Third World Cinema Club

Let's take a break from Toronto and come back home to good ol' Philippine Cinema! (that series will be back next Friday.) 2020's best local festival to date is the Daang Dokyu film festival, celebrating a century of Philippine Documentaries. In this episode, documentary filmmaker Bryan Brazil joins us as we talk about some of our favorite films in the festival. Films Discussed: Ecology - Bullet La...

Our coverage of the Toronto International Film Festival Continues! Join us, along with Rolando Basmayor of FPR and Kevin Oliver Tan of Screen Kings as we talk about some of the festival's highest highs and lowest lows. Films Discussed In This Episode: Quo Vadis, Aida (2020) Good Joe Bell (2020) Notes: Spoilers for the above films are present (though to be fair they are based on historical events.....

We continue our coverage of the Toronto International Film Festival! FPR member Rolando Basmayor and Screen Kings' Kevin Oliver Tan join us to talk about one of the year's most anticipated films, Chloe Zhao's Nomadland. Does it live up to the hype? Let's find out! notes: Some spoilers for Nomadland are present in this episode.

We continue our TIFF festival coverage with reviews of films from the Midnight Madness section of the festival, and a few international gems. Joining us once again are Film Police Reviews member Rolando Basmayor and Screen Kings' Kevin Oliver Tan. Films Reviewed in this Episode: Shadow in the Cloud (Roseanne Liang, 2020) Under the Open Sky (Miwa Nishikawa, 2020) Beginning (Dea Kulumbegashvili, 202...

Third World Cinema Club goes first world as the gang discusses films from the recently concluded Toronto International Film Festival. In the first episode of a multipart series, fellow Film Police Reviews member Rolando Basmayor and Screen Kings host Kevin Oliver Tan join us as we talk about the latest from world cinema. Films discussed in this episode: Get the Hell Out (Wang, 2020) Gaza Mon Amour...

Will love survive? Or will death conquer all? Ito ang totoong kwento ni Mario, Betina, at ang kanilang pag-ibig. Ito ang Alingawngaw. Previous Episode: Wag Kang Lilingon Click here! Next Episode: Earpods

Happy Halloween! Today's episode isn't a scary episode, but it was recorded in the middle of the night, so there's that. And for this episode of Third World Cinema Club, we answer listener questions! Hear us talk about Letterboxd, bad movies and separating the art from the artist. have a question to ask us for a future episode? Send us a message or tweet at us @ThirdWCC.

Maayong adlaw, buntag, ug gabii sa imong tanan! In this episode we put the spotlight on the last installment of Binisaya Film Festival's Adlaw-Adlaw series as we talk to two of its filmmakers, Kris Villarino and Januar Yap, as well as the film's producers Danielle Aballe- delos Reyes and Idden delos Reyes. Notable moments: the part where we get to hear Idden delos Reyes talk behind the [face] mask...

We've had Glaiza de Castro, Prime Cruz and Jen Chuaunsu as guests before, albeit in different episodes. This time we discuss their collaborative project Sleepless, one of our favorite local films of the decade as it premieres in Netflix. Notable moments: when Prime and Jen reveal some never before discussed scenes that had to be cut out of the film, and the one where we find out John's zoom backgr...

We really can't think of any other way to express what we felt when Lav Diaz agreed to do an episode with us. Get ready to listen to some insightful discussion on how cinema breaks horizons and boundaries, in the words of Lav Diaz. Notable moments in this episode: we asked him some questions from Twitter, including his top 5 romcoms, and if he watches animé.

Note: This is the final part of a three part episode. Our own version of the Cannes (maybe Critics' Choice Awards? - John) has released the nominations in time for the awarding ceremony this October! For this we invited film critic and academic Skilty Labastilla and film reviewer/blogger Nicol Latayan to discuss the nomination process, predictions and more!

Note: This is the first part of a three part episode. Our own version of the Cannes (maybe Critics' Choice Awards? - John) has released the nominations in time for the awarding ceremony this October! For this we invited film critic and academic Skilty Labastilla and film reviewer/blogger Nicol Latayan to discuss the nomination process, predictions and more!

