In a quiet restaurant in the afternoon, 40-year-old gay English teacher Eric (Romnick Sarmenta) meets fresh-faced 22-year-old student Lance (Elijah Canlas) and treats him to steak. The two sit at a table in the window. They’re both aware that someone might see them there, but, well, people are already talking, It’s no-one’s business. Despite the rumours, nothing sexual has happened between them. Eric has simply taken it upon himself to mentor the youth. He has no ulterior motives – or at least that’s what he seems to believe.
The reality of this situation is much more complicated than it looks, and neither man is quite what he seems to be. Their relative power, and audience sympathy, shifts back and forth over the course of a film which may be primarily conversational but will have no difficulty holding your attention. Director Jun Lana uses flashbacks to show us a previous meeting in.
The reality of this situation is much more complicated than it looks, and neither man is quite what he seems to be. Their relative power, and audience sympathy, shifts back and forth over the course of a film which may be primarily conversational but will have no difficulty holding your attention. Director Jun Lana uses flashbacks to show us a previous meeting in.
- 4/29/2023
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The long-awaited Season 2 for hit Filipino Bl series, Gameboys, will premiere May 22, 2022 on Vivamax Plus.
Following on from their online relationship during the lockdown in Season 1, in Gameboys: The Movie and now Gameboys 2, Gavreel and Cairo are finally together in the same house. Much to Gav’s delight, Cairo has a slight change of plans with his move back to his province. Their romance is dialed up a notch but their love is put to the test by external forces striving to pull them apart.
Directed by Ivan Andrew Payawal, the series returns with its original cast members Kokoy de Santos, Elijah Canlas, Adrianna So, Kych Minemoto, Kyle Velino, and Miggy Jimenez.
Following on from their online relationship during the lockdown in Season 1, in Gameboys: The Movie and now Gameboys 2, Gavreel and Cairo are finally together in the same house. Much to Gav’s delight, Cairo has a slight change of plans with his move back to his province. Their romance is dialed up a notch but their love is put to the test by external forces striving to pull them apart.
Directed by Ivan Andrew Payawal, the series returns with its original cast members Kokoy de Santos, Elijah Canlas, Adrianna So, Kych Minemoto, Kyle Velino, and Miggy Jimenez.
- 5/17/2022
- by Suzie Cho
- AsianMoviePulse
Gameboys is the successful Boys’ Love (Bl) series, the first of this genre for the Philippines when it premiered on YouTube in May 2020. Set during the Covid-19 pandemic, the story revolves around Cairo (Elijah Canlas) and Gavreel (Kokoy De Santos) who strike up a friendship while playing online games and eventually fall in love. The series has attracted a large fanbase for its relatable themes and story-telling concept utilising the social media format as well as having the characters interact via video calls and instant messages. There are 13 episodes plus a Netflix special, Gameboys Level-Up Edition.
As a spin-off, Gameboys: The Movie, continues with Cairo and Gavreel spending a romantic holiday together before Cairo has to return to his province. When Gavreel’s ultra-conservative aunt visits, the couple face a relationship test and begin to question their future together. In the meantime, other friends also show up struggling with their own challenges.
As a spin-off, Gameboys: The Movie, continues with Cairo and Gavreel spending a romantic holiday together before Cairo has to return to his province. When Gavreel’s ultra-conservative aunt visits, the couple face a relationship test and begin to question their future together. In the meantime, other friends also show up struggling with their own challenges.
- 12/11/2021
- by Suzie Cho
- AsianMoviePulse
Rae Red has made a name for herself through her script-writing work in Mikhail Red’s films like “Eerie“, “Neomanila” and “Birdshot“. Since 2016, she has also started directing films, with “The Girl and the Gun” being her second feature and the third overall.
On the occasion of “The Girl and the Gun” screening at New York Asian Film Festival, we speak with her on the story of the film, the non-linear narrative, violence in Quezon City, the various issues poor people in the Philippines face, and many other topics.
How did the story for “The Girl and The Gun” come about? It seems very grounded in reality. Is it based on any true incidents?
A lot of the characters from the movie are based on real people. There’s Kian Delos Santos, an Ejk victim back in 2017. The character of Jun played by Elijah Canlas was inspired by him. Lean Alejandro,...
