Alexis Tioseco, Film Critic, 1981-2009

Here are several clips of Alexis Tioseco talking to broadcast journalist Cheche Lazaro about the state of Philippine Cinema.

Cheche: Why did you choose films as an area to critique?

Alexis: In the Philippines, I think it would be quite honest to say that we don’t have a very healthy cultural criticism, and I think that that’s a bad thing especially in the arts. In the same way that you need criticism with regard to the government, you need it with regard to other things in order for them to grow.

(via unomagazine)