The Academy awarded its top prize to the documentary “for its painful examination of current realities, and a sober reminder that cinema is a powerful social mirror.” The film was also the most ...
Alyx Ayn Arumpac's debut documentary feature 'Aswang' examines the impact of the Filipino government's "war on drugs." By Neil Young A quietly nightmarish vision of dystopian social breakdown, Alyx ...
Aswang is a horror movie in the sense that it draws us, wide-eyed, through a landscape of horrors, led either by a roving activist pastor or a young, tresilient Virgil by the name of Jomari, who ...
"Aswang" director Alyx Arumpac talked about how Jomari, a close friend of Kian Delos Santos, was cast as one of the main characters in her award-winning documentary about the drug war. In an episode ...
Filipinos are familiar with the aswang, a shape-shifting creature of Philippine folklore that preys on animals and humans at night. But while Filipinos' belief in other superstitions has waned over ...
Winwyn Marquez revealed that her Miss Universe Philippines 2025 national costume drew inspiration from the 1992 film “Aswang,” which was headlined by her actress mom Alma Moreno. Marquez stunned the ...