Tag Archives: Spanish mainstream cinema

Isidora Urrejola in “Drama” [2010 Chile]

Chilean director Matias Lira’s debut feature, “Drama” is set in a drama school, where the students are encouraged to adopt the ‘Artaud’ method of acting by their professor – experiencing life to the full, so that they could free themselves and ‘become’ the characters … Continue reading

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Leonor Watling & Paz Vega in “Hable con Ella” [2002 Spain]

I finally managed to get an Almodovar up here. I had reviewed his 2002 classic “Hable con Ella” [Eng. Title: Talk to Her] years ago, but these scenes are freshly edited and recut from DVD. For people outside Spanish speaking … Continue reading

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Elia Galera in “La Mujer Más Fea del Mundo” [1999 Spain]

  Miguel Bardem’s 1999 tongue-in-cheek comedy “La Mujer Más Fea del Mundo” [Eng. Title: The Ugliest Woman in the World] may not be the best sci-fi film to come out of Spain, but it has a very original storyline. Young Lola … Continue reading

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Laetitia Casta and others in “Gitano” [2000 Spain]

I’ve never seen any of Manuel Palacios’ films until now – and if the rest of his films are around the same standard of his 2000 film “Gitano” [Eng. Title: Gypsy], I’d be glad I didn’t. This is an appalling … Continue reading

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Ana de la Reguera in “Hidalgo – La Historia Jamás Contada” [2010 Mexico]

.   Antonio Serrano’s 2010 biopic of Mexican priest-turned-revolutionary Miguel Hildalgo is more about his personal life than his conquests, and therefore aptly named, “Hidalgo – La Historia Jamás Contada” [Eng. Title: Hidalgo – The Untold Story].  While the film is fairly well … Continue reading

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