Beach House: BLOOM 

Album Review: 

http://bobetbagundang.com/2012/04/16/beach-house-bloom/

The Walkmen: “Heaven”

More here: http://bobetbagundang.com/2012/04/18/the-walkmen-heaven/

Sleigh Bells: “Comeback Kid”

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from http://bobetbagundang.com/2012/01/17/sleigh-bells-comeback-kid/

2010 Hypemachine speakerblasters Sleigh Bells (made up of Derek of hardcore band Poison the Well and Alexis Krauss of bubblepop group Rubyblue) previewed their second effort Reign of Terror by releasing “Born To Lose” last December. Loud and quick, that track was not enough to make the follow-up for Treats something to look forward to. My dissatisfaction with  ”Born To Lose” was just mumed with the release of their official first single “Comeback Kid.” Shooting off with lightning blows, the  boisterous track is deliciously Sleigh Bells with the trademark slithering guitars and pounding drums, though weaker compared to tracks in Treats. Like “Riot Rhythm” and “Run the Heart,” Alexis tries to rise above the sonics that overflow to the brim, her voice less aggressive, leaning to be R&B-ish so the lyrics are more audible, “you go away but you’ll come back someday” she sings in the chorus.

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Cinemanila 2011: International Film Festival (Schedule + Films)

from http://bobetbagundang.com/2011/11/08/cinemanila-2011-international-film-festival-schedule-films/

This year, Cinemanila International Film Festival (CIFF) has finally been given its home. Taguig City mayor Lani Cayetano enacts a resolution that “adopts” the festival and gives it its residence in the city, announced during Cinemanila press conference last November 4th, Cinemanila Foundation, after the great Lino Brocka’s independent outfit, was first started through the solo push of director Tikoy Aguiluz and from then on, been rolling out annual celebration of films honoring master filmmakers and amateurs alike. The festival mainly highlights achievements in Philippine and Southeast Asian Cinema through various programs in its duration.

For 2011, CIFF honors Philippine Superstar Nora Aunor with its Lifetime Achievement Award for her triumphant contribution to the country’s film industry.

Cinemanila 2011 will take place from November 11 to 17, reeling out movies in Market! Market! Cinemas and some screening in Fully Booked, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig (map here).

You can DOWNLOAD the line up or check it below (courtesy of Cinemanila.org). Currently, the final schedule is not yet available, download of the schedule will be available once it is released by the organizers.

Here’s the OFFICIAL FESTIVAL Line Up

OPENING FILM:

PINA / Wim Wenders (Germany / France / UK, 2011)

CLOSING FILM:

LIFE IN A DAY / Ridley Scott and Kevin MacDonald (USA, 2011)

MAIN COMPETITION

Century of Birthing (Siglo ng Pagluluwal) (2011) by Lav Diaz (Philippines)
Gangor (2010) by Italo Spinelli (Italy)
If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle (2010) by Florin Serban (Romania)
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011) by Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey)
Poetry (2010) by Chang-dong Lee (South Korea)
Sun-Beaten Path (2011) by Sonthar Gyal (China)
Toomelah (2011) by Ivan Sen (Australia)

SEA COMPETITION

Boundary (2011) by Benito Bautista (Philippines)
Eternity (2010) by Sivaroj Kongsakul (Thailand)
Golden Slumbers (2011) by Davy Chou (Cambodia)
The Mirror Never Lies (2011) by Kamila Andini (Indonesia)
Water Hands (2011) by Vladimir Todorovic (Singapore)

DIGITAL LOKAL

Sakay sa Hangin by Regiben Romana
Señorita by Vincent Sandoval
Sa Kanto ng Ulap at Lupa by Mes de Guzman (Philippines)
Lawas Kan Pinabli (Forever Loved) by Christopher Gozum

YOUNG CINEMA

Shorts in Competition

123 by Carlo Obispo
Ang Gugma ni Olivia (Olivia’s Love) by Christian Linaban
Canto III by Keith Sicat
Inosensya (Innocence) by Mikhail Red
Kapatid (Brothers) by Steven Flor
Saranghae My Tutor by Victor Villanueva
Sirip (Glimpse) by Kim Camelo

Shorts in Exhibition

Agos (Waves) by Samantha Lee
Bleached by Jess dela Merced
Dadi by Ilsa Malsi
Huling Araw ng Pagsisilbi (Last Day of Service) by Bienvenido O. Ferrer III
Leaving Home by Epoy Deyto
Manenaya (Waiting) by Richard Legaspi
Pangako (Promise) by Sari Raissa Lluch Dalena
Sydney-Manila Express by Bor Ocampo

Short: Therapist by Diane Ventura

DOCUMENTARIES 

BABY ARABIA / Panu Aree, Kong Rithdee, Kaweenipon Ketprasit (Thailand, 2011)
THE COLOR OF PAIN / Kanghyun Lee (South Korea)
THE DAY I DISAPPEARED / Atousa Bandeh Ghiasabadi (Netherlands / Iran, 2011)
YOYOCHU IN THE LAND OF THE RISING SEX / Masato Ishioka (Japan, 2010)
FOOL IN A BUBBLE / Joshua Sternlicht (USA, 2010)

THE BEAUTIFUL GAME: SOCCER PROGRAM

BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM / Gurinder Chadha (USA, 2002)
THE CUP / Khyentse Norbu (Bhutan / Germany, 1999)
HAPPYLAND / Jim Libiran (Philippines, 2010)
OFFSIDE / Jafar Panahi (Iran, 2006)
RISE & SHINE: THE JAY DEMERIT STORY / Nick Lewis, Ranko Tutulugdzija (USA, 2011)
THE STRIKER WITH THE N.9 (I FANELA ME TO ENIA) / Pantelis Voulgaris (Greece, 1989)
THE TWO ESCOBARS / Jeff Zimbalist, Michael Zimbalist (2010)
ZIDANE: A 21ST CENTURY PORTRAIT / Douglas Gordon, Philippe Parreno (France, 2006)

HORROR PICTURE SHOW

I SAW THE DEVIL (Akmareul boatda) / Kim Jee-woon (South Korea, 2010)
THE TUNNEL / Carlo Ledesma (Australia, 2011)
VANISHED: AGE 7 (Nanatsu made wa kami no uchi) / Ryuta Miyake (Japan, 2011)

TRIBUTE TO DARIO ARGENTO

SUSPIRIA (Italy, 1977)
DRACULA 3D trailer (Italy, 2012)

TRIBUTE TO NORA AUNOR: LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

BONA / Lino Brocka (Philippines, 1980)
HIMALA / Ishmael Bernal (Philippines, 1982)
TATLONG TAONG WALANG DIYOS / Mario O’Hara (Philippines, 1976)

FOCUS ON KOREA

BLIND / Anh Sang-hoon (South Korea, 2011)
BREATHLESS / Yang Ik-Joon (South Korea, 2008)
I SAW THE DEVIL / Kim Jee-woon (South Korea, 2010)
NIGHTFISHING / Park Chan-wook (South Korea, 2011)
THE YELLOW SEA / Na Hong-Jin (South Korea, 2010)

TWO FROM AUSTRALIA

SLEEPING BEAUTY / Julia Leigh (Australia, 2011)
TOOMELAH / Ivan Sen (Australia, 2011)

ASIAN CINEMA

13 ASSASSINS / Takashi Miike (Japan / UK, 2010)
ETERNITY / M.L. Pundhevanop Dhewakul (Thailand, 2010)
GANDU (ASSHOLE) / Kaushik Mukherjee (India, 2010)
MADAME X / Lucky Kuswandi (Indonesia, 2010)
OPERA JAWA / Garin Nugroho (Indonesia / Austria, 2006)
QUATTRO HONGKONG 2 / Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand), Brillante Mendoza (Philippines), Ho Yuhang (Malaysia), Stanley Kwan (Hong Kong)
UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES / Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand / UK / France / Germany / Spain / Netherlands, 2010)
WU XIA / Peter Chan (Hong Kong / China, 2011)

FREE JAFAR PANAHI

THIS IS NOT A FILM / Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb (Iran, 2010)
OFFSIDE / Jafar Panahi (Iran, 2006)

WORLD CINEMA

BUENAS NOCHES ESPANA / Raya Martin (Philippines / Spain, 2011)
ELITE SQUAD 2: ENEMY WITHIN / Jose Padilha (Brazil, 2010)
FINNISTERAE / Sergio Caballero (Spain, 2010)
GAINSBOURG: A HEROIC LIFE / Joann Sfar (France, 2010)
HABEMUS PAPAM / Nanni Moretti (Italy, 2011)
THE JOY / Felipe Bragança, Marina Meliande (Brazil, 2010)
MAPANG-AKIT / John Torres (Philippines, 2011)
MINDFULNESS AND MURDER / Tom Waller (Thailand, 2011)
NANGA PARBAT / Joseph Vilsmaier (Germany, 2009)
ORILLAS / Pablo Cesar (Argentina, 2010)
POSTALES / Josh Hyde (USA, 2011)
RED STATE / Kevin Smith (USA, 2011)
SHIRO’S HEAD / Don and Kel Muna (USA, 2008)
THE WAY / Emilio Estevez (USA, 2010)

JEONJU INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL SPECIAL

Jeonju Digital Project Films by Asian Masters

PROGRAM A: [Non-Korean]
In Public / Jia Zhang-Ke (China, 2001)
Worldly Desires/ Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand, 2005)
No Day Off / Eric Khoo (Singapore, 2006)

PROGRAM B: [Korean]
Influenza / Bong Joon-Ho (South Korea, 2004)
Magician / Song Il-Gon ((South Korea, 2005)
Lost in the Mountains / Hong Sang-Soo ((South Korea, 2009)

A TIME TO LOVE / Yang Ik-Joon & Boo ji-Young (South Korea, 2011)
DAYTIME DRINKING / Noh Young-Seok (South Korea, 2008)

New Aesthetics Of Korean Cinema From JIFF

A BROOM BECOMES A GOLDFISH / Dong-joo Kim (South Korea, 2008)
THE COLOR OF PAIN / Kanghyun Lee (South Korea)

OBERHAUSEN BEST OF INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

KENGERE / Peter Tukei Muhumuza (Uganda 2010)
ATROPHY / Palesa Shongwe (South Africa 2009)
MERCURIO / Sandro Aguilar (Portugal 2010)
IN THE NEW WORLD / Rick Raxlen (Canada 2009)
SANS-TITRE / Neil Bolufa (France, 2010)
INWENTARYZACJA / Pawel Lozinski (Poland 2010)

Incendiary: “In Your Nature” by Zola Jesus

from http://bobetbagundang.com/2011/11/04/incendiary-in-your-nature-by-zola-jesus/

“If it’s in your nature, you’ll never win,” threatens Nika Roza Danilova.

Zola Jesus’s return hinted a year-long visibility for the goth-sketched singer, starting with “Vessels” and the best guest vocals of the year in M83’s Intro. And of course because of Conatus— a Latin word that describes a creation’s continued pursuit to strive, to fully realize its purpose and eventually its demise. In her latest record, most of the tracks are intended for serious gestation, hidden for immediate accessibility and pleading for time and reflection. It does not help that Zola Jesus thunders in her rounded, throaty vocals cloaking the lyrics of the  songs. One stand out and can be considered as Conatus’s tower is “In Your Nature,” a fatalistic look at a person’s inability to adapt change that spells doom to another person’s Moira and later himself.

Zola Jesus employs the same elements like wallowing percussion and militant drumming similar to her earlier track “Poor Animal.” While the latter fractures emotional disparity, “In Your Nature” exposes the character’s confession dependency to the other, forewarning“the end becomes us again” and sounding remorseful that they “never let it in,” as strings deepen the statements, sounding more affluent than in any other songs in the record. It is easy to pick up on the intensity of what Zola Jesus wants her audience to make out of  ”In Your Nature,” especially after it comes from another track in Conatus that speaks almost in the same truth. But it is in this track that Zola Jesus gets the effect she goes for, an upbeat, pulsing background to a fallen ode to human nature, a celebration to her defeat and the acceptance of it. And is it not right, don’t we give up to most things we cannot change? Lest we burn our hand holding steadily too close to the fire.

10th Spanish Film Festival: Films + Schedule

from http://bobetbagundang.com/2011/09/18/10th-spanish-film-festival-films-schedules/

Closing in on what has been a great festival year for movies, Instituto Cervantes de Manila is celebrating its 10th year of PELÍCULA with 20 films in its screenings. While initially a presentation of Spanish cinema, the festival has grown in the biggest of its kind  showcasing not only Spanish movies but of Latin America, too. And this year, entries from Argentina, Chile, Mexico, and Uruguay are gladly joined in the screenings.

The 10th Spanish Film Festival is will take place at the Greenbelt Cinema 3 (map here) from October 5 to 16 from 2PM til 12 midnight. The event is made possible by Instituto Cervantes and the Spanish Embassy with the cooperation of supportive Spanish filmmakers.

For the complete movie screening times, download the10th Pelicula Schedule. For film description and credits, click here.

30 Day Song Challenge

Day 29 - A Song From Your Childhood

Tiffany’s All This Time.

Before grunge grew on me I enjoyed a contest with this piece. Not proud of it but one of the most fun and earliest memories I have. 

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New songs up for download. Last few weeks ‘Terra Cotta” + “Te Amo” and a hidden track if you click on the right building, 3rd window, song is “Oh Ricky.” http://4ad.com/parallax/

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Sigur Rós Hoppípolla in Cameron Crowe’s “We Bought A Zoo” (Trailer)

from http://bobetbagundang.com/2011/09/15/sigur-ros-hoppipolla-in-cameron-crowes-we-bought-a-zoo-trailer-2/

Benjamin Mee’s We Bought a Zoo: The Amazing True Story of a Young Family, a Broken Down Zoo, and the 200 Animals That Changed Their Lives Forever is adapted to the screen by director Cameron Crowe (with a shorter title, of course) with the help of The Devil Wears Prada screenplay writer  Aline Brosh McKenna. In the thriftier We Bought A Zoo, Matt Damon plays the widower Benjamin Mee who took a leap of fate by moving his family to a French barnhouse which turned out to be the Dartmoor Zoological Park. His recollections of zoo-keeping duties, holding the his family intact and recovering from the death of his wife to glioblastoma are made quirkier through Mee’s clever humor and touching insights.

We Brought A Zoo trailer features the documentary-film-about-animals favorite “Hoppípolla” by the Icelandic group Sigur Rós. Jónsi and the gang are also hired by Mr. Crowe to do the musical scoring for the film. We Brought a Zoo will hit the theaters December 23rd.