Back into focus
In the claws of desire: Lino Brocka’s Macho Dancer, a trip into Manila’s gay underworld
In the first of a new series celebrating films returning to the spotlight in new restorations, Tony Rayns looks at an erotic Manila nightlife drama that troubled the censors but launched a subgenre of imitators.
By Tony Rayns
In the claws of desire: Lino Brocka’s Macho Dancer, a trip into Manila’s gay underworld