Kathryn Bigelow on being named ‘Hollywood’s ballsiest director’
By Ruben V. Nepales
How does Kathryn Bigelow feel about Time magazine’s Richard Corliss proclaiming her as “Hollywood’s ballsiest director”?
How does Kathryn Bigelow feel about Time magazine’s Richard Corliss proclaiming her as “Hollywood’s ballsiest director”?
Award-winning Japanese director Koji Wakamatsu, whose film career started in pornography and ended in acclaimed independent productions, has died after being hit by a taxi, an aide said Thursday.
True-blue friends in the film biz are so hard to find that I count mine on fewer than 10 fingers. One of those digits “belongs” to Marilou Diaz-Abaya. She has permanent “ownership” because, through our decades-long friendship, she has brought nothing but light and laughter and a lot of good times into my life—due to which, my cup runneth over!
Actress Ina Feleo on the health condition of Marilou Diaz-Abaya, her director in the film, “Ikaw ang Pag-ibig,” for Star Cinema: “We shot the movie last year. Direk Marilou’s cancer was in remission at the time. The whole time we were working, wala siyang sakit. After she was done with editing, nagpa- check-up siya at [...]
No movie director has been as “undervalued” as Lorenzo P. Tuells. For almost three decades, from 1930s to the ’50s, he held important positions in various studios like Excelsior Films and Lebran International, where he directed his first English movie, “The Spell,” in 1950. At Sampaguita Pictures, Tuells directed two versions – in English and [...]
Director Jade Castro was both thrilled and tense, in an almost bipolar way, as “Zombadings 1: Patayin sa Shokot si Remington” went on a commercial run. “I was excited to show our film nationwide, but I was nervous, too,” he told Inquirer. “I knew we had to make money on the first day or we’re [...]
After a three-year absence, Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz is back in the circuit with his latest work, “Siglo ng Pagluluwal (Century of Birthing),” which will have its world premiere at the 68th Venice International Film Festival next month. Fest consultant (for South Korea/Southeast Asia) Paolo Bertolin relayed the good news to Inquirer Entertainment via e-mail: [...]
Funny how some cinematic controversies never seem to get settled. At a recent forum, two groups of young film lovers passionately debated once more the old (and we thought already cold) question, “Who is the better director, Lino Brocka or Ishmael Bernal?” To make things dodgier still, they asked us to help “settle” the issue, [...]
