![]() ![]() ![]() Hello, Love, Goodbye is available for purchase on iWant.Ī lonely bookworm (Khalil Ramos) living in post-lahar Pampanga becomes friends with two Filipino-American brothers (Ethan Salvador and Jameson Blake) and gets entangled in a deadly, dysfunctional friendship. It’s a movie that dares to tell you upfront that the love story at its center will be transient-when you meet Kathryn Bernardo’s Joy, she is literally running away from her dire circumstances, while Alden Richards’ Ethan is an untethered bartender slinging drinks in Hong Kong-but it makes you root for something permanent anyway. But Hello, Love, Goodbye is the mother of all migrant dramas-and not just because it is officially the highest grossing Filipino movie of all time. MODERN MELODRAMA Hello, Love, Goodbye (2019)īy now, the migrant love story is a drama sub-genre unto itself-witness the James Reid-Nadine Lustre squabblefest Never Not Love You (2018), then move on to Olivia Lamasan’s Sana Maulit Muli (1995) on a throughline that goes all the way back to Elwood Perez’s Lollipops and Roses at Burong Talangka (the 1975 confection which had Nora Aunor and Cocoy Laurel frolicking in the streets of San Francisco… with a supporting turn from Don Johnson!). ‘Pare Ko is 25?!’ Joey Reyes reflects on the film that captured youth & friendship in the '90s.Review: ‘Block Z’ is a smart, timely, enjoyable take on the zombie apocalypse genre.Review: ‘The Kingmaker’ is the history lesson every Filipino, young and old, needs to see.Looking for ‘Maynila’ in ‘Parasite’: How Brocka & Bong Joon-ho tackled the rich/poor divide.Any movie purchases-especially for hard-to-find or digitally restored titles-will set you back a measly 30 bucks. And take note, all titles with an asterisk (*) in front of them are available to stream for free via iWant. There’s no better time than now to sign up for an iWant account (full disclosure: your humble critic also works as a creative manager for projects to be produced for iWant), or check out the Cinema One Originals channel on YouTube. Here are 20 noteworthy titles to get you started. Get to know the cinematic artistry and stories of our country. ![]()
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