Emil Hofileña’s Tweets

Mar 3, 2018

Five years ago, I had a Creative Writing professor who responded to our bad stories the same way: he would never say, "This is wrong." He would say, "How can we make this work?" From then on, that's how I've viewed critique. Never kill an idea. Help it become its best self.

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I see your Mission: Impossible Burj Khalifa scene and I raise you Harold Lloyd's iconic 20-min Bolton building climbing sequence from 1923's Safety Last! (Glad to finally see some Lloyd after watching a ton of Buster Keaton. Probably never going to watch Chapl*n sorry not sorry)

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support Katips and other truthful martial law films! but if we settle for the fantasy that a bunch of ML movies will turn the tide of the disinfo war, we're lying to ourselves. people in power in this industry need to make a much stronger stand and preserve the soul of PH cinema.

cinema chains also need to be held accountable for collaborating with an evil and malicious government and allowing blatant lies to be given a national platform. same goes for the MTRCB (what is ur job, even) for letting this film pass its reviewers. the problem is systemic.

propaganda/disinfo wars in cinema cannot be won simply watching the factually accurate and arguably better film. cinema is an industry and a business and ceremonies like FAMAS need to be held accountable for helping inflate the M4rcos myth (w/c they did thru Im*e's "award")

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and (2) whoever is running FAMAS now or whoever is making top-level decisions for them and allowed Im*e to be awarded at the same event. Katips' win feels meaningless to me—not because I have anything against the film, but because the award-giving body itself has been corrupted

yes Katips won the FAMAS, but still, the real problems here are (1) distribution: the M4rcoses have the resources to buy out thousands of tickets and distribute them for free, and they've crowded the cinemas so that Katips can only be played on a relative handful of screens

I hope you allow yourself to be happy, now more than ever, when it seems like there's no good reason for it. It's not a fluke, it's not just waiting time before the next bad thing happens. It is real and it is yours and it is wonderful for however long it decides to stay.

RIP to Mike Hagerty, who managed to be moving and multifaceted as Sam's dad, despite having a relatively small role. I imagine S2 will touch on his passing, and I already feel the tremendous absence in this modest TV family. Such a great addition to the show.

And as much as I feel like there are things to Somebody Somewhere that could still be fleshed out, I really do love that it feels like a true slice of life. There's no super-defined trajectory to Sam's personal journey, but by the end you can just feel the weight lift.

Also, wow to Bridget Everett of course (who's got the perfect voice for a character who's a great singer but who's terribly shy about it), and WOW to Jeff Hiller, whose Joel might already be an all-time best friend character. Hiller's performance is top-to-bottom excellent.

Any minor complaints I have (sense of setting not as strong as it could be, character arcs that strike me as incomplete) could definitely be taken care of in the following season. I really feel like there's no way to go but up for this show, as formless as it might be now.

Loved HBO's Somebody Somewhere, and I'm so glad a show so sweet and understated got renewed. Didn't even know I loved it until the finale, when Sam sings that song and I started smiling like a goofball. No greater feeling than suddenly realizing that you do care about people.

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Jul 28

New Moon in Leo tomorrow!!

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thread to help manage your feelings of doom re: monkeypox

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· Jul 26

Also, I'm seeing a lot of people- not just right-wingers!- treat monkeypox like a sign of the apocalypse. Folks, no. It's just filling a niche that we emptied 50 years ago when we eliminated smallpox, and tbh it's been a long time in coming.

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We Met In Virtual Reality puts a surreal spin on the need for connection

Agree with what Tasha Robinson of Polygon says, that the romantic relationships within the film aren't anywhere nearly as interesting or emotional as the bond between two ASL teachers using the platform.

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It’s tough, personal, intimate stuff — conveyed by near-naked anime girls and a crowd of janky monsters

Ditto from Aurora Amidon of Paste:

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We Met in Virtual Reality Redefines Cinéma Verité for the Digital Age

We Met in Virtual Reality is the first all-VR documentary, shooting its groundbreaking work in VRChat.

This documentary filmed entirely inside VRChat completely ignores the many issues that continue to plague online communities, but it's undeniably original, with sweetness to spare.

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Review of ‘We Met in Virtual Reality’ (2022) ★★★½

It's both admirable and frustrating that director Joe Hunting wants to make VR relationships look like the most normal (and even most valuable) connections that some people can make, especially…

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Jul 28

[PANOORIN] Kuwento ng Kabayanihan: Ang buhay ni Jeneven Bandiala Para sa mga taong humanga sa kanya, ang security guard na si Jeneven Bandiala ay bayani. Ngunit para sa kanyang pamilya, siya ay bayani na bago pa man niya ibinuwis ang kanyang buhay.

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Provided to YouTube by Warner Music PhilippinesHands to Heaven · Christian BautistaChristian Bautista℗ 2004 Warner Music PhilippinesComposer: David GlasperCo...

