Pervision: A movie podcast
22 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago -Unreel editors Geoff and Armand gather bi-weekly to discuss Filipino movies, pop culture, and more.
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Asian Shorts, LIVE in QCinema 2021
December 06, 2021 10:08 - 1 hour - 82 MBPervision's first-ever LIVE episode happened on December 3rd, 2022, via QCinema's Facebook Page. There, we talked about the festival's Asian Shorts program, including Petersen Vargas' How To Die Young In Manila and Rafael Manuel's Filipiñana. Featured films In this episode, we tackled Asian Shorts, a brand-new program from QCinema. For its debut, it screened six interesting short films, including Petersen Vargas' How To Die Young In Manila, Sorayos Prapapan’s New Abnormal, Vũ Minh...
Moviegoing at the time of Corona
November 14, 2021 13:00 - 34 minutes - 39.5 MBIt's a special 3WCC x Pervision crossover! John Tawasil, the co-host of the Filipino film podcast, Third World Cinema Club, joins Armand and Tristan to chat about what moviegoing might look like in what appears to be the tail-end of COVID-19. About our Guests John Tawasil is from the film podcast, Third World Cinema Club, a show he-costs with our friends at Film Police Reviews. He also runs the film blog, Present Confusion. Tristan Zinampan is Rappler's resident film geek. He head...
#FiveFilms: Filipino Horror (ft. Chris)
October 31, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 80 MBThis week, we're debuting our first-ever pod segment, 'Five Films,' a series of episodes where we bring on guests and ask them their top five recommendations on a certain film category. In this episode, we've brought on Chris Costello (from the Dead Air podcast) to share his #FiveFilms for Philippine horror movies. About our guest Chris Costello is a co-host of the horror podcast, Dead Air. He also co-pilots the Facebook community of the same name. Chris' #FiveFilms — Filipino H...
Squid Game (ft. Tristan & Jason)
October 17, 2021 13:00 - 52 minutes - 71.8 MBThis week, we're talking about Netflix's currently most-watched title, South Korea's Squid Game. The new Netflix Original South Korean series, Squid Game, took the world by storm. It's a story about capitalism, spectatorship, and the illusion of choice. In today's discussion, we are joined with two friends of the pod, Tristan and Jason. 📢 NEW EPISODES EVERY OTHER SUNDAY @ 9 p.m., PST 📢 About today's guests Tristan Zinampan is a writer, editor, podcaster, and Rappler's resid...
OTJ: The Missing 8, Midnight Mass (ft. Tristan & Jason)
October 03, 2021 13:51 - 1 hour - 67.2 MBThis week, we're taking on Erik Matti's On The Job: The Missing 8 and Mike Flanagan's Midnight Mass. Erik Matti's long-gestating On The Job: The Missing 8 wrapped its first season at HBO GO today; and Netflix has dropped one of its best shows of this year, Mike Flanagan's Midnight Mass. Armand sits down with Tristran Zinampan and Jason Tan Liwag to discuss! About today's guests Tristan Zinampan is a writer, editor, podcaster, and Rappler's resident film geek. He leads the webs...
Sine Halaga 2021 (ft. Emil Hofileña)
September 20, 2021 08:03 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MBA film fest about Filipino values? What novel idea! Sine Halaga had a successful inaugural run a couple of weeks ago. Film critic Emil Hofileña joins Armand to discuss their favorite short films from the fest, many of which feature aswangs and tikbalangs. About today's guest Emil Hofileña is a film critic whose work has been published in Rogue, Young STAR, Philippine Daily Inquirer, and Out of Print, among other publications. He served as a juror for FAMAS from 2018 to 2019. Abo...
My Amanda ft. Princess Kinoc
July 25, 2021 09:26 - 38 minutes - 87.2 MBYAY FOR A BRAND-NEW PERVISION ✨ 3WCC and Film Police Reviews' Princess Kinoc drops by to chat about My Amanda, a new Netflix Filipino-language original written and directed by Alessandra De Rossi. The film follows two unusually close friends (played by Piolo Pascual and De Rossi herself) as they navigate life. About today's guest Princess Kinoc is the co-host of the Third World Cinema Club and editor of Film Police Reviews. Probably the most congenial cinephile you'll know, we fo...
