This is a biographical film on the Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dali. Young Dali, already famous in Europe, arrives in New York in the 1940s because that’s where the money is, and the war isn’t. Read More »
Tag Archives: Spain
Rottweiler (2004) Brian Yuzna, William Miller, Irene Montalà, Paulina Gálvez, Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
In 2018, in Spain, the prisoner Dante (William Miller) escapes from a prison and is chased by a robot dog. Read More »
Taxi (1996) Carlos Saura, Ingrid Rubio, Carlos Fuentes, Ágata Lys, Crime, Drama, Romance
A young girl, after failing an exam, is forced by her father, a taxi-driver, to learn his profession. Read More »
That Lady (1955) Terence Young, Olivia de Havilland, Gilbert Roland, Paul Scofield, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Ana, the Princess of Eboli, wears a black patch over her right eye, where she was blinded as a youth when fighting a duel in defense of her king, the despotic Philip. Read More »
Cita imposible (1958) Antonio Santillán, Beni Deus, Claudine Dupuis, Juanita Espín, Crime, Drama
When Rosario is released from a one year prison sentence in Barcelona women’s detention center, she is determined to prove her innocence. Read More »
The Three Musketeers (1973) Richard Lester, Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain, Action, Adventure
The young D’Artagnan arrives in Paris with dreams of becoming a king’s musketeer. He meets and quarrels with three men, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, each of whom challenges him to a duel. Read More »
La mano de un hombre muerto / The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus (1962) Jesús Franco, Ana Castor, Howard Vernon, Paula Martel, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
In the Austrian Alpine town of Holfen, a young woman is found murdered. Theo and Hansel, two wood-cutters, stop off at a bar where they tell Dr. Kalman, an academic studying local folk tales Read More »
Laberinto de pasiones / Labyrinth of Passions (1982) Pedro Almodóvar, Cecilia Roth, Imanol Arias, Helga Liné, Comedy, Drama
A camp melodrama/comedy about Sexilia (a nymphomaniac), Sadec (a gay Islamic terrorist), Riza Niro (the son of the emperor of Tiran), and Queti (the daughter of a dry-cleaner). Read More »
Revenge of the Alligator Ladies (2013) Antonio Mayans, Jesús Franco, Irene Verdú, Comedy, Erotic
Al Pereira was so disappointed after his last film that he doesn’t ever want to work with Jess Franco again, who is constantly insisting on it. Read More »
Matador (1986) Pedro Almodóvar, Assumpta Serna, Antonio Banderas, Nacho Martínez, Drama, Thriller
An ex-bullfighter who gets turned on by killing, a lady lawyer with the same fetish and a young man driven insane by his religious upbringing – these are the main characters in this stylish black comedy about dark sides of human nature. Read More »
La torre de los siete jorobados / Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks (1944) Edgar Neville, Antonio Casal, Isabel de Pomés, Guillermo Marín, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
In the Madrid of the 19th century a young man plays roulette. A mysterious character helps him by pointing with his walking stick the next number where the ball is going to fall. Read More »
Plata quemada / Burnt Money (2000) Marcelo Piñeyro, Eduardo Noriega, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Pablo Echarri, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Burnt Money, is set in Argentina in 1965. This true story follows the tumultuous relationship between two men who became lovers and ultimately ruthless bank robbers in a notoriously famous footnote in the annals of Argentinian crime history. Read More »
Midnight Party (1976) Jesús Franco, Lina Romay, Olivier Mathot, Claude Boisson, Drama, Comedy, Crime, Erotic
A nightclub stripper hooks up with two playboys and ends up with an invitation to their midnight orgy. Read More »
The Norman Swordsman (1971) Roberto Mauri, Mark Damon, Luis Dávila, Krista Nell, Adventure
Following the death of Henry I in 12th-century England, the throne is usurped by Stephen Cunningham who claims to possess the legendary “Sword of Normandy”. Read More »
The Black Duke (1963) Pino Mercanti, Cameron Mitchell, Conrado San Martín, Maria Grazia Spina, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Cesar Borgia–a cardinal in the Catholic church, a confidant of the Pope and a member of one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in 16th-century Italy–must deal with a host of political and personal crises. Read More »