Critically acclaimed ‘On the Job’ comes to San Francisco Sept. 27th

By Joel David “On the Job” commemorates at least one milestone in the still-evolving narrative of Philippine independent cinema: it is the first digital-era action film to attain the genre’s elusive combination of critical acclaim and box-office profitability, reminiscent of the local industry’s social-realist achievements during the martial law period (roughly the ’70s to the ...