Can I have reviews from different books and movies FROM the Philippines?

Question

To my kababayans, what are your reviews in Philippine art and literature, inclusive of film-making?
For foreign people, what do you think of Philippine literature and cinema?

Answer 1

I love Khavn De la Cruz, the most active filmmaker in the Philippines. I've read about and seen a few clips of Khavn's films Memory Before Dawn (Alaala Ng Madaling Araw) (1996) and Headless (Pugot) (2002).

I also like the literature of the Philippines which appears multi-faceted and written in many languages (in the indigenous languages of the Filipinos such as Ilokano, Tagalog, Cebnano, Pampango, Bikol, etc.; in the languages of her conquerors (Spanish and English).
I have read few works in English but hope read more soon. I gather that the literature covers a lot of themes by writers that include:

1. NICK JOAQUIN The Woman With Two Navels (1961)
2. BIENVENIDO SANTOS Villa Magdalena (1965, 1986); The Man Who (Thought He) Looked Like Robert Taylor (1983); What The Hell For You Left Your Heart in San Francisco (1987); Villa Magdalena (1965); The Volcano (1965); Memory's Fiction (1994)
3. F. SIONIL JOSE Three Filipino Women (1982, 1992); Ermita(1990); My Brother, My Executioner (1979); The Pretenders (1962); Tree (1978); Vinjero, 1994; The Rosales Paper; Sins (1995)
4. NINOTCHKA ROSCA State of War (1989); Twice Blessed (1992)
5. EDILBERTO TIEMPO Cracked Mirror (1984); Finalities (1982)
6. ALFRREDO NAVARRO SALANGA The Birthing of Hannibal Valdez (1980)
7. NVM GONZALES A Season of Grace (1956); The Bamboo Dancers (1962); Children of the Ash-Covered Loam (1954)
8. CECILIA MANGUERRA BRAINARD When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, 1994
9. ALFRED YUSON Great Philippine Jungle Energy Cafe (1987)

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