Note: This is the second part of a three part episode. Our own version of the Cannes (maybe Critics' Choice Awards? - John) has released the nominations in time for the awarding ceremony this October! For this we invited film critic and academic Skilty Labastilla and film reviewer/blogger Nicol Latayan to discuss the nomination process, predictions and more!

Note: This is the second part of a three part episode. An hour isn't enough to discuss the films in this year's Cinemalaya, so without further adieu we give you our insights on selected films from the Indie Nation and Documentary section of the festival.

Note: This is the first part of a three part episode. An hour isn't enough to discuss the films in this year's Cinemalaya, so without further adieu we give you our insights on selected films from the Indie Nation and Documentary section of the festival.

Note: This is the final part of a three part episode. An hour isn't enough to discuss the films in this year's Cinemalaya, so without further adieu we give you our insights on selected films from the Indie Nation and Documentary section of the festival.

Note: This is the final part of a 3 part episode. Despite having enormous time indoors nowadays, it's a huge accomplishment to have all filmmakers join us for one single episode. But we managed with what we can do with our time, and so we gathered some of the best and the brightest from the Main Competition section of the Cinemalaya 2020 film festival. Part 3: Fatigued, with James Mayo Part-friend...

Note: This is part 1 of a 3 part episode. Despite having enormous time indoors nowadays, it's a huge accomplishment to have all filmmakers join us for one single episode. But we managed with what we can do with our time, and so we gathered some of the best and the brightest from the Main Competition section of the Cinemalaya 2020 film festival. Part 1: The Slums, featuring Jan Cobey It's probably...

Note: This is the second part of a 3 part episode. Despite having enormous time indoors nowadays, it's a huge accomplishment to have all filmmakers join us for one single episode. But we managed with what we can do with our time, and so we gathered some of the best and the brightest from the Main Competition section of the Cinemalaya 2020 film festival. Part 2: Tokwifi, featuring Carla Pulido and...

Note: this is Part 2 of a four part episode. Who'd have thought that what was once a dream/nightmare for all cinephiles--- to watch films on the go at the touch of one's fingertips - - - becomes a reality this year as the whole world shuts its establishments like theaters to prevent a massive pandemic from occurring? But one must always follow suit in any circumstances, and so this year Cinemalaya...

Note: This is Part 1 of a four-part episode. Who'd have thought that what was once a dream/nightmare for all cinephiles--- to watch films on the go at the touch of one's fingertips - - - becomes a reality this year as the whole world shuts its establishments like theaters to prevent a massive pandemic from occurring? But one must always follow suit in any circumstances, and so this year Cinemalaya...

Note: this is Part 3 of a four part episode. Who'd have thought that what was once a dream/nightmare for all cinephiles--- to watch films on the go at the touch of one's fingertips - - - becomes a reality this year as the whole world shuts its establishments like theaters to prevent a massive pandemic from occurring? But one must always follow suit in any circumstances, and so this year Cinemalaya...

Note: this is the final part of a four part episode. Who'd have thought that what was once a dream/nightmare for all cinephiles--- to watch films on the go at the touch of one's fingertips - - - becomes a reality this year as the whole world shuts its establishments like theaters to prevent a massive pandemic from occurring? But one must always follow suit in any circumstances, and so this year Ci...

We're back! Did you miss us? Over the next few days we'll be releasing a ton of episodes that we've been recording in cooperation with the Cutprint Podcast Network. Enjoy! It's been months since one of the biggest media conglomerates in the country was inexplicably shutdown by the government. In this episode, the gang reminisce memorable films and moments brought by one of the collateral damages o...

In this episode of Third World Cinema Club, we talk about the 2019 documentary, Aswang. guests: JT Trinidad (Sine Liwanag) notes: The sound quality for this episode is unfortunately not the best. We’ve done our best to try to clean it up.