On the occasion of “The Girl and the Gun” screening at New York Asian Film Festival, we speak with her on the story of the film, the non-linear narrative, violence in Quezon City, the various issues poor people in the Philippines face, and many other topics.
How did the story for “The Girl and The Gun” come about? It seems very grounded in reality. Is it based on any true incidents?
A lot of the characters from the movie are based on real people. There’s Kian Delos Santos, an Ejk victim back in 2017. The character of Jun played by Elijah Canlas was inspired by him. Lean Alejandro,...
- 9/7/2020
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
If your work and personal lives were slowly going down the drain through various avenues and you find something that could take care of some of your worries, albeit unethically, would you use it? That is the conundrum the lead character finds herself in in Rae Red’s solo directorial debut “The Girl and the Gun”.
“The Girl and the Gun” is screening at New York Asian Film Festival
The protagonist, an unnamed Girl, isn’t having the best of lives. Living in Quezon City, she works at a department store but rarely gets to spend her earnings on herself, with most of them going to a demanding mother in the province and on her rent. Even when she is reprimanded by her unnecessarily strict boss for wearing torn stockings or when her colleagues invite her out for drinks, she is unable to meet those demands financially. In spite of her best efforts,...
“The Girl and the Gun” is screening at New York Asian Film Festival
The protagonist, an unnamed Girl, isn’t having the best of lives. Living in Quezon City, she works at a department store but rarely gets to spend her earnings on herself, with most of them going to a demanding mother in the province and on her rent. Even when she is reprimanded by her unnecessarily strict boss for wearing torn stockings or when her colleagues invite her out for drinks, she is unable to meet those demands financially. In spite of her best efforts,...
- 9/1/2020
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
The Lgbtq+ voices get louder in Asian cinemas too. Generally, outside specific genres like sex comedies or erotic pictures, sex is rarely approached as a serious issue, unless you really look for it. Here are 5 films of 2019 that have broken the taboo and even taboo within the taboo and have discussed sex, sexual identity or orientation openly. Of course, we still swim in the not-exactly-mainstream waters, but the below listed five films hit several jackpots with bravado. And they are fabulous alternatives for the Valentine Days flick. Well, except for “Kalel, 15”, perhaps. But with the person queer in a fitting way…
The films are alphabetically ordered.
1. Born Beautiful (2019) by Perci Intalan
“Born Beautiful” is a sequel, or rather spin-off, of fabulous “Die Beautiful” (2016) by Jun Robles Lana. Now, the spotlight lights on Trisha’s (Paolo Ballesteros) Bff Barbs (Martin del Rosario) and her identity crises. Bearing the traces of Lana’s writing,...
The films are alphabetically ordered.
1. Born Beautiful (2019) by Perci Intalan
“Born Beautiful” is a sequel, or rather spin-off, of fabulous “Die Beautiful” (2016) by Jun Robles Lana. Now, the spotlight lights on Trisha’s (Paolo Ballesteros) Bff Barbs (Martin del Rosario) and her identity crises. Bearing the traces of Lana’s writing,...
- 3/2/2020
- by Anomalilly
- AsianMoviePulse
Filipino filmmaker Jun Robles Lana has bagged the Best Director Award for his 12th feature film “Kalel, 15” at PÖFF|Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, that also brings him a grant of 5000€. The film had its world premiere in the Estonian capital where it was screened in the official selection marked by a very strong presence of Asian films. In their statement, the jury quoted, among other, Lana’s ability to make a passionate and concerned film about lives we never see in the West.
“Kalel, 15” is screening at Tallinn Black Nights
When he gets diagnosed with HIV, the 15-year-old Kalel (Elijah Canlas) is with his mother Edith (Jaclyn Jose) who is more concerned about what the neighbours would say if they found out than about her son’s health. Riding back home on the coach, the boy is sitting silently through a wave of his mother’s insults, refusing to answer any of the questions.
“Kalel, 15” is screening at Tallinn Black Nights
When he gets diagnosed with HIV, the 15-year-old Kalel (Elijah Canlas) is with his mother Edith (Jaclyn Jose) who is more concerned about what the neighbours would say if they found out than about her son’s health. Riding back home on the coach, the boy is sitting silently through a wave of his mother’s insults, refusing to answer any of the questions.
- 12/1/2019
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
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