1945. After releasing two armored boxes in the bay of Istanbul, a plane crashes into a mountain. The pilot survives but goes crazy and is admitted to an asylum. Read More »
Tag Archives: Spain
A Fistful of Dynamite (1971) Sergio Leone, Rod Steiger, James Coburn, Romolo Valli, War, Western
In Mexico at the time of the Revolution, Juan, the leader of a bandit family, meets John Mallory, an IRA explosives expert on the run from the British. Read More »
And Tomorrow? (1967) Emile Degelin, Jacques Dufilho, Claudia Bremer, Janine Bischops, Comedy
The audience witnesses Jeroom (played by Jacques Dufhilo)’s holiday adventures on the Spanish Costa Brava which are reminiscent of burlesque, silent movies and the slapstick world of Jacques Tati. Read More »
Anxiety (1998) Manoel de Oliveira, Luís Miguel Cintra, José Pinto, Isabel Ruth, Drama
An anthology film drama featuring a poetic mirror structure based on existential identity. Read More »
Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl (2009) Manoel de Oliveira, Ricardo Trêpa, Catarina Wallenstein, Diogo Dória, Drama, Romance
On a train to the Algarve, Macário tells his story to a sympathetic woman he’s just met. Read More »
Death Walks on High Heels (1971) Luciano Ercoli, Frank Wolff, Nieves Navarro, Simón Andreu, Mystery, Thriller
A famed jewel thief named Rochard is slashed to death on a train. His daughter Nicole, a famous nightclub performer in Paris Read More »
The Future (2013) Luis López Carrasco, Lucía Alonso, Rafael Ayuso Mateo, Marta Bassols, Drama, History
A group of young people dance and drink at a house. The atmosphere is festive and cheerful. Socialist victory in the general elections of 1982 seems recent. Read More »
Open Season (1974) Peter Collinson, Peter Fonda, Cornelia Sharpe, John Phillip Law, Action, Drama, Thriller
Three Vietnam vets have become so conditioned to violence that they have developed psychotic tendencies. Read More »
Coast of Death (2013) Lois Patiño, Manuel Barga, Emilia Demina, Jose Fabregas, Documentary, Drama, Family
Costa da Morte is a region in Galicia (Spain), which was considered as the end of the world during the Roman period. Read More »
Espionage in Lisbon (1965) Federico Aicardi, Tulio Demicheli, Brett Halsey, Marilù Tolo, Fernando Rey, Action, Adventure
An international gang pretends to have the means to destroy a small country in 30 seconds. The authorities have reason to believe this may be true, and the spying battle is on. Read More »
House of the Damned (1974) Gonzalo Suárez, Carmen Sevilla, Donald Pleasence, Michael Dunn, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Four villains seek to wrest from a mute girl the secret location of a prehistoric gold statuette discovered by her father. Read More »
La partida / The Last Match (2013) Antonio Hens, Milton García, Reinier Díaz, Jenifer Rodríguez, Drama, Romance
Cuba is not a country for young gays. Teen rent boy Reinier falls in love with a mate in the slum soccer field at their neighbourhood in Havana. Read More »
Little Bird (1997) Carlos Saura, Francisco Rabal, Alejandro Martínez, Dafne Fernández, Drama
Manu, who just turned ten, makes his first trip to Murcia to spend some time with his father’s family. Read More »
The Dark Night of the Soul (1989) Carlos Saura, Juan Diego, Fernando Guillén, Manuel de Blas, Drama
A fascinating study of the poet Saint John of the Cross, and his spell in solitary confinement. Read More »
Marathon (1993) Carlos Saura, Charles Barkley, Larry Bird, Linford Christie, Documentary, Sport
A view of the Olympic Games at Barcelona, using the marathon race as the weaving thread. Read More »