Roderick Cabrido

Roderick Cabrido is an award-winning Filipino documentary producer and film maker. He was born and raised in Tondo, Manila one of the most densely populated areas of land in the world and one of the poorest and most underdeveloped communities in the Philippines. He started out by creating documentaries,…

Lualhati Bautista

Lualhati Torres Bautista is a Filipina writer, novelist, liberal activist and political critic. Born in Tondo, Manila, Philippines to Esteban Bautista and Gloria Torres. She graduated from Emilio Jacinto Elementary School in 1958, and from Torres High School in 1962. She was a journalism student at…

Ishihara Mariko

Ishihara Mariko is a Japanese actress and former singer born in Tokyo, Japan. She made her film debut in the 1980 adaptation of "Tonda Couple", a popular manga series. She gained further renown for her role in the TV series "Fuzoroi no Ringotachi". She published her autobiography in 2006. (Source: Japanese…

Do Won Kyung

Kim Sung Hye, known professionally as Do Won Kyeong, is a South Korean singer. She graduated from Kaywon Arts High School. She made her debut in 1993 with her first album, "My Youth In A Matchbox". With her distinctive rock ballad style and unique vocal tone, she achieved mega-hits whenever she collaborated…

Yang Hee Eun

Yang Hee Eun is a South Korean singer-songwriter and broadcaster. She graduated from Gyeonggi Girls' High School and later obtained a bachelor's degree from the College of Liberal Arts at Sogang University. She made her debut in 1971 with the single "Morning Dew" and the song was taken as a symbol of…

RETA

Fu Jia, known professionally as RETA, is a Chinese singer. She first appeared on TV as a trainee in "Youth With You Season 2". After the show ended, she signed a contract with Fame Us Record (페임어스). She made her debut in 2022 with her self-titled double single "Reta," receiving positive reviews…

Oh Joon Sung

Oh Joon-Sung has worked as a music director and composer. From 1999-2001 he participated in the MBC Riverside Song Festival, and from 2000 to 2004 served as Music Director of the MBC University Song Festival. His musical credits include popular dramas such as Jumong, The King and I, Boys Over Flowers,…

Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee was a Hong Kong-American martial artist, Hong Kong action film actor, martial arts instructor, filmmaker, and the founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial arts movement. He is widely considered by many commentators, critics, media and other martial artists to be the most influential martial artist…

Park Ha Sun

Park Ha Sun is a South Korean actress. In 2005, she made her big debut in the famous Korean drama Love Needs a Miracle. However, she did not become a household name until her performance as Queen Inhyeon in the show Dong Yi. The popular historical drama depicts a story of a peasant who later gains power…

Choi Jung In

Choi Jung In, known mononymously as Jungin, is a South Korean singer-songwriter and former member of G-FLA (지플라). She made her debut in 2002 when she featured in duo LEESSANG's (리쌍) first title song, "Rush". She received a lot of attention from producers as soon as the single was released…

Tsukai! Rock and Roll Dori

Iwashita Midori, a bus guide who dreams of becoming a rock 'n' roller, has taken in her half-sister Yamaguchi Akane, a junior high school student who lives in Hokkaido Hakodate, and moved to Tokyo with her. Midori…

Buddha Bless America

In a sleepy part of rural Taiwan in the late 1960s, the life of a village is shattered when Uncle Sam arrives in tanks. The Yanks are there to take part in joint military exercises with Taiwanese troops, but the villagers…

Unloved

7.2

32 year old secretary Mitsuko (Yoko Moriguchi) lives a simple life devoid of ambition. She refuses to to take the civil service exam that is required for her to climb up the public service ladder. At work (City Hall),…

The Pawnshop

8.5

The pawnshop is a vital part of Filipino life, so important that there are over 12,000 pawnshops in the entire Philippines. Nowhere are life's realities more apparent than in this place where people entrust their most…

A Day in the Black Hole

Du Seon orders black bean noodles on the last day of his twenties. He goes out, hoping for things to happen, but nothing goes his way. When he finds himself having to eat black bean noodles for lunch and for dinner,…

APT Lenten Special: Selda 1430

For a prisoner like Argel "Boy Pitik" Corpus, hoping is futile. He was a lookout in a bank robbery that ended up in a chilling loss of innocent lives. He has become aloof, and unlike the other detainees, he never had…

Fury of the Heaven

One of the better possession movies filled with hexes, spells and exorcisms. It also contains crucifixion (well, sorta), lesbian sex, and flying skulls. The overall tone is dark and gelid. (Source: Letterboxd)

So Ordinary

Follows a variety of people navigating romance, loneliness, misunderstandings, personal trauma, and emotional growth. Some stories are sweet and hopeful, while others are bittersweet or melancholic. The tone often…

Rain Shower

Ever since her son died, Yeon Ok spends her time playing her son’s favorite game. She has forgotten how to interact with people or express her affection and goodwill. The lonelier she gets, the more burdensome she…