Jason Tan Liwag

Jason Tan Liwag has been a member of Linktree for 5 years and joined in March 2021. The social media accounts linked to from Jason Tan Liwag are: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Email, Substack, Threads, X, Bluesky, Website. Besides social media accounts, jasontanliwag has populated their site with Review: Joachim Trier's Oscar Winner 'Sentimental Value' (Rolling Stone Philippines), The Best Filipino Films of 2025 (Rolling Stone Philippines), Familiar Haunts: Interview with Lê Ngọc Duy (Talking Shorts), The Paradox of Premiere Status (The Daily), ‘A Useful Ghost’ Wins Best Picture At Philippines’ QCinema Film Festival (Streamlined), QCinema Unveils Competition Sections; Alice Winocour’s ‘Couture’ Set As Opening Film (Streamlined), Philippines’ Cinemalaya Fest Wraps Successful Edition Despite Budget Woes (Streamlined), Dangerous Waters: Baby Ruth Villarama’s ‘Food Delivery: Fresh From the West Philippine Sea’ Finds Its Way Home After Suppression (Documentary Magazine), 'Sinners' Director of Photography Autumn Durald Arkapaw on Her Path to Cinematography (Vogue Philippines), When the Sick Rule the Fest (Locarno 2025, MUBI Notebook), The Members of Aktor PH Take On Their Most Meaningful Role Yet (Vogue Philippines), Suspicious Lives, Killer Instincts: 'Daughters of Darkness' (Pardo), Who is Ara Chawdhury now? (ArtScene+ Magazine), The rebirth of a two-time classic: The making of ‘Isang Himala’ (Inquirer Lifestyle), Director Pepe Diokno on Adapting ‘Isang Himala’ for the MMFF (Rolling Stone Philippines), From Amateur to Anti-auteur: The Story of Experimental Filmmaker Roxlee (Rolling Stone Philippines), “The Abortion Ban May Be Protecting the Unborn, But It’s Killing Our Women”: Antoinette Jadaone on Sunshine (Filmmaker Magazine), 'Hello, Love, Again' review: More mature star performances, underdeveloped Calgary (Rappler), Without community, there is no liberation — On Marilou Diaz-Abaya's 'Moral' (Kani Releasing), Road to Nowhere: On Marilou Diaz-Abaya's 'Karnal' (Kani Releasing), Letterboxd, Newsletter, Rappler film critic is first Filipino individual member of FIPRESCI, Attitude 101: Meet the 101 LGBTQ Trailblazers Changing the World Today, Hilda Koronel on ‘Sisa’ and How Lino Brocka Saved Her (Rolling Stone Philippines), Marilou Diaz-Abaya's 'Moral' (Screen Slate), Encore: Conrad Ricamora on His Homecoming Trip to the Philippines, A Chorus Line, and Life Outside the Spotlight (Vogue Philippines), Lucy Liu Turns Tenderness Into Strength in 'Rosemead' (Vogue Philippines), Listed: Top 3 of 2025 (Talking Shorts), Argentinean Filmmaker Sofía Petersen Embodies Tierra del Fuego in Her Arresting Locarno Title ‘Olivia’ (Variety), Meet Philippine theater’s new leading ladies (YoungSTAR), “Sit Here. Stand Here. Work Here. Slap Her Here”: Lav Diaz and Hazel Orencio on 'Phantosmia' (Filmmaker Magazine), 20 years later: The legacy of ‘Feng Shui’ (Inquirer Lifestyle), Chance Encounters: The Making of Gabriela Serrano’s Short Film dream-time™ (Vogue Philippines), Criticism remains (YoungSTAR), 'You find laughter in grief': A conversation with the cast of ‘The Bear’ Season 3 (Rappler), REVIEW: The Manila Film Festival 2024 — Set B (Rappler), REVIEW: The Manila Film Festival 2024 – Set A (Rappler), REVIEW: Why you need to watch ‘How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies’ (Rappler), Isabel Sandoval on Cinema and Her Whirlwind Year (Vogue Philippines), Mining collective memories: Trương Minh Quý ơn His Cannes-Premiering 'Viêt and Nam' (Filmmaker Magazine, REVIEW: In ‘Monkey Man,’ vengeance isn’t as sweet as it could be (Rappler), REVIEW: Why ‘Bar Boys’ is this year’s most affecting theater so far (Rappler), An unlikely home invasion: Peque Gallaga's 'Oro, Plata, Mata' (Screen Slate), At Cannes, 'Bona' finds a second life (Rappler), A love letter to bakte: The making of Arvin Belarmino’s ‘Radikals’ (Rappler), By centering on community, 9 Works Theatrical’s ‘Rent’ offers something new (Rappler), How this film festival is supporting the '#NoToJeepneyPhaseout' campaign (Rappler), ‘Rewind’ review: Second chances sell (Rappler), REVIEW: Repertory Philippines’ ‘Betrayal’ makes infidelity banal (Rappler), The More Raw, the Better: Glenn Barit on Cleaners (Screen Slate), By curating Filipino films in Brooklyn, Aaron Hunt finds a tether home (Rappler), The best Filipino theater of 2023, Best Movies of 2023: First Viewings & Discoveries and Individual Ballots, REVIEW: What ‘Sandosenang Sapatos’ reveals about disability in Philippine theater, Negotiating tenderness: Marija Kavtaradze on ‘Slow’, REVIEW: In Dulaang UP’s ‘Sidhi’t Silakbo,’ female rage takes centerstage, ‘Ma’am Chief: Shakedown in Seoul’ review: A deeply enjoyable mess, ‘The Last Five Years’ review: A lopsided love story, Memory keepers: Meet the new generation of Filipino documentary filmmakers, 'Reflective Encounters' — Reviews on 'OOC2: Meat Eaters (Late Lounge), Why ‘Past Lives’ demands to be seen in theaters, Why ‘Suzume’ is Matoko Shinkai at his most mature, Jorrybell Agoto is the leading lady we need right now, ‘Barbie’ review: A pastel-colored existential crisis, Route Sharing II: One Long River, ‘Virgin Labfest 18: Set B’ review: Challenging the virtuosity of art, ‘Extraction 2’ review: Filled with adrenaline, empty of emotion, ‘Virgin Labfest 18 Set A’ review: Negotiating boundaries, An afternoon with Chris Hemsworth and Sam Hargrave of 'Extraction 2', ‘The Reconciliation Dinner’ review: Essential, but flawed, work, ‘The Little Mermaid’ review: Shallow pleasures, ‘DickTalk’ review: Flaccid work, Saim Sadiq Interview – Director of ‘Joyland’, ‘Joyland’ Review: On Labor and Liberation, The delicious and dangerous delights of Netflix’s ‘Beef’, Behind-the-scenes: The road to staging ‘Zsazsa Zaturnnah The Musical...Yun Lang!’, 'Ajoomma' review: Korean media as a life-giving force, ‘Walang Aray’ is PETA’s love letter to theater, 'The Whale' review: Fatness as stasis, ‘Ang Pag-Uusig’ review: A haunting yet neutered political allegory, Kani Releasing is bringing Asian films to your doorstep, Director Kenneth Dagatan is finding new ways to scare you, Our best Filipino books of 2022: 'Nothing Deep', The best Filipino films of 2022, Notebook's 15th Writers Poll: Fantasy Double Features of 2022, Filmmaker Spotlight: Queena Li, Best Movies of 2022: First Viewings & Discoveries and Individual Ballots, And now… ‘Leading Lady’ Nour Hooshmand, ‘Carousel’ review: A staging that presents a valuable question for Filipino artists, DonBelle’s “An Inconvenient Love” ushers kilig back into cinemas, Martika Ramirez Escobar and the ever-growing film ‘Leonor Will Never Die’, 'Triangle of Sadness' review: Dolly de Leon cannot be caged, Leonor Will Never Die: creating a language for loss, 'Nocebo' and the burdens of cultural representation, 'Piggy' and the horrors of the fat body, An afternoon with Isabelle Huppert, How films and television shape historical memory in the Philippines, Alecx Lorica is changing the acting scene, Why 'Drag Race Philippines' should listen to its critics, 'Anak Datu' review: The power of myth-making in a time of conflict, ‘11,103’ review: A race against erasure, ‘Mula sa Buwan’ review: Capable of greatness, but falling short at every turn, John Lloyd Cruz's disappearing act, Cinemalaya 2022 reviews: 'Kaluskos,' 'Bakit 'Di Mo Sabihin,' and '12 Weeks', Meet the supporting cast of 'Sleep with Me', Virgin Labfest 'Set D' review: The theater of violence, Virgin Labfest 'Set C' review: Open the schools!, Dolly de Leon finally gets her due, Virgin Labfest ‘Set B’ review: Ruminations on regret, Chasing after strangers with Trishtan Perez, Virgin Labfest ‘Set A’ review: Grief in gray areas, Dolly de Leon and acting as activism, 'Bangkay': Dead on arrival, Quiet defiance of J.E. Tiglao's 'Metamorphosis', The queer miracle that is Netflix’s ‘Heartstopper’, 'Cinema Rehiyon' and its changing role in shaping cinema, ‘A Game of Trolls’ and the importance of criticizing political art, Celebrating Italian cinema through MOVIEMOV 2022, 'Nightmare Alley' review: Sleight of hand, empty trick, 8 emerging Filipino directors to watch out for, ‘Euphoria’ review: Oddly comforting misery, In the mood for LGBTQ+ love: 5 queer romance films to watch for Valentine’s, 'Whether the Weather is Fine' review: a comedy of tragedies, 'House of Gucci' review: Skip everything, stay for Gaga, High-budget fan service? A review of ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’, Senses of Cinema: World Cinema Poll - Part 8, Sundance 2022 and the many faces of horror and abuse, Dismantling the documentary at Sundance 2022, Ricky Lee: Life Beyond the Screenplay, An interview with Don Eblahan, director of Sundance short ‘The Headhunter’s Daughter’, Creating the ‘forever film’ with Martika Ramirez Escobar, It’s time for sex talk with ‘The Kangks Show’, Why hugot and kilig films are dominating local streaming platforms, ‘Love at First Stream’ review: A tale of 2 brands, The best Filipino films of 2021, ‘Big Night’ review: A test of principles, place, and privileges, The Philippines doesn’t have an Oscar entry. Now what?, ‘Arisaka’ review: Turning an unforgettable tragedy into a forgettable story, ‘Eternals’ review: Interesting on paper, lacking risk and emotion onscreen, REVIEW: Highlights from QCinema 2021 Online, REVIEW: QCShorts Program 2021, Beyond national allegory: The QCinema Asian Short Film Program, ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’: A promising homage spoiled by CGI, Growing up queer with Taylor Swift, ‘Dune’: A subdued sci-fi spectacle, Filipino animation festival celebrates its 15th year, Pridyider, undin, and all scares in between: 5 ‘Shake, Rattle & Roll’ favorites, If we enjoy ‘Squid Game,’ does that make us cruel VIPs too?, Why international co-productions matter to Filipino storytellers, YIDFF 2021: A Triptych on Displacement and Destruction, YIDFF 2021: Blurred Lines and So Yo-hen's 'Dorm', YIDFF 2021: Of Monsters and Men and 'The Still Side' by Miko Revereza and Carolina Fusilier, Is there still space for the Filipino film critic?, 10 highlights from Gawad Alternatibo 2021, Revisited: The colorful and comforting world of 'Cleaners', ‘On the Job: The Missing 8’ review: An unlikely ghost story, Cinemalaya 2021 dispatches: Indie Nation Shorts program, The place of Filipino short films in Southeast Asian cinema, Cinemalaya 2021 review: Main competition, ‘My Missing Valentine’ shares magic of Taiwan romcoms with the world, Balancing comedy and tragedy with Carlo Francisco Manatad, Rene Principe Jr. and the spectrum of success, 'Rainbow's Sunset' and final acts of rebellion, 'Sinasamba Kita' and the futility of competition, How a Filipino researcher helped develop the COVID-19 saliva test, The remaking of Paolo Pangilinan, Understanding democracy through Filipino cinema, ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’: Love, art, continued emancipation, Filmmaker spotlight: Pom Bunsermvicha, 'Lemongrass Girl' and ritualistic restrictions, Why do we believe in scientific hoaxes?, ‘Now Streaming’ anthologizes the tensions — and cliches — of life and love online, Where do we go when grief is everywhere?, Deep dive with oceanographer Deo Onda: 'Mga taong dagat tayo', Capturing a storm with Joanna Vasquez Arong, The longest intermission: A year without theater, New horizons: Southeast Asian cinema in the spotlight, I chose science because of Pokémon, An open letter to the entertainment industry, Filipino short films from 2019 that deserve a rewatch, Revisited: ‘One More Chance’, ‘Hello Stranger: The Movie’ review: Courage and connection, Why we need to talk about body liberation in the gay community, IFFR 2021: Moving beyond spaces and societal expectations in "Aristocrats", IFFR 2021: Decolonizing images with Việt Vũ, IFFR 2021: Storytelling and soundscapes with Matthijs Kieboom, Starting out as a young Filipino film critic, Why we need to trust science, How a magazine feature forced me to come out to my parents, The best Filipino films of 2020, Overdue: ‘The Boy Foretold by the Stars’, REVIEWS: Metro Manila Film Festival 2020, How a film journal is returning the lost narratives of Philippine cinema, QCinema and the future of hybrid film festivals, The challenges of communicating scientific information to the public, The making of Ian Pangilinan, Why Pinoy horror komiks still keep us up at night, Does the Philippines value scientific research?, Saying goodbye to Cinema Centenario, Unseen struggles of Filipinos come to light in ‘Daang Dokyu’.