After reading that unhinged thread recapping Riverdale's plot so far, I'm nothing if not grateful that Good Trouble never jumped the shark for itself djfk;af like it's still occasionally cringey and poorly conceived but at least I, a living vertebrate, can still relate to it

ibang klaseng serotonin boost din pag narinig mo ulit yung Hands to Heaven ni Christian Bautista for the first time in a decade, god whatta song

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meme$ out 4 diktajunior

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Jul 27

Pinapatunayan lang ng pulis na goons sila ng naghaharing uri

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· Jul 26

NEWS UPDATE: A standoff occurred at UP Diliman between the Philippine National Police (PNP) and UP security guards who are protesting for salaries from their agency, according to @USCUPDiliman Chairperson-elect Latrell Felix. This is a developing story.

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Review of ‘Brighton 4th’ (2021) ★★★

Jul 27

FINE Westworld is good again, though it's a little funny that they're going back to essentially repeating the same tricks that worked in S1–2. But hey, if it ain't broke. Hope we learn more about Dolores's grand design, I refuse to believe she isn't in total control by now.

One of last year's big Tribeca winners. Not anything groundbreaking, but surprisingly warm with a great ending.

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Really enjoyed the sense of community in this, the tenderness with which the characters (usually) approach each other. But in a weird way, even if everything makes sense to me here and I get what the…

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things are looking up i fear!!! not because they actually are but because i feel like i can actually take them on!!! ewan! perhaps this really is adulthood. here's to hoping our ability to fake it lasts until we make it.

‘Hit the Road’ Review: Several Stars Are Born in an Irresistible Iranian Road-Movie Debut

Still some rough patches for this show (Hailey's dialogue, Mercedes' scattered arc), but when S2 gets it right, it's the most I've ever cared for these characters. The Clifford/Murda romance is legitimately moving, and Shannon Thornton is a star worthy of the biggest career.

Jessica Kiang of Variety: "Shades of Panahi Sr. exist in the film’s loopy humor. And yet, [...] Panah Panahi is his own filmmaker, finding new resonances in territory so familiar its power to surprise should have been thoroughly exhausted by now."

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Director Panah Panahi and a superb cast burst onto the scene in a debut honoring its Iranian forbears while thrumming with its own energy.

Tomris Laffly of Roger Ebert: "By concealing some of the nitty-gritty, Panahi makes an even more fiercely political point throughout “Hit The Road.” Here, the details don’t matter as much as their heartbreaking consequences."

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Hit the Road movie review & film summary (2022) | Roger Ebert

Panahi organically laces Hit The Road with interludes of sharp humor and casual contemplation.

From the time I finished watching this film to the time I finished writing this review, Hit the Road went from a movie I was confused by and disappointed in to literally one of my favorites of the entire year. Just one brilliant moment after another.

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Review of ‘Hit the Road’ (2021) ★★★★½

I recently saw another mini-thread on Twitter about the CinemaSins-ification of popular film criticism. That is, a lot of people tend to apply very rigid expectations of narrative logic to the films…

yes i do in fact believe that a grown adult with the resources to access knowledge from around the world deserves to be vilified just as harshly as the rest of his family if he continues to support his family. doesn't matter if you think he's brainwashed, he is a monster.

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s*ndro is 28, meaning those in my generation will be building our lives and careers while he amasses more power and is groomed to uphold his family's monstrous legacy. like it or not, he's going to be one of the main "villains" in our lives. don't be nice to him. fight back now.

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· Jul 26

BREAKING: First-time legislator and presidential son Ferdinand Alexander "Sandro" Marcos, Ilocos Norte 1st District representative, is House senior deputy majority leader. | via Bea Cupin/Rappler rplr.co/governance

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Favorite shots from Panah Panahi's Hit the Road, a strange, funny, heartbreaking dysfunctional-family-road-movie that really snuck up on me. One of the best ensembles of the year too. So many great choices, like having the emotional climax happen entirely in an extreme wide shot.

Arnolfo Teves Jr. is the same guy who wanted to rename NAIA to FEMIA, voted in favor of lowering the minimum age of criminal responsibility, and has now shown the entire country that he has the emotional maturity of a teenage Nazi incel. Grow up, loser.

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· Jul 26

READ: Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. files bill seeking to declare “ghosting” as an emotional offense. | @DYGalvezINQ

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Despite the notion that they might be too boring for a 21st-century attention span,

found that watching silent films returned a sense of wonder to filmmaking. Read more: scoutmag.ph/71778/sick-of- 🎨: Yel Sayo 📷: "A Trip to the Moon" (1902)

How great to have a prequel/spin-off that truly leaves you guessing. Every week has been a process of giving up resistance to these writers, who've managed to avoid depending on easy references six seasons deep. Even the way this final season is structured doesn't take easy outs.

This is the freakiest Evil has been and it's had nothing to do with demons. Cult stuff always feels so immediate, and it actually feels like main characters are in real danger. /That/ thing with Andy and Sheryl is honestly a bridge further than I think most shows would go.

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bawal magpasalamat kay b0ng2 kung may magagawa siyang tama. walang "prove us wrong" dito. he's bound to do at least one positive thing (in Jobu Tupaki's words, a statistical inevitability), but that positive will have been built off of lies, state violence, and fascism.

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