Tag: Cristóbal Fernández
Interview: Óliver Laxe – Sirāt (2025 Marrakech International Film Festival)
Óliver Laxe has been on a whirlwind promotional tour for his fourth feature ever since it premiered to thunderous critical acclaim at the Cannes...
Interview: Óliver Laxe – Sirāt
In his debut You Are All Captains (2010), Óliver Laxe blurs the line between fiction and non-fiction, probing questions of authorship and control, with...
Sirat | Review
A Bridge Too Far: Laxe Enters the Zone
“The Zone wants to be respected. Otherwise it will punish.” Aleksandr Kayadonvsky’s line from Tarkovsky’s existential sci-fi...
Fire Will Come | Review
Fire Walk with Me: Laxe Anchors an Arsonist in Meditative Portrait
If fire is the regenerative metaphor of the phoenix, the same cannot be said...
Interview: Nuria Giménez – My Mexican Bretzel | 2020 Intl. Film Festival Rotterdam
Challenging the personal-impersonal dichotomy of found footage, with an added spin on the notion of one’s own family heritage and what to do with...
