Bqff 2019With humour and the message of love, 'Chedeng and Apple' succeeds in adding to the discourse on the rights and welfare of the Lgbtqia+ community in the Philippines. Shiba KurianIf the 1991 Hollywood movie Thelma & Louise was fierce, the Filipino comedy film Si Chedeng at si Apple (Chedeng and Apple), which runs on a similar plotline, is fiercer and whimsical too. The film hit the right note during the ongoing Bangalore Queer Film Festival (Bqff), where it was screened on Friday. Chedeng and Apple revolves around two women - peas in a pod, witty, vivacious, spirited - who set off on an action-packed journey. The titular characters, played by Gloria Diaz and Elizabeth Oropesa respectively, are in their 60s. Chedeng's husband has passed away, while Apple has just murdered her abusive husband after he burnt her thighs with a singed knife. While one might wonder where the plot is headed,...
- 8/3/2019
- by Sowmya
- The News Minute
Eddie Romero dies: Filipino filmmaker best known for his exploitation horror and action movies Eddie Romero, one of most best-known Filipino filmmakers, died of prostate cancer on Tuesday, May 28. Romero was 88. Named a National Artist of the Philippines in 2003, Romero (born on July 7, 1924, in Dumaguete City) began his film career in the late ’40s, when The Philippines were still recovering from the devastation of World War II. His international reputation rests chiefly on his low-budget horror and action movies; usually Filipino / American co-productions made in collaboration with actor-producer John Ashley. Among those are the the horror sci-fier Brides of Blood (1968), featuring veteran Kent Taylor, Beverly Powers, tropical-island natives, and radioactively mutated human-eating plants; Beast of Blood (1971), featuring John Ashley and a headless monster; The Twilight People (1972), which has no connection to either Stephenie Meyer or the Cullen Clan — in the film, reminiscent of Erle C. Kenton’s Island of Lost Souls...
- 5/29/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
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