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Lé Baltar

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Covers:  Culture, arts, cinema, theater, literature, trans/queer stories
Journalist and film critic. Voter at @goldenglobes & @DorianAwards. ✍ @IndieWire @InRO @rapplerdotcom @rollingstoneph @VICE etc 💌: baltarle.substack.com

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Lé Baltar is an independent culture journalist, film and theater critic, and script consultant out of Manila. The first recipient of the Alexis Tioseco and Nika Bohinc Award for Film Criticism at the QCinema International Film Festival in 2023, she’s an international voter at Golden Globes and a member of GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, where she votes annually for the Dorian Awards, the International Film Society Critics Association, and the Online Association of Female Fil…

Lé Baltar’s Journalist Portfolio

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How a thesis turned into a film on sexual awakening, ode to dying spaces

How a thesis turned into a film on sexual awakening, ode to dying spaces

'Honey, My Love, So Sweet,' a short film by Filipino filmmaker JT Trinidad set to premiere in Locarno, Switze…

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Fantasia 2025: 'Hold the Fort' Film Review: A Silly Monster Mayhem with a B-movie Charm

Fantasia 2025: 'Hold the Fort' Film Review: A Silly Monster Mayhem with a B-movie Charm

A horror-comedy that perfectly evokes the schlocky charm and madness of B-movies has been a rare sight since …

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REVIEW: 'Materialists' is a faux, wistful rom-com at best

REVIEW: 'Materialists' is a faux, wistful rom-com at best

"Materialists" hits local theaters on Aug. 6.

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Rapper Ruby Ibarra reignites Filipino hip-hop on the global stage

Rapper Ruby Ibarra reignites Filipino hip-hop on the global stage

The Tacloban-born artist tours the U.S. after winning the 2025 NPR Music Tiny Desk Contest and gears up for h…

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The wonder of Pinoy pop culture, as archived by '90s Kabaklaan

The wonder of Pinoy pop culture, as archived by '90s Kabaklaan

The anonymous archivist reflects on the online catalog's lore and the importance of preserving cultural memor…

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Cinema of alternative noise

Cinema of alternative noise

From online spaces to grassroots communities, Kinoise PH is pumping new life into alternative and independent…

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ELEPHANTS IN THE FOG

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(Check out Lé Baltar’s Elephants in the Fog movie review. The film just had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Seen it?
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‘I’ll Be Gone in June’ Review: Two Teenagers Grapple with Otherness in Katharina Rivilis’ Spellbinding 9/11 Time Capsule Original

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In Katharina Rivilis’ sure knockout of a film “I’ll Be Gone in June,” two worlds of stifling teenage solitude collide at the same time as America mournfully recovers from the jihadist hijacking of four commercial airliners in September 11, 2001, which led to the leveling of the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers and the U.S. government’s colonial “war on terror” in Afghanistan, among other atrocities.
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‘I’ll Be Gone in June’ Review: Two Teenagers Grapple with Otherness in Katharina Rivilis’ Spellbinding 9/11 Time Capsule

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Now Put a bow on it. There are red carpet statements, and then there are red carpet statements. And Demi Moore just made one of the biggest sartorial statement she could make on the red carpet in Cannes. Attending the premiere of James Gray's new drama Paper Tiger, the actress and Cannes Film Festival …
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Counterculture and underreported stories about the trans and queer community

What's your favorite drink?

Amaretto sour

Awards

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Featured in Preen PH

2024

The 25-year-old writer raises appreciation for cultural work and criticism as community building

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Alexis Tioseco and Nika Bohinc Award for Film Criticism

2023 - Film Criticism

For their sharp analysis of existing power structures, fierce appreciation of art and cinema in the margins, keen observation of what remains undissected, and commitment to graceful discussions of trans representation in cinema, the Alexis Tioseco and Nika Bohinc Award for Film Criticism goes to Lé Baltar.

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Philippine Journalism Research Conference

2023 - Investigative Journalism

Finalist, Philippine Journalism Research Conference, Investigative Journalism. Two-part investigative story: (1) UP Pep coaches under fire over allegations of unauthorized fees, physical and emotional abuse; (2) UP Pep sees slow action from UP after baring years of coaches’ abuse

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