These are the movies that did not just make me cry, they made me struggle to breathe through my nose. The kind of crying where your eyes swell, your throat hurts, your chest feels heavy, and suddenly you are Googling if emotions can cause s

On my first watch, I thought this was just about a capitalist exploiting people through his own version of forced labor.





A deeply emotional rise and fall romance about love, fame, and self destruction.


Maganda ang sets and may konting film grains that give it a soft and almost nostalgic texture.

The film keeps shifting my confidence from one side to the other, making every new detail feel like it could completely change how I see the situation.



The film starts like a search story but slowly turns into a meditation on grief, and by the end I felt less entertained and more emotionally drained, like it just sits…




Thailand looks awfully familiar, almost the same as the Philippines, especially Pasay where I grew up from ages 0 to 5.



Pieces of a Woman feels less like a film, and more like an open wound you’re forced to touch.

I like the Billie and James dynamic directing the whole thing.

Do you know how much I love you? If you could take all the words in the language, it still wouldn't describe how much I love you.

Warm start. I am not really educated about Down syndrome, so I just went along with the story and learned from what the film was showing me.

The first few minutes already feel really heavy despite the silence and the very few words spoken.
