Spain
Like any great anti-hero story, the lead of The Realm knows he’s a bad man, and Sorogoyen makes him go through hell to atone for his sins.
Everybody Knows may be a little overlong, but it’s frequently compelling due to a powerhouse performance by Penélope Cruz.
I With awards season in full swing, I had the opportunity to watch five live-action short films…
Between Worlds has potential in its more surreal moments, but it never utilizes the tension and conflict that could come from this story.
After failing to get the film out of production hell for so many years, it’s no surprise The Man Who Killed Don Quixote feels world weary and cynical.
The Silence of Others reveals the struggle of victims of Spain’s 40-year dictatorship under General Franco, who continue to seek justice to this day. We spoke with directors Robert Bahar and Almudena Carracedo.
Anchor and Hope is a poignant tale encompassing love, parenthood, and the quest for harmony in an offbeat but naturalistic way.
A ghost of the film it tries to summon, The Secret of Marrowbone is unable to pull everything together and its disparate elements fail to coalesce into anything approaching satisfying.
Xavier Gens’ science fiction fantasy Cold Skin is a hotbed of promising concepts. The problem is, it doesn’t know what to do with them.
With no clever jokes and not enough scares to build any real suspense or fear, The Night of the Virgin falls flat.
Orbiter 9 recalls independently minded sci-fi films such as Sunshine and Moon – but lives in the shadow of its very obvious inspirations.
Asghar Farhadi’s Everbody Knows is a melodrama that takes itself too seriously – one that pulls in each and every direction to try and find some thematic footing, and ends up not saying too much about anything.
With undefined characters and a hesitation to commit to the violent realism of the story, Spanish historical epic Gold (Oro) proves to be something of a tedious slog.
Despite a tendency to overdo it when it comes to the scares themselves, Paco Plaza’s Veronica contains enough focus on character and symbolism to be an effective demonic possession horror.
The Big Boys’ Playground by Guillaume Lion paints rock climbing as a finely detailed, balanced, and makes the sport that more intriguing.