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Francis Sadac @francissadac.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I've been missing in action on this site for a while. But resurfaced to share the review "Filipiniana" from my all-time favorite film critic @justincchang.bsky.social. I loved "Filipiniana" when I saw its world premiere at Sundance. Philippine cinema is vibrant! www.npr.org/2026/09/03/n...

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See inequity through the eyes of a 'tee girl' at a fancy resort in 'Filipiñana'

Seventeen-year-old Isabel tees up balls for golfers in a lush luxury oasis in Manila. It's the feature film debut of writer and director Rafael Manuel, and every shot of Filipiñana churns with life.

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Francis Sadac @francissadac.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

I resurrected from whatever crypt I was hiding in to look at @justincchang.bsky.social best films of the year which I never miss. And of course, the selections are impeccable.

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Francis Sadac @francissadac.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

So so so well deserved! A great filmmaker making a great film.

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Francis Sadac @francissadac.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Yes! One of the most indelible performances of the year!

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Francis Sadac @francissadac.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Screaming! Jeff Hiiller winning an Emmy for Somebody, Somewhere is the most deserved Emmy win in years! Amazing. Sometimes, it's the best performance that wins

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Francis Sadac @francissadac.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

"Twinless" is the best film I've seen this year at @siffnews.bsky.social. Loved hearing director/writer/co-star James Sweeney at Q&A, who impressively created a cohesive whole between funny, cringe, sad, sweet, yearn. And Dylan O'Brien, all of him, in twin roles, proves that he's a star

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Francis Sadac @francissadac.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Huge congratulations to @steppenwolfthtr.bsky.social and Branden Jacobs Jenkins for the Pulitzer Prize awarded to "Purpose"! I loved the Steppenwolf world premiere production last year which transferred almost intact to Broadway. So deserved! playbill.com/article/bran...

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Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Purpose Wins the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Finalists included Cole Escola's Oh, Mary! and Itamar Moses's The Ally.

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Francis Sadac @francissadac.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Darn, couldn't stop sobbing after seeing episode 8 of "The Pitt". I haven't cried at a TV show in forever (or maybe ever?!). Devastating writing. And this episode seals for me Noah Wyle's deserved Emmy for Best Actor in a Drama.

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Francis Sadac @francissadac.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Carrie Coon's beautifully, heart-wrenchingly delivered monologue is one of the many highlights of "The White Lotus" S3 finale. Knew she would crush this pop culture moment, having loved her early performances in Chicago theater (Virginia Woolf, The March, Three Sisters, The Real Thing)

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Francis Sadac @francissadac.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

I thought The White Lotus S3 finale was satisfying. As Mike White said in the podcast, the show has always been character-driven, not plot-driven.The finale with its Greek tragedy and Shakespearean direct and indirect references was a fitting end to this reflective, melancholy season. Loved it!

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Any one of the "11,000 global members with diverse viewpoints" who cannot condemn the physical assault of a filmmaker does not belong in the Academy. This is a woefully insufficient response, literally worse than silence.

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Francis Sadac @francissadac.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

The Academy should just have continued to say nothing (which is a choice) instead of stringing together words that still mean nothing. What a bunch of clowns.

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Francis Sadac @francissadac.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

There were a lot of tantalizing and memorable elements in the #Severance season 2 finale, but the use of Mel Torme's haunting, elegiac version of 'Windmills of Your Mind" as the song track for the final sequence was sheer perfection.

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Francis Sadac @francissadac.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Mike White writes the most complex, most surprising, and most batshit crazy monologue in 3 seasons of #TheWhiteLotus and gets Oscar winner Sam Rockwell to deliver it who then ate like its his last meal. Amazing, a masterclass in acting that deserves the Emmy for Guest Performance.

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Francis Sadac @francissadac.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Spent a terrific day at the Members Opening Weekend of the @aiww.bsky.social exhibition at @seattleartmuseum.bsky.social, the largest ever US retrospective of his work. Amazing, overwhelming, relevant.

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Francis Sadac @francissadac.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

What a wonderful surprise to see 4 time Oscar nominee and 8 time Tony nominee (with one win) Jane Alexander pop up in #Severance S2 ep 8. Great performances from her, James Le Gros, and the invaluable Patricia Arquette. Plus stark, moody direction from Ben Stiller and cinematography.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

This year's Anoralist Oscars turn out to have drawn a larger audience than last year's Barbenheimer Oscars, so maybe we can finally put to rest the idea that the popularity of the movies in the race has any correlation to interest in the show?

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

A simple post-Oscar reminder, because a few of you clearly could use it: Artists owe you nothing but the work they do.

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Francis Sadac @francissadac.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

For the 4th straight year, Best Actress was a nailbiter. Wow.

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Francis Sadac @francissadac.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

What I loved about tonight's #Oscars : Sean Baker's 4 wins; the wins for "I'm Still Here", "No Other Land", "Flow", the costume design and cinematography presentations, Mick Jagger, Conan as host. What I didn't love: too many musical numbers, no supporting performers won acting awards

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Kyle Buchanan @kylebuchanan.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

And with that, ANORA director Sean Baker just tied Walt Disney’s record for 4 Oscar wins in the same night.

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Francis Sadac @francissadac.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Sean Baker won FOUR Oscars tonight. I think he's tied with Walt Disney. Stunning

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Francis Sadac @francissadac.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Another song from The Wiz at the Oscars?

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Francis Sadac @francissadac.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

First Oscar for Brazil! I'm over the moon!

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

My out-on-a-limb take: The montage, the Oz songs, and Conan adds up to a perfectly good-natured opening. It's fine. It's all fine.

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Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

I hope Brazil will make history tonight.

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Carlos Aguilar @carlosfilm.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Resharing my interview with the amazing Fernanda Torres for LA Times about the significance of the Oscar nominations for I’M STILL HERE. Rooting for her and for Brazil tonight. I’M STILL HERE could become Brazil’s first Oscar winning film. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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Fernanda Torres is making the Oscar run of her life. For Brazilians, she's already won something larger

The Academy Award nominee speaks about her mother, Fernanda Montenegro, Oscar campaigning and the love and support she feels from home, where hopes are soaring.

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Francis Sadac @francissadac.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

It's my favorite day of the year #Oscars Sunday! Have read everyone's predictions and also done mine, but rooting for my personal favorites: "I'm Still Here" AND Fernanda Torres, "The Substance", "Anora", "Wicked", "Nickel Boys" for adapted screenplay, "Incident"

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Francis Sadac @francissadac.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Yes!!! This whole "Oscars don't go to real people see" is exhaustingly moronic and every year comes from people who don't even care or watch movies! I'm a real person and I've watched EVERY nominated film in all categories!

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Francis Sadac @francissadac.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Conclave, Timothee Chalamet, and Demi Moore winning SAG top awards is an interesting development one week before the Oscars! I love it!

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Francis Sadac @francissadac.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Welcome to the Philippines #MichelinGuide! Finally, #FilipinoFood has arrived on the global culinary stage. Can't wait to see which restaurants in Manila, Tagaytay, Cavite, and Cebu will get Michelin Stars. Coming last quarter of 2025. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZUE...

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The MICHELIN Guide’s Journey into the Philippines Begins

YouTube video by MICHELIN Guide Asia

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Francis Sadac @francissadac.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

White Lotus is back! Of course, I love Thailand so this would be my favorite season! Ep 1 MVPs- Natasha Rothwell returning as Belinda, Carrie Coon, Aimee Lou Wood, Blackpink's Lisa and her natural radiance, Patrick Schwarzenegger and his natural derriere, and a jawdropping, unexpected cast member!

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Francis Sadac @francissadac.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I would LOVE to see a Fernanda Torres win at the Oscars..she gave the best performance in the category

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Francis Sadac @francissadac.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Quite a movie week for me, including one of my most anticipated films of 2025! #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched @letterboxd.social I'm Still Here Sugarcane The Black Box Diaries Mickey 17

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Francis Sadac @francissadac.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Just came from an advanced screening of #Mickey17, Bong Joon-Ho's first movie after winning tons of Oscars for "Parasite". I enjoyed it a lot; there were some significant deviations from the book; a lot is broad and loud and showy. Great genre film, more "Snowpiercer" than "Memories of Murder".

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Francis Sadac @francissadac.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Whoa! "Anora" won both the Directors Guild prize for Sean Baker and the Producers Guild prize tonight, plus the Critics Choice for Best Picture last night. I guess we now have the frontrunner for this unpredictable, somewhat more of a hot mess than usual Oscars season. "Anora" is a worthy one!

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Francis Sadac @francissadac.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Whoa! Since 1950, only 8 times did the DGA winner not win the Best Director Oscar. Love this for Anora and Baker.

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Francis Sadac @francissadac.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Majestically heartbreaking and essential, "I'm Still Here" poses the question how do you live with hope and resoluteness under an authoritarian regime? Fernanda Torres is monumental, with the interrogation scene an acting masterclass. Reminded me of my childhood in 1980s Manila under martial law.

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Francis Sadac @francissadac.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Whoa! Anora winning over everyone else is a surprise! (And for the record I loved it)

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Francis Sadac @francissadac.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

RaMell Ross' "Nickel Boys" is such a unique cinematic experience I am not sure how you can stack it up vs. the other 9 Oscar Best Picture nominees. The first person cinematography is impressive, though showy. The real star is Ross and Jocelyn Barnes' tight, expressionistic screenplay adaptation

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

It would be nice to see mainstream media acknowledge that every alarmist in their ranks about Trump and his henchmen has been correct, and every single "Let's all calm down" guy--a posture of blasé detachment that is consistently over-rewarded in legacy media--has called it wrong from day one.

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Francis Sadac @francissadac.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

My gawd #TheTraitorsUS is a hot mess this season and I love it! Casting Carolyn who ended up as the unlikely runner-up of her "Survivor" season as a traitor, despite seeming to be the most unlikely, most anti-traitor traitor ever, was brilliant!

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