MA' ROSA ★★★★½
D: Brillante Mendoza.
S: Jaclyn Jose, Julio Diaz, Baron Geisler.
Has the feel of watching something original. Unusual. Unpredictable. Camerawork feels like a person in the thick of it.
PYROMANIAC ★★★½☆
D: Erik Skjoldbjærg (Pioneer, Insomnia).
S: Per Frisch, Agnes Kittelsen, Trond Nilssen.
An arthouse BACKDRAFT. Am not with dislikable, opaque lead, but film's meaninglessness compels.