Official US Trailer for 'The Remotes' Sci-Fi Neo-Noir from Philippines

"Just keep driving." Our friends at The Film Stage have unveiled the first trailer for the film The Remotes, an intriguing Filipino sci-fi mystery thriller made by filmmaker John Torres based in Manila. This played at the New York Film Festival and it also played a TIFF this fall. The intro explains: "Fashioned in part as a response to the Philippines’ longtime president Rodrigo Duterte's 'war on drugs' and the country's resultant surveillance state, Torres's drifting, impressionistic film expands and compresses time..." Called a sinister "sci-fi-tinged neo-noir", the film follows a grieving detective who investigates two sisters linked to a sinister navigation app, only to find himself slowly surrendering to the unseen voices controlling the city and his own lingering sorrow. Starring Alchris Galura, Gabby Padilla, Julia Richards, and Enchong Dee. Director John Torres adds: "The Remotes is about how longing can become infrastructure. How grief stifles us while technology listens in & automates our choices in life. It is a world where people willingly surrender to it because it brings them closer to someone they lost, or someone they used to be." Yep that sounds pretty sad and this looks pretty good – especially for fans of slow cinema and experimental art house genre films. // Continue Reading ›