Film and the City Review Log (will this be a series? Idk)

This time, it’s my city. Crap.

Okay so I initially had the extremely pretentious idea of not Letterboxd ranking any of the films I am a part of in any way….

…But after seeing this film, I couldn’t help but to do so anyway 😬 so here goes my way too long review of Jopy Arnaldo’s Gitling. 

My expectations for this were tempered at first because when I…

First Lav Diaz in cinema. 

As a notoriously sleepy movie watcher, I did not feel an ounce of drowsiness throughout the whole runtime. Each shot felt oddly necessary and the film felt almost… LEAN?? Was equally engrossed with the framing and conposition of each shot, and John Lloyd Cruz’ and Ronnie Lazaro’s engaging lead performances. John Lloyd is a really great fit in this. His acting is perfectly natural and is given key moments to show off his range and…