The Iranian cinema that performs in the international market is what has given it fame and recognitionwith historical directors such as Abbas Kiarostami or Majid Majidi, others of the next generation such as Jafar Panahi or Mohsen Makhmalbaf or more current established directors such as Asghar Farhadi, Bahman Ghobadi, Reza Mirkarimi, Mohammad Rasoulof or Ida […]
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‘An unexpected mess’: a game of entanglement and unmasked infidelity
The comedy of the entanglements is a classic and very common in French cinema and theater. Love, intrigue, infidelity and betrayal from the point of view of vaudeville, with which the creators introduce irony and satire to talk about both the lowest passions and the purest desires. Even if you follow that line, Director and […]
‘Full of grace’: a great team adventure
Spanish cinema has gone through a period of looking back to tell incredible summer adventures, as happened in the notable ‘Once Upon a Time in the Basque Country’, ‘Oliver’s Universe’ and ‘Live Is Life’. Now it is the turn of ‘Llenos de grace’, whose charm differs clearly from the others as it is a story […]
‘Camila will be out tonight’: brave and rebellious young man
Ibero-American directors have long been the main voices in the evolution of female reality on the continent. For his fourth feature film, Argentina’s Inés MarÃa Barrionuevo returns to look at the universe of adolescence with “Camila will be out tonight”betting on a feature film that shows how this vital stage of the human being is […]
From “Before Nightfall” to “Black Phone”: the best of Ethan Hawke in the 21st century
There are actors that you feel you have seen on screen all your life. Maybe that’s why it’s so convenient and convenient to meet Ethan Hawke from time to time, at least in blockbusters, or in indie films that he magnifies with his presence. We’re talking about a guy with an immense talent for mutating […]
‘A love in Scotland’: savoring the ultimate passion
Although he is much more lavish as an actor, he recently dazzled audiences as chief emergency room physician in the stunning ‘Hippocrates’ and could be seen in ‘Clear the Record’ and ‘Goodbye, You idiots’, Belgian Bouli Lanners reprises his role as director and screenwriter with ‘A love in Scotland’, winner of the Best Actor and […]
‘Promises in Paris’: In the gossip of politics
After becoming a film noir as the state spies on certain individuals for unknown benefits in the remarkable ‘Witness’, Thomas Kruithof continues to delve into French politics with a more ambitious feature filmwhich tries to show the seams of an extremely complex system in which it is evident how politicians and citizens can speak two […]
‘Black Phone’: a classic and effective horror story
Ten years after making his mark in the film world with the sensational ‘Sinister’, director Scott Derrickson returns to the horror genre after a time away from it. He does so with “Black Phone”, an adaptation of a short story written by Joe Hill, the son of Stephen King, in his first book, “20th Century […]
‘Black Mirror’ becomes reality: Alexa will be able to recreate the voice of a deceased relative
It has already happened several times, but it continues to surprise us: reality surpasses fiction. The worrying thing comes when it overcomes a dystopian and dark fiction like that of “Black Mirror”. The Netflix series, created by Charlie Brooker, has been characterized by suggesting somewhat disturbing futures due to the excessive development of technology (or […]
“Minions: The Origin of Gru” parodies the introduction of “The Office” and goes viral on the networks
The premiere of “Minions: The Origin of Gru”, one of Universal Pictures’ bets for this summer, is already around the corner and hits theaters on July 1st. The new chapter of the “Minions” saga is set before the events of “Despicable Me”, where the funny yellow creatures meet a Gru eager to show the world […]