A Girl and A Guy ft. Tristan & Emil
July 10, 2021 13:52 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBYAY FOR A BRAND-NEW PERVISION 📢 Episode 15! Armand (@armanddc), Emil (@emilhofilena), and Tristan (@tristanzinampan) tackle Erik Matti's new film, A Girl and A Guy, a sleazy romantic dramedy about twentysomethings navigating their lives. It's also the very first original title from newcomer streaming platform, Upstream. The new film stars Alexa Miro and Rob Gomez. Links mentioned in the episode 🔗 Stream A Girl and a Guy on Upstream Inside the Industry Laffler Talk Podcas...
Trese ft. Tristan & Emil
June 18, 2021 15:57 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBYAY FOR A BRAND-NEW PERVISION 📢 Episode 14! Tristan, Emil, and Armand talk Trese, Netflix's first Filipino-language anime. Based on the same-name comic series from Budjette Tan and Kajo Baldisimo, the new series follows a police consultant with an unusual ability to uncover supernatural crimes. Amidst debates over accents and casting choices, today's episode forgoes equally important questions about Choc-Nuts and easily the series' yummiest snacks (Crispin and Basilio, duh!) to...
Mondomanila + Aswang ng QC
February 21, 2021 14:32 - 56 minutes - 51.4 MBYAY FOR A BRAND-NEW PERVISION 📢 We're back! On our first episode in 2021, we're doing something different...we're doing a drunk pod! And what better films to do it on than those made by Khavn Dela Cruz?! And as if stars have aligned, Khavn has mounted Cinerado, an online film event where you can stream most of Khavn's films for FREE on YouTube (link below!) Join us in our 13th episode as we fumble our way in a discussion about two Khavn films, "Mondomanila" and "Aswang ng QC"...
Fan Girl (2020, dir. Antoinette Jadaone) ft. Miko & JC
December 31, 2020 15:30 - 1 hour - 73.9 MBYAY FOR A BRAND-NEW PERVISION 📢 That’s right, you’re getting 2 new Pervision episodes this week. Hooray! In this episode, we sat down with our friends, Miko & JC, to discuss Antoinette Jadaone’s latest, Fan Girl. It swept the awards at the recently wrapped MMFF, among which is a rightful win for Charlie Dizon. This episode also debuts The Spoiler Zone, a new segment in the pod where we go in-depth about the film. This time, we partake in very important discussions, includin...
Kisapmata (1981, dir. Mike De Leon)
December 31, 2020 15:21 - 51 minutes - 47 MBYAY FOR A BRAND-NEW PERVISION 📢 In today's episode, we celebrate the restoration of Mike De Leon's seminal classic, Kisapmata, a truth-based psychological thriller, unlike nothing we've ever seen before. We dive deep into the themes of the film and draw parallels in what it meant in its original release (during the Marcos regime) and now, about four decades later. Links mentioned in the episode 🔗 L'Immagine Ritrovata Mike De Leon's Vimeo Page Our favorite VPN service 👈 u...
Genus, Pan; Midnight in a Perfect World
December 20, 2020 09:05 - 56 minutes - 77.3 MB;;'; YAY FOR A BRAND-NEW PERVISION 📢 In today's episode, we tackle Lav Diaz's Genus, Pan, one of his shorter works running at 2 hours and 30 minutes. It follows a group of minors who, in an effort to get past "bwayas", traverse through the woods of an island believed to be cursed. We also share our take on Dodo Dayao's Midnight in a Perfect World, in which a financially thriving Manila is frequented by unwanted visitors every midnight. Four friends regrettably set out to find ...
Lingua Franca, Sputnik
November 18, 2020 19:54 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBYAY FOR A BRAND-NEW PERVISION 📢 Today’s episode talks about Isabel Sandoval’s searing new film, Lingua Franca, an important story about an immigrant Filipina transwoman in Brooklyn. It has been acquired by TBA Studios, which means it should have its Philippine premiere soon. It’s also currently available on Netflix US! We also take on Sputnik, a supremely watchable Russian sci-fi thriller by first-time feature filmmaker Egor Abremenko. We think it’s worth your while! Times...
