
Acting
Raul Arellano
Acting credits
7.2Three people start a strange therapy to escape their agonies. Each attempts to process those they lost during the Marcos dictatorship while examining their own grief.
Melancholia
2008
9.0The film covers the life of Filipino patriot and hero Macario Sakay, who was declared an outlaw and a criminal for continuing hostilities against the United States after the "official" end of the Philippine Insurrection.
Sakay
1993
7.8When a Filipino teen is found fatally shot on the streets of New Jersey, the investigation into his death reveals the struggles of the Filipino-American community, including the horrifying effects of methamphetamine on its youth.
Batang West Side
2001
NRInspired by a true news account, this is the astounding story of a lone deranged hijacker who has struggled to survive in the chaos of modern Philippine society.
Manila Skies
2009
9.0A movie about Loretta and her struggles as a woman.
Loretta
1994
9.0Independent filmmaker Raymond Red's first crossover to full-length feature is a highly visual chronicle of the rise and fall of revolutionary hero Andres Bonifacio. Noted for its heavy stylistics and painstaking attention to filmic detail, the biopic also tackles the momentous events surrounding the Philippine struggle against Spanish colonialism. The historical epic is a most fitting cinematic memorial to the centenary of Philippine independence.
Heroes
1992
NRIn Cesar Hernando's noirish short, the uprising and UFOs are merged in a strange commentary on government control.
A Foggy Night
1993
10.0A story of rape and murder.
Akin ang Puri
1996
5.8Mike De Leon's entry into the omnibus "Southern Winds" where he follows Julio Madiaga into the new world of Filipino Entertainment.
Aliwan Paradise
1993