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Philbert Dy
Philbert Ortiz Dy is a Filipino film critic who has become known for his reviews of Philippine New Wave films for prominent publications such as ''Rogue Magazine'', the Philippine edition of ''Esquire'', and the entertainment website clickthecity. He is co-curator of the New Filipino Cinema program at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, California. He has criticized the selection process of the Metro Manila Film Festival, having published a 2015 expose of how the films to be featured in the festival were selected, with a focus on profit over other considerations. See also * Philippine New Wave Cinema * Oggs Cruz Francis Joseph "Oggs" Cruz is a Filipino lawyer and film critic best known for his reviews of Philippine New Wave films in prominent publications including the Philippine Star, the Philippines Free Press and Rappler. Cruz's reviews have led him to ... References Filipino film critics Philippine New Wave Year of birth missing (living peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filipino People
Filipinos ( tl, Mga Pilipino) are the people who are citizens of or native to the Philippines. The majority of Filipinos today come from various Austronesian ethnolinguistic groups, all typically speaking either Filipino, English and/or other Philippine languages. Currently, there are more than 185 ethnolinguistic groups in the Philippines; each with its own language, identity, culture and history. Names The name ''Filipino'', as a demonym, was derived from the term ''Las Islas Filipinas'' ("the Philippine Islands"), the name given to the archipelago in 1543 by the Spanish explorer and Dominican priest Ruy López de Villalobos, in honor of Philip II of Spain (Spanish: ''Felipe II''). During the Spanish colonial period, natives of the Philippine islands were usually known by the generic terms ''indio'' (" Indian") or ''indigenta'' ("indigents"). However, during the early Spanish colonial period the term ''Filipinos'' or ''Philipinos'' was sometimes used by Spanish wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippine New Wave
Philippine New Wave (known as ''Filipino New Wave'' or ''Contemporary Philippine Cinema'') is a filmmaking genre that has been popularly associated with the resurgence of independent, digital and experimental films in the Philippines began in the 21st century, merged into a recent filmmaking period known as the Third Golden Age of Philippine cinema. Origins of the movement Following the first golden age, in the 1950s to 1960s, and the second, from the 1970s to the early 1980s, the dawn of this era saw a dramatic decline of the mainstream film industry in the Philippines in mid-1980s to 1990s. . Vanzi, Sol Jose. ''Newsflash''. January 15, 2006. Hollywood films dominated theater sales even more, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esquire (magazine)
''Esquire'' is an American men's magazine. Currently published in the United States by Hearst Communications, it also has more than 20 international editions. Founded in 1933, it flourished during the Great Depression and World War II under the guidance of founders Arnold Gingrich, David A. Smart and Henry L. Jackson while during the 1960s it pioneered the New Journalism movement. After a period of quick and drastic decline during the 1990s, the magazine revamped itself as a lifestyle-heavy publication under the direction of David Granger. History ''Esquire'' was first issued in October 1933 as an offshoot of trade magazine ''Apparel Arts'' (which later became ''Gentleman's Quarterly''; ''Esquire'' and ''GQ'' would share ownership for almost 45 years). The magazine was first headquartered in Chicago and then, in New York City. It was founded and edited by David A. Smart, Henry L. Jackson and Arnold Gingrich. Jackson died in the crash of United Airlines Flight 624 in 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
