You have to give “Ma’ Rosa” points for this: Filipino director Brillante Mendoza’s neorealist indictment of police corruption looks unlike any other film playing in Cannes’ Official ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Synopsis: A focus on poverty and corruption as seen through Ma' Rosa, who runs a tiny convenience store to support her four children ...

Back in competition at Cannes, Filipino director Brillante Mendoza ('Kinatay') tackles the subject of police corruption as it affects a small-time drug dealer. After recreating the 2001 Dos Palmas ...

Brillante Mendoza’s “Ma’ Rosa” opens today at selected cinemas nationwide. The film was the Philippine entry to the recently concluded Cannes Film Festival. It won the Best Actress Award ...

BRILLANTE Ma. Mendoza has confirmed that his latest film, “Ma’ Rosa,” will open in cinemas nationwide on July 6. Instead of joining the Metro Manila Film Festival in December, the film’s ...

Paris-based Films Distribution has reunited with Filipino director Brillante Mendoza to handle international sales of his new film Ma’ Rosa ahead of its premiere in Competition at the Cannes ...