A Conversation with Dodo Dayao
May 31, 2020 05:30 - 1 hour - 104 MBListen to Pervision on the Unreel website. We're back 🙌 and it's fitting we kick things off again with the difficult topic of dealing with COVID-19, including the horror and uncertainty that come with it. For this episode, Armand sits down with a filmmaker no stranger to that stomach-churning, Armageddon-like anxiety, Dodo Dayao, director of 2014's "Violator" and more recently, the writer of the new iWant series called "The Tapes". Dodo also helped curate the widely successful Loc...
7: #7: FDCP Changes, why we skipped "KontrAdiksyon", and more
July 01, 2019 06:11 - 1 hour - 68 MBListen to Pervision on the Unreel website. BONUS EPISODE!!! ✨ Bet'cha didn't expect to hear from us merely days from the previous episode, did you? But hey, we're here. And this week, we are talking about the recent FDCP changes as well as the existence of a troubling film called "KontrAdiksyon". We're also catching you up with what we've been watching recently. Ready? Strap in for a very long discussion with 'ya boiiis Armand and Geoffrey in this week's episode of the Pervision Podcast....
6: #6: "Clarita" + "Banal" + "Quezon's Game"
June 27, 2019 23:34 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBListen via the Unreel podcast site Episode Six is up, you guys! This week, we’re shaking up things a little bit by adding a Hollywood movie to the mix. We’re also trying out what we’ll call Quick Takes, shorter reviews that will let us get through even more movies in the pod. Each week we’ll also have a Featured Review, which is a lengthier and a more in-depth talk around a specific movie. This week, we’re discussing three new Filipino movies—all three are interestingly based on or insp...
5: #5: "Kuwaresma" with Tristan Zinampan
May 29, 2019 00:12 - 55 minutes - 51.3 MBA very special episode Pervision is here. This week, we go out the confines of our home studio to speak with Tristan Zinampan—Rappler producer, UPD film student, and pop culture extraordinaire. Because this episode is recorded out in the wild, the audio quality of our actual conversation is a bit janky. But you're here for the content, aren't 'ya? And this week, we dove deep into Erik Matti's new film, "Kuwaresma", a horror-thriller that puts together some of the best acting and fi...
4: #4: "Maledicto" + "Between Maybes"
May 12, 2019 15:47 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBOn this episode, we discover how Geoff doesn’t melt away easily when it comes to romance stories. Of course, he's not completely impervious to it, and there are obvious exceptions, including one of today's featured movies. This week, Geoff and Armand discuss two movies: Mark Meily’s “Maledicto”, a new exorcism horror out of the FOX Philippines and Cignal Entertainment’s stable, starring Tom Rodriguez and Jasmine Curtis; and Jason Paul Laxamana’s “Between Maybes”, a new romance movi...
3: #3: "Alone/Together", "Elise"
February 19, 2019 01:00 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBOn this episode of the Pervision Podcast, Geoff measures if the new LizQuen movie is "UP" enough.
2: #2: "Born Beautiful", "Sakaling Maging Tayo", "Alpha: The Right To Kill"
February 07, 2019 16:04 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MBGeoff and Armand talk about Perci Intalan's "Born Beautiful", JP Habac's "Sakaling Maging Tayo", and Brillante Mendoza's "Alpha: The Right to Kill". Armand also reveals how Mendoza ruined his favorite film for him. //*TIMESTAMPS*// 00:01:55 - "Born Beautiful" 00:14:16 - "Sakaling Maging Tayo" 00:23:20 - "Alpha: The Right to Kill" 00:39:10 - This week's music recommendation //*LINKS*// Armand's Twitter: https://twitter.com/armanddc Geoff's Twitter: htttps://twitter.com/geoffrevi...
1: #1: "Ma", "Eerie", "Ang Pangarap Kong Holdap"
December 19, 2018 17:05 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBGeoff and Armand scramble through the show's pilot as they discuss Kenneth Dagatan's "Ma", Mikhail Red's "Eerie", and Marius Talampas' "Ang Pangarap Kong Holdap." //*TIMESTAMPS*// 00:01:22 - What is Pervision? 00:06:48 - "Ma" 00:24:22 - "Eerie" 00:41:15 - "Ang Pangarap Kong Holdap" //*LINKS*// Armand's Twitter Geoff's Twitter The Unreel website The Unreel movie club Random takeaway: it's hard to Google something in the middle of a recording.