Philbert Dy


Philbert Ortiz Dy is a Filipino film critic who has become known for his reviews of Philippine New Wave films for prominent publications such as Rogue Magazine, the Philippine edition of Esquire, and the entertainment website clickthecity. He is also the co-curator of the New Filipino Cinema program at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.
He is known as a critic of the selection process for the Metro Manila Film Festival, having published a 2015 expose of how the films to be featured in the festival were selected, with a focus on profit over other considerations.