ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Internationally acclaimed Filipino director Brillante Mendoza will be in Durban, South Africa for the Durban International Film Festival on July 24 to 29, 2008 to field his "Foster Child" in competition and "Tirador" in the official selection.
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
In a rare chance meeting with famous and influential movie people abroad, Filipino director Brillante Mendoza said his personal encounter with Hollywood actor Sean Penn during the recently concluded Cannes Film Festival was fruitful.
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 05/25/2008
Filipina actress Mercedes Cabral, who went to the 61st Cannes Film Festival as part of the Filipino delegation and castmember of "Serbis", the Brillante Mendoza film now in competition for the Palm d'Or and other awards, has been included in the roster of most beautiful women to walk the red carpet in this year's Cannes.
The House Next Door (Free subscription) | 05/23/2008
By Matt Noller The only film I managed to see on Day 4 was Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona, a long-form review of which should be posted soon. Hint: It's awesome. *** Serbis (Brillante Mendoza) I pulled my first D'Angelo of the festival by walking out of this miserable slog, which has been racking up the most universally vicious reviews of the festival. Set in a family-run porno theater
Filipina Soul (Free subscription) | 05/21/2008
Here’s a clip from Brillante Mendoza’s “Serbis”, which premiered at the Cannes International Festival on May 18, 2008. The commentary is in Italian, but you can clearly hear the Tagalog dialogue. Tags: Brillante Mendoza, Filipino films, Filipino indie films, Philippine films, Philippine indie films, Philippine movies, Pinoy movie, Serbis
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
The cinema can be a place of fantasy and sometimes disreputable pleasure, but reality, as stubborn and hard to corral as the goat that intrudes toward the end of Brillante Mendoza's "Serbis," has a way of entering, like it or not.
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
Filipino filmmaker Brillante Mendoza and the cast of his film "Serbis", which is competition for the Cannes Film Festival's prestigious Palm d'Or and other coveted awards, received a red carpet welcome in the French city on Sunday.
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008
Film Reviews: Explicit fellatio, blocked toilets and a crudely exploded ass-cheek boil form some of the more unsavory elements of 'Service,' Brillante Mendoza's latest opus that revels in shock value.
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
Way back in 1986, Filipino director William Pascual gave a production designer named Dante the latter's first break into showbusiness. The film was "Takaw-Tukso" which went on to win six awards at the Gawad Urian (an award given by the Manunuri, a group of film critics, academics and journalists) including Best Picture, Best Actress for Jacklyn Jose; Best Supporting Actress Anita Linda; Best Direction...
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
The Cannes Film Festival has kicked off in France, and it's no mean feat for Philippine director Brillante Mendoza to have been invited to compete at this prestigious competition.
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 04/28/2008
Film News: Film to play in competition in Cannes -- Foreign sales company Fortissimo Films has picked up int'l rights to Brillante Mendoza's "Serbis" (Service.) Pic will play in competition in Cannes next month and is the first from the Philippines to be selected in 24 years.
