Ishmael Bernal

The hidden nightlife of ordinary people living in Manila unveils. Lovers and families' conflicts are radically pitted against each other as they live in the night streets rampant with drugs and prostitution. The outstanding narrative explicitly unravels the various characters and episodes. This landmark film of Ishmael Bernal depicts the darkness of city life so vividly that it was once prohibited to use the word 'Manila' on its title. (imdb)

The film is set in the dry town of Cupang. The locals believe the drought to be a curse placed on them for driving away a leper. However, after Elsa claims to see an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the sad, forgotten town is consumed with commercialism and exploitation. Elsa mysteriously acquires healing powers and the whole village becomes a bustling venue for mass-produced statues of saints, tours, bottles of miraculous water, and souvenir T-shirts. (wikipedia)

Emil, a young executive, and his mistress Marilou, a planetarium guide, decide to be live-in partners. In the process, they discover each other's failing, which result in the strain in their relationship, bringing about their temporary separation. (manunuri.com)

After ten years and two children, Rene and Ellen find their marriage on the brink of breaking up. They seem to have fallen out of love and life has become a series of verbal hussies and conflicts. They decide that the only way out is a temporary separation. (starforallseasons.com)

A young office employee, Carmen Castro has liaison with a married man even if she has a faithful suitor from Davao. When she discovers she is pregnant, both her lover and confidante, Stella, advise her to have an abortion. (manunuri.com)

A bourgeois filmmaker who sought out a stripper to act in his film, subsequently catalyzing her career as an actress. On her rise to fame, she introduced her taxi driver boyfriend to the world of showbiz with the hope of improving his downtrodden life, and he soon became her leading man on the silver screen. At the height of their stardom, glamor, and wealth, their souls became corrupt--the couple morally conflicted and wounded by the on screen façade of their love and selves. (themoviedb.org)

Ishmael Bernal and writer Amado Lacuesta's biting comedy about shenanigans in a Makati City bank. (criticafterdark.blogspot.com)

Shake, Rattle and Roll (1984) is the first of the popular series of Filipino horror movies composed of three episodes. (imdb)

A 1978 Filipino romantic drama film about a man's guilt over his affair with another woman that hurt the feelings of his long time girlfriend. (imdb)