually committed the crime. With much of her life already gone,...
A Lullaby To The Sorrowful Mystery – Berlinale 2016 Review Eddie Falvey February 20, 2016 Reviews It's hard to accuse a 485 minute film of being 'too long', simply for the fact that it operates according to a completely separate set of rules to conventional cinema. That said, Lav Diaz's latest is too...