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Alexis Tioseco (1981-2009)
Lessons From the School of Inattention —
... Alexis' selflessness reflects in his writing. In his piece entitled The Letter I Would Love to Read to You in Person, published in Rogue Magazine, he exposes himself a romantic, who openly professes his immense love for Nika in the same letter wherein he discloses his beautiful love affair with Philippine cinema. In his blog, ...
Light Speed Zero
SCREENVILLE —
... head is lost, but all the films seen, revisited, hunted down, captured, felt, cherished, understood, appropriated vanish instantly. Irrecoverably. As certain as when light halts, darkness takes over. It takes a long time to form a cinephile. Hours and hours of steady viewing. Years and years of initiation. Thousands of films ingested and digested. This investment was dear to Alexis heart, and the raison d'être of his love for his girlfriend Nika, as you can read it in this beautiful open letter . Domestic film culture in her land, Slovenian cinema, and his land, Filipino ...
"There is much to repay."
Elusive Lucidity —
As many of you have probably heard, Philippine film critic Alexis Tioseco and Slovenian film critic Nika Bohinc (they were a couple) were murdered recently in Quezon City. I didn't know either of them personally, though I once had a bit of e-correspondence with Nika, who was lovely. Some words from Gabe Klinger on these two people. A remembrance of Alexis from Noel Vera. There is also Alexis' letter to Nika which was a major piece of film criticism (here). May they rest in peace - and we shall gather at the river. ...
On love and work: Alexis Tioseco and Nika Bohinc
scanners —
... . I wasn't familiar with either of the young writers -- he, a Canadian-Filipino critic and editor; she, a Sovenian film journalist; both champions of Southeast Asian cinema. But I was moved by the belated discovery of a piece Alexis wrote to Nika in Rouge Magazine last year in which he spoke of his love of Filipino film and his love for her. It's called "The Letter I Would Love To Read To You In Person," and it's a meditation on love and work and doing what one must: ...
The first impulse of any good film critic must be of love.
Movie City Indie —
The cinema/love love/love letter the late Alexis Tioseco wrote to his partner Nika Bohinc in 2008 is quietly impassioned. The original website is down today; these excerpts from the first of three pages come from the Google cache for "The Letter I Would Love To Read To You In Person." "My Dear Nika, I’ve been asked to write a column for this issue of Rogue, and the topic given to me was myself. I’ve always felt it awkward to write in public spaces about personal motivations behind the work I choose to do, so I have decided to use you as an excuse: there are things that you must know, that you may sense but not understand unless I tell you, and so I ...
