Fleeing a U.S. attack during the war, 2 sisters and their governess are shipwrecked on a (not so ) deserted island. Believe it or not Lina appears to have only one brief nude scene. Who’d a thunk it? As you can see there is some flesh on display so thank god for that. Another Franco jungle “masterpiece”. Enjoy!Read More »
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Jesus Franco – Las Últimas de Filipinas (1986)
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Oliver Laxe – Todos vós sodes capitáns (2010)
2001-2010ArthouseOliver LaxeSpainLaxe himself stars as a self-described “neo-colonialist” filmmaker who goes to Tangiers ostensibly to hold a series of film workshops. It quickly becomes clear, however, that his intentions are not purely disinterested, as he begins to turn these children into pawns in the service of his own film.
Next in our Back-To-School series, and part of our close-up on Laxe, is his startling debut, in which he also stars. Shot on gorgeous monochrome 16mm, this singular “meta-docu-fiction” expands on the concept of hybrid filmmaking and keeps questioning itself—and cinema—both playfully and politically.Read More »
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Ivet Castelo & Sandra García & Marta Lallana & Iván Alarcón – Ojos Negros AKA Black Eyes (2019)
2011-2020DramaIván AlarcónIvet CasteloMarta LallanaSandra GarcíaSpainQuote:
“Paula, a thirteen year old girl, starts to experience certain complications in the relationships with her family and friends. In order to be with her ill grandmother, which she barely knows, she spends the summer in Ojos Negros. There she will meet Alicia, a girl her age, who also stays in town for the summer. Together they will venture into the adult world through a stifling summer that never ends.”Read More » -
Jaume Balagueró – Alicia (1994)
1991-2000CultJaume BalagueróShort FilmSpainBalagueró’s third short.
“Alicia” is the metaphor of a woman losing her innocence. It won the Sitges (Catalonian International Film Festival) award for best short.Read More » -
Woody Allen – Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) (HD)
2001-2010ComedyRomanceSpainWoody AllenTwo girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.Read More »
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Jacinto Esteva & Joaquim Jordà – Dante no es únicamente severo (1967)
1961-1970ArthouseExperimentalJacinto EstevaJoaquim JordàSpainIMDB wrote:
The impossible relationship between a man and a woman, but also the destruction of aesthetics. The girl wants to seduce her beloved with incoherent stories that he does not care at all. Through this relationship, the film projects the idea according to which it is impossible to tell a story. The project does not pursue the coherence of a well-told story, rather it demands to observe what is shown and to deepen the different facets of the characters. Its purpose is to lay the foundations of a certain pop aesthetic in a Spanish way, in which the images can not refer to the world but to the publicity that the world sells to us.Read More » -
Manuel Toledano – Shampoo Horns (1998)
1991-2000CampCultManuel ToledanoQueer Cinema(s)SpainIMDB:
Sensationalistic group portrait of New York City ”club kids,” makes you long for those good old days when Andy Warhol’s self-appointed superstars brought a certain humor and bohemian sense of style to his semi-improvised films.Read More » -
Patricio Guzmán – La cruz del Sur AKA The Southern Cross (1992)
1991-2000DocumentaryPatricio GuzmánSpainQuote:
This overview of popular religiosity in Latin America journeys from pre-Colombian myths to liberation theology. “A sure synthesis of fiction and documentary. It’s a voice of voices: a space for an encounter of American diversity, which helps us to recognize ourselves as fingers on the same hand.”Read More » -
Juan Antonio Bardem – La corrupción de Chris Miller AKA The Corruption of Chris Miller (1973)
1971-1980HorrorJuan Antonio BardemMysterySpainSpanish cinema under FrancoQuote:
In a mansion out in the middle of the country, Ruth lives with her strange stepdaughter Chris. They have a somewhat unusual, codependent relationship, and are waiting for the return of Chris’s father, who abruptly abandoned them some time ago. Chris has additional problems – she was raped while in the shower at school and has violent flashbacks whenever it rains, during which she blacks out and stabs anything in front of her. A handsome drifter comes to stay with them and at first seduces Ruth, but then begins to fall for Chris. Meanwhile, a killer is roaming the countryside and slaughters a retired dancer and an entire family. Could the drifter be responsible?Read More »