Triumph of the Will: Almodovar’s Muy Excelente English Debut
“Women and fiction remain, so far as I am concerned, unsolved problems,” wrote Virginia Woolf in...
Oro
Director: Agustin Diaz Yanes
Writer: Agustin Diaz Yanes
One of Spain’s most unappreciated directors (at least as far as international renown) is Agustin Diaz Yanes. If...
Oro
Director: Agustin Diaz Yanes
Writer: Arturo Perez-Reverte
One of Spain’s most unappreciated directors (at least as far as international renown) is Agustin Diaz Yanes. If you...
Caught in the Quagmire: Rodriguez’s Satisfying Period Neo-Noir
Having swept the 2014 Goya Awards back home (winning ten of its sixteen nominations, including Best Film),...
I’m So Excited
Director/Writer: Pedro Almodóvar
Producer(s): Agustín Almodóvar
U.S. Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Cast: Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas, Paz Vega, Blanca Suárez, Lola Dueñas, Hugo Silva, Javier...
The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.