SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
books, edited volumes, chapters, articles
SCENES RECLAIMED:
CCP 50 X CINEMALAYA 15
2020
Co-authored and edited Scenes Reclaimed, an institutional critique that traces the Cultural Center of the Philippines' interaction and intersection with various film cultures from the Marcosian period through the post-People Power years to the age of Oplan Tokhang.
DAANG DOKYU:
A FESTIVAL OF PHILIPPINE DOCUMENTARIES
2020
Contributed "Thinking About Philippine Political Documentaries Today" to the book that accompanied Daang Dokyu: A Festival of Philippine Documentaries.
SOUTHEAST ASIA
ON SCREEN
2020
Contributed "Locating Mike de Leon in Philippine Cinema" to the book Southeast Asia on Screen: From Independence to Financial Crisis (1945-1998).
SOUTHEAST OF NOW: DIRECTIONS IN CONTEMPORARY AND MODERN ART IN ASIA 4.1
2020
Contributed "How Should I Watch Today? Reflections on Film Programming and Pedagogy" to the RTD on Teaching the History of Modern and Contemporary Art of Southeast Asia in Southeast of Now.
PELIKULA VOL. 4 & 5
2019 & 2020
Edited the revitalized Pelikula: A Journal of Philippine Cinema in time for the centenary of Jose Nepomuceno's Dalagang Bukid.
SITUATIONS: CULTURAL STUDIES IN THE ASIAN CONTEXT 12.2
2019
Edited the special issue The Politics of Religion in Southeast Asian Cinemas for Situations and contributed the article, "Being Chanthaly, Becoming Lao Cinema," on the first horror film produced in Laos.
ART ARCHIVE 02
2019
Edited the cinema section of Art Archive 02 and contributed the article "Small Film, Global Connections."
CREATING COMMUNITIES
2019
Authored the college textbook Creating Communities published by Vibal.
AGUNG 21.3
2018
The articles "One Hundred Years of Philippine Cinema: The 1990s to the Present," "Batang West Side," and “Kidlat Tahimik, A Pioneer Independent, Inter/National, and Indigenous Filmmaker” are published in Agung 21.3.
2018
A translation of my article "The Politics of Naming a Movement" about the debates on the meaning of independent cinema is published in 当代电影Contemporary Film no. 268 translated by Ma Wentao.
DIREK: ESSAYS ON FILIPINO FILMMAKERS
2018
Contributed “A Portrait of Kidlat Tahimik, Godfather of Filipino Indie Cinema” to Direk: Essays on Filipino Directors.
CCP ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PHILIPPINE ART
2018
Authored 66 entries in the film, broadcast arts, and literature volumes of the CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art.
FROM CAVE TO CLOUD
2016
Authored the high school textbook From Cave to Cloud published by Phoenix.
THE END OF NATIONAL CINEMA: FILIPINO FILM AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY
2016
Finalist, National Book Award and the Gintong Aklat Award
SITUATIONS 9.1
2016
Published “Framing Rural Landscape in Philippine Cinema” in Situations: Cultural Studies in the Asian Context.
PLARIDEL 12.2
2015
Co-edited the special issue Locating Southeast Asian Horror Cinema for Plaridel: A Philippine Journal of Communication, Media, and Society.
KRITIK/CRITIQUE
2014
Contributed "Noli on TV," a chapter on Eddie Romero's mini-series Noli me tangere.
COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA THEORIES
2014
Co-edited and contributed essays to Communication and Media Theories, a college textbook and anthology of readings on Philippine topics.
A READER IN PHILIPPINE FILM HISTORY AND CRITICISM
2014
Contributed “The Philippine-American Contact, the Politics of Memory, and the End(s) of Cinematic Experimentation” to A Reader in Philippine Film History and Criticism.
KRITIKA KULTURA 21/22
2013/2014
Published “Ghostly Allegories: Haunting as Constitution of Philippine (Trans)National (Cinema) History” in Kritika Kultura.
KRITIKA KULTURA 19
2012
Published “Manila by Night as Thirdspace” in Kritika Kultura.
PHILIPPINE HUMANITIES REVIEW 13.1
2011
Published “The Politics of Naming of a Movement: Indie According to Cinemalaya Congress” in Philippine Humanities Review.
PLARIDEL 8.1
2011
Published “Intersection of Philippine & Global Film Cultures in the New Urban Realism” in Plaridel: A Philippine Journal of Communication, Media, and Society.
GLOBAL MAKEOVER:
MEDIA AND CULTURE IN ASIA
2010
Contributed “The New Fantasy-Adventure Film as Contemporary Epics” to Global Makeover: Media and Culture